Château de Hohbarr

The Château de Hohbarr (French: Haut-Barr; German: Burg Hohbarr) is a medieval castle, first built in 1100, above the city of Saverne in what is now the French département of Bas-Rhin. It was built on sandstone rock 460m above the valley of Zorn and the plain of Alsace. Because of this, it has been called the eye of Alsace.

On several occasions it was expanded by the bishops of Strasbourg.

The Peace of Westphalia mandated the destruction of several castles, including Hohbarr, but after the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, in 1701, the fortress was back in use. It was abandoned around 1770, but the vault continued to be occupied until the French Revolution.

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Château de Hohbarr ranks #2,880 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #231 of the 276 mapped in France. Founded 1123, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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