France · 12th century
Château de Hohenstein ranks #6,699 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #608 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 19 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 33 km away. It is one of the 63 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 13 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
The Château de Hohenstein is a ruined castle situated on the road between Oberhaslach and Wangenbourg, not far from the Château du Nideck, in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
The property of the state, it has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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.
Text adapted from “Château de Hohenstein” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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