The castle was built in a strategic location, on a road that connected the Mosel with the region of the Eifel. In 1268 there was a family split in the count's family that inhabited the castle and this resulted in the castle also being split in two. During the Eltzer Feud, the Count of Eltz opposed the policy of the Archbishop of Trier, Baudouin of Luxembourg. During this conflict, the castle was besieged by the archbishop's party, and during this siege a castle, Burg Trutzeltz, was built to besiege Eltz. The Eltz family surrendered in 1336 and they subsequently had to demolish the castle's defenses as well, making it a residential complex only.[1]
In 1442 the two upper floors were placed on the Rübenachter House and between 1470 and 1540 the Great Rodendorfer House was built. In the early seventeenth century, new renovations took place, but were halted by the Thirty Years' War. After the war, construction was resumed and in total the castle has a construction history of five centuries. The castle housed one hundred rooms that could accommodate more than one hundred family members.[1]
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