Across Wipertistrasse, on the hill west of the castle, are the ruins of Münzenberg , a Romanesque convent. It was plundered during the Peasant Wars in 1525, and small houses were later built among the ruins. A small private Münzenberg Museum is located here behind the cafe - its centrepiece is an excavated skeleton from the 12th or 13th century, when a cemetery was located near the convent.
