In the 12th century, the Counts of Ortenburg built Wartenburg Castle on a cliff below the hill.

The Counts of Saarbrücken probably built a Water Castle in the 12th and 13th centuries on the site of the present castle.

The park was expanded again in 1791, when the Count of Revillagigedo built a wooden fence around the park to make it exclusive for the nobility.

In the 13th century a local Count built a castle.

The Counts of Heunburg built Neuhaus Castle at the end of the 13th century.

The town developed beneath the castle, which the Count of Gruyere had built on top of the hill, to control the upper Saanen valley.

The oldest parts of the castle date to the 11th century, when the Counts of Lenzburg built it as their seat.

Dierfeld arose from a hunting lodge that the Counts of Manderscheid had built in the 16th century.

The tower dates from 1214, when Philip I, Count of Boulogne built fortifications in the town.

In the 14th century, the Counts of Solms built Hohensolms Castle.