The high medieval castle of Anebos was probably the ancestral seat of an imperial ministerial family of the same name, which can be traced from the last decade of the 12th century until around 1250. Together with part of the imperial estate and several imperial castles, Anebos was given to King Konrad IV by the wife of the imperial princess Philipp I von Falkenstein, Isengard. The last documentary evidence of the castle dates back to 1266. However, based on the findings of the building, it seems unlikely that the castle was abandoned before 1300. The complex finally came to the administration of the state castles of Rhineland-Palatinate (now: GDKE Rhineland-Palatinate) via the Royal Bavarian Forestry Administration of the Free State of Bavaria in 1963. (Jens Friedhoff)
The oldest buildings (roughly around 1100) include the curtain wall, a building on the east side of the Kernfelsen, the gate and a building directly on the gateway as well as traces of a wooden structure on the Kernfelsen. The keep on the core rock probably dates from the 2nd half of the 12th century or around 1200. The most recent structure is a multi-phase building that overlaps the eastern curtain wall and was probably built in the course of the 13th century. (Dieter Barz)
Outside the castle, a wall of rough rubble stones suggests an older fortification. A polygonal curtain wall with small, square masonry surrounds the castle. After a "timber construction phase", a keep with a ground-level entrance and embrasure was erected on the 18 metre high core rock. The entrance to the keep was protected by a building. The residential buildings are located directly on the centre rock. A later building overlaps the eastern curtain wall. (Dieter Barz)
Archaeological digs will soon be carried out on the site.