The castles around Colmar

ORSCHWILLER

Oedenbourg's castle

This ruined medieval castle, located a few hundred metres from Haut-Koenigsbourg, is off-limits to visitors (fenced in) but the shield wall and the facades of its dwelling can be seen from the outskirts and offer a fine example of castral...

KAYSERSBERG VIGNOBLE

Castle of Kaysersberg

Former city of empire, Kaysersberg has its imperial castle. Built around 1200 in order to block the roads coming from Lorraine, the village is an important strategic place in the war between the Empire and the Dukes of Lorraine. An enormous...

GRIESBACH AU VAL

Château de Schwartzenbourg - ruines

SCHERWILLER

Château du Ramstein

Ramstein Castle, built in 1293 by the great bailiff of Alsace Otto von Ochsenstein, is located below its powerful neighbour Ortenbourg. Only two sections of the wall remain from the residential tower, where different levels can be seen, a chimney...

RIBEAUVILLE

Castle "Saint-Ulrich"

Saint-Ulrich, one of the three remains overlooking Ribeauvillé, is undeniably one of the most exciting castle sites in Upper Alsace. It used to control the strategic route linking the Alsatian Plain to the high valley of Lièpvre. The castle bore...

AUBURE

Le château de Bilstein-Aubure

This castle features a 12th century square-shaped keep, protected by a double curtain wall modified by the Wurtembergs in the 14th century. The keep is accessed through a high pointed-arch door.

LABAROCHE

Castle of Hohnack

Classified as a historical monument since 1905 and built during the XIth century by the counts of Eguisheim, we are facing here the second highest castle of Alsace with its 940 meters of altitude. Works were carried out in the 16th century in order...

WINTZENHEIM

Hohlandsbourg Castle

Built on a mountain summit, Hohlandsbourg Castle offers a magnificent all-round panorama over the plain of Alsace and the Vosges Mountains. In clement weather, you can even make out the spire of Strasbourg Cathedral and the Swiss Alps. This garrison...

WETTOLSHEIM

Château du Hagueneck

Near the Five Castles Route is the Hagueneck, a modest but charming little 13th century castle which nestles discreetly in a small forested valley above Wettolsheim. It was refurbished and enlarged in the 14th century. The castle, like the village...

WINTZENHEIM

Château du Pflixbourg

This site was inhabited in ancient times, perhaps as early as the Bronze Age, then reoccupied in the 13th century, being mentioned for the first time in 1220. At an altitude of 425 metres, it was of great military importance because its troops...