Later it became then, still in the possession of the Wittelsbach, the Luxembourg and at the end, back into the hands of the Bavarian dukes.

In connection with the Landshut War of Succession, finally the imperial city of Nuremberg was in secure control of the castle and bought it in the 1505 sale.

Together with the rest of the land area of Nuremberg and the city itself, it was this year when the Kingdom of Bavaria took possession.

It was not until about the middle of the 19th century, there began some rethinking, and there were attempts made to halt the further deterioration to stop now.

The previous measures, however, had already caused too many substantial interventions to progress, so that the castle is still a semi-ruin.