The present buildings date from the 17th to 19th centuries, and include the chateau, a theater, a chapel, a pavilion and a unique water nymphaeum.

There are records of Gerbéviller from 1179, when the Simon II, Duke of Lorraine gave the castle and estate of "Gilbert-Viller" to his son Frideric or Ferri de Bitche.

[2] Pierre du Châtelet, their son, became counselor of state to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, in 1521.

[3] He was made bailey of Nancy in 1541, and in 1543 represented the duke at the conference of Pont-à-Mousson concerned with the introduction of Lutheranism in Metz.

[4] The Tornielle family became extinct in 1737 with the death of Anne-Joseph, grand chamberlain of Duke Leopold.

[5] Prince and Duke Armand-Louis-Hélie d'Arenberg (born 14 April 1904) married Gabreille de Lambertye-Gerbeviller on 9 August 1941.

The present chateau was built by Camille de Lambertye-Gerbéviller during the reign of Louis XV (1710–1774).

[9] The Marquis Ernest de Lambertye (1789-1862) redesigned the chapel almost entirely, thinking of offering it as an asylum for Pope Pius IX, who was in danger of being driven from his Papal States at the time of the unification of the Kingdom of Italy.

The red pavilion also dates to 1620 and was built by Clément Métezeau, the architect of the Place des Vosges in Paris.

It covers 16 hectares (40 acres) of alternating meadows and stands of tall trees, and is crossed by the river Mortagne.