It is neighboured by Treis Castle, located about 150 metres to the north on the same spur, separated by a depression.

Wildburg Castle is located at an altitude of 165 metres above sea level in a side valley to the Moselle, and about one kilometre south of Treis.

Possibly Wildburg Castle was built as early as the first half of the 11th century AD by Count Palatine of the Rhine Otto I, Count of Salm, however the sources might refer to neighbouring Treis Castle.

After the lineage became extinct around 1400 AD, the Electorate of Trier seized the castle as a vacant fief.

Remains of other buildings and the curtain wall have been preserved and form part of today's castle garden.