Electorate of Cologne
Their successor "Johann von Hanxleden" was the last knight of the castle. About 1540 he founded the village of "Lichtenscheid", today Altastenberg, part of Winterberg, where he settled charcoal burners and herdsmen. As a result, he ended up in conflict with the townsfolk of Winterberg, who claimed the land. The region paid taxes to the Electorate of Cologne until it was dissolved.