In the Middle Ages, a "bailiff" "resided", who practiced from 1417 also temporarily the office of the "country writer" in personal union. From the 16th century, the seat of an official cellar. Occasional residence of Mainz archbishops. The expansion to the "castle" took place gradually, especially in the 15th century promoted by Elector-Archbishop Dietrich Schenk von Erbach, who stayed several times in the castle and there records. The defensive parts were canceled in 1803. Today owned by the city of Gau-Algesheim.
With the support of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate rebuilt after different use to the "citizen castle", it houses since 2002 the " Rheinhessen bicycle museum " in the ground floor, a ballroom in the upper floor as well as in the attic premises for the associations of the city and in a more recent cultivation the urban kindergarten ,
The renting of premises in Schloss Ardeck for private family celebrations, wine tastings, seminars, exhibitions etc. is possible.
