The castles around Colmar

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

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...

EGUISHEIM

The Three Castles of Eguisheim

The three towers on the Schlossberg hill (591m) overlook the Alsace plain and date from 11th to 12th centuries. The middle tower, the Wahlenbourg, is the oldest. The Dagsbourg to the north and the Weckmund to the south were built in the 12th...

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...

RIBEAUVILLE

Castle "Girsberg"

Not far from here, Girsberg Castle was built in the 13th century, to house a new branch of the Ribeaupierre family. The living quarters are still very visible.

RIBEAUVILLE

Castle "Haut Ribeaupierre" (or "Altenkastel")

Haut-Ribeaupierre was most certainly built during the troubled period of the Great Interregnum, towards the middle of the13th century: it served as an advance post for the French King’s plans for the invasion of Alsace, and then as a watchtower...

ORSCHWILLER

Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg

To walk through the gates of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle is to plunge into the world of the Middle Ages. And by visiting the castle on your own and discovering the route at your own pace, you will fully enjoy the monument, its riches and its details. A...