The Château de Hohenstein is a ruined castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 situated on the road between Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 and Wangenbourg

Wangenbourg-Engenthal

Wangenbourg-Engenthal is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The commune is not a single settlement, but rather an administrative unit comprising the following eight mountain hamlets:...

, not far from the Château du Nideck

Château du Nideck

The Château du Nideck is a ruined castle located in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.-History:Situated on the heights of the road from Oberhaslach to Wangenbourg, the castle was first mentioned in a charter in 1264, as the property of sire Bourckard, burgrave of...

, in the commune

Communes of France

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of Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach

Oberhaslach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...

 in the Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...

 département of France.

The property of the state, it has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique

Monument historique

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by the French Ministry of Culture.

History

Constructed at the start of the 13th century, the site spreads over a rocky outcrop at an altitude of 444 m. The castle was built by the Hohenstein family and the Bishop of Strasbourg was one of the joint owners at the end of the 13th century. Bishop Berthold de Bucheck was imprisoned in the castle in 1337 by Rodolphe de Hohenstein. On his release, the bishop took the castle which did not recover from its ruin.

External links

• Ministry of Culture listing