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.

Hohbarr has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1874.

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Château de Hohbarr ranks #3,210 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #239 of the 524 mapped in France. Founded 1123, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,672 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 35 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 9 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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