On a hill above the town stands the Nürnberger Hof, a former military outpost built by the Count of Nassau in the 14th century. Now owned by the city of Wiesbaden, it has been leased by the Becker family since 1939, who have operated a wine bar there since 1949. In June 1815, during a curative visit to the spas in Wiesbaden, the famous German poet and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spent a lunch at the Hof admiring the "splendid view." His visit was commemorated with the "Goethestein", a 13.5 m-high stone obelisk in 1932.