Stephen divided these holdings that same year, assigning the castle and Veldenz to his younger son, Louis I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

The castle suffered serious damage during the Thirty Years' War; it was transferred to the Spanish in 1620 and was taken over by Croats in 1622.

In 1689 the castle was destroyed during the War of the Palatine Succession by the troops of King Louis XIV.

The castle belongs today to the town of Obermoschel which, since 2005, has undertaken annual maintenance and improvement work.

A might shield wall of rusticated ashlar from the 12th/13th centuries has survived, as have the remains of the palas, gate tower, enceinte, stables and castle well.