The castles around Colmar

LE BONHOMME

Ruines du château du Gutenbourg 

KAYSERSBERG VIGNOBLE

Castle of Kaysersberg 

A former town of the Holy Roman Empire, Kaysersberg boasts an Imperial Castle. Built towards 1200 to form a barrier to the routes coming from Lorraine, the village was an important strategic site in the war that opposed the Holy Roman Empire and the...

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...

ORSCHWILLER

Oedenbourg's castle 

SCHERWILLER

Ortenbourg Castle 

Located at an altitude of 443 metres at the end of the ridge, Ortenbourg Castle, built between 1260 and 1265 by Rudolf Habsburg, is one of the most beautiful ruins in the Rhine Valley. A masterpiece of military architecture with its high shirt...

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...

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...

ORSCHWILLER

Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg - Temporary closure 

Given the current health situation (Covid-19), the castle remains closed for an undefined period of time.

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.