Vorderburg, Medieval castle in Neckarsteinach, Germany.

Vorderburg, also called Landschadenburg, is a medieval hilltop castle at 155 m above sea level above Neckarsteinach. Its bergfried and three-storey palas are largely original; a small ring wall with a pointed-arch gate bearing the Landschad coat of arms surrounds the core. The northern farm buildings were added in 1815, and since 1825 the castle has been habitable and surrounded by a park.

Ulrich I of Steinach, son of the Minnesinger Bligger II, built the castle around 1200. It was held as a fief, half from the Bishopric of Speyer and half from Worms. After the elder Steinach line died out in 1268, it passed to the Landschad von Steinach, who reunited the whole castle in 1474.

The castle's second name, Landschadenburg, comes from the Landschad von Steinach family, who held it from 1268 until the line died out in 1653. The entrance gate in the surviving ring wall still carries the Landschaden coat of arms. Since 1825 the castle has been habitable and is let to the Warsberg forestry administration.

The Vorderburg is leased and houses the Warsberg forestry administration, so it is not open to the public. Visitors can view the exterior, including the pointed-arch gate bearing the Landschad coat of arms, from the path linking the four castles. The castle has been habitable since 1825 and is surrounded by a park.

The castle is also called Landschadenburg after the Landschad von Steinach family, who held it from 1268 and gave it its surviving form. The pointed-arch gate in the remains of the outer wall carries their coat of arms, a detail easily missed on the approach.