Chateaux of Alsace
Here is a list of Chateaux in Alsace, a region in the far North-East of France which is divided into two departments - Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin (Lower Rhine and Upper Rhine).
We have listed 169 Chateaux in the Alsace region (including ruins and "lost" Châteaux), of which 119 have their own dedicated page. If you know of any Châteaux in Alsace that are not in our list, please let us know!
Note - A few of the chateaux may be "double listings" of the same chateau: One of the challenges of the Chateaux of Alsace is that, being close to the German border, the land has at times been part of German territory and thus the chateaux often have both French and German names. If you are able to assist with nomenclature, please let us know.
Info sources: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Alsace
http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/visite_index.php?type=0
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_châteaux_d'Alsace
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monuments_historiques_in_Haut-Rhin_(castles)
http://www.chateau-fort-manoir-chateau.eu/chateau-forteresse-manoir-alsace-chateaux-haut-rhin.html
Chateaux of Bas-Rhin
| Name | Built | Condition | Location | Notes / more info |
| Château d'Andlau (Haut Andlau) | 1246-1264 | Ruins | Andlau | Medieval Castle - constructed on a narrow granite outcrop at an altitude of 451m. |
| Château Petit-Arnsberg | 14th century | Ruins | Obersteinbach | State property |
| Château d'Odratzheim | In good condition | Odratzheim | Privately Owned | |
| Château d'Urendorf | 16th century | In good condition | Ernolsheim-Bruche | Privately Owned |
| Château d'eau de Sélestat | 1906 | In good condition | Sélestat | Owned by the town |
| Château d'eau de Strasbourg | 19th century | In good condition | Strasbourg | Private property |
| Château d'Ensisheim aka le Kœnigsbourg | extant 1326 | Ruins, almost nothing | Ensisheim | Once famous http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=347 http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00006269/en/ |
| Château d'Ittenwiller | Renovated in 1838 | In fine condition | Saint-Pierre | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=335 |
| Pavillon Joséphine | ||||
| Château du Belfort | before 1226 | Vestiges | Belfort | Built by the Count of Mountbéliard, no longer extant (?). http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=belfort |
| Château du Bernstein | 11th-15th century | Ruins | Dambach-la-Ville | Pentagonal Donjon. |
| Château Bilstein | 12th century; 13th century | Ruins | Urbeis | State property |
| Château du Birkenfels | c.1260 | Ruins | Ottrott | Medieval Castle |
| Château du Birkenwald | 1562 on site of castle defunct by 1158 and on site of older abbey dating to 880 | Beautifully restored | Birkenwald | |
| Château de Bouxwiller | 15th cent | No longer extant | Bouxwiller | Destroyed in the French Revolution. |
| Château de Boemstein | ||||
| Château de Bonnefontaine | 19th century | Altwiller | Privately Owned. | |
| Château de Breuschwickersheim | 13th-18th century | In good condition | Breuschwi- ckersheim | Privately Owned |
| Château et cimetière de Châtenois | 13th-14th century | Ruins | Châtenois | Private property |
| Château de Dachstein aka. Turckheim | c.1244 | Renovated | Dachstein | |
| Château de Diedendorf | c.1570 | ? | Diedendorf | Renaissance Chateau |
| Château de Dietrich | 18th century | In good condition | Reichshoffen | Privately Owned |
| Château de Diemeringen | ||||
| Château de Dreistein | 13-14th century | Ruins | Comprises 3 separate castles | |
| Château de Drulingen | ||||
| Château épiscopal de Benfeld | 16th century | Benfeld | Privately Owned. | |
| Château Fabvier | 19th century | Kintzheim | Owned by a Private company. | |
| Château du Fleckenstein | extant 1165 | Ruins | Lembach | |
| Château du Frankenbourg | 12th century | Ruins | Neubois | Original building attributed to Clovis I. |
| Château du Freudeneck | c.1300 | Ruins | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Château_du_Freudeneck | |
| Château de Frœnsbourg | Mentioned in 1235, restored 14th c. | Ruins | Destroyed by the French in 1677, probably already abandoned at that time. | |
| Château de Froeschwiller | 19th century | In good condition | Froeschwiller | Privately Owned |
| Château du Geisberg | 17th-18th century | Ruined | Wissembourg | Privately Owned |
| Château du Grand-Geroldseck | 12-15th century | Ruins | ||
| Château de Greifenstein aka. Griffon | 12-14th century | Ruins | Saverne | Comprises 2 castles, separated by a ditch. |
| Château de Grünstein | 13th, 15th, 19th century | Stotzheim | Privately Owned. | |
| Château de Guirbaden | 11th century | Ruins | ||
| Château Hervé ou Bourcart | In good condition | Dachstein | Privately Owned | |
| Château du Hagelschloss aka. Château de Waldsberg | 13th century | Ruins | Also known as Château de Waldsberg. | |
| Château de Haguenau / des Hohenstaufen | c.1120 | Lost | Haguenau | Destroyed in 1687, now lost http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=343 |
| Château de Haut-Barr (Hohbarr) | c.1100 | Ruins | ||
| Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg | 1114, possibly earlier site to 774 | Reconstructed | Orschwiller | Famous. Abandoned after Thirty Years' War, restored after 1900 under the direction of Wilhelm II of Germany. |
| Château du Haut-Village ou Château d'Andlau | 17th-18th century | Stotzheim | Privately Owned. | |
| Château de Herrenstein | commenced c.1005 | Ruins | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Château_de_Herrenstein | |
| Château de Hohenbourg | 12-16th century | Ruins | Wingen | Demolished by Montclar in 1680. |
| Château de Hohenfels | 13th century | Ruins | Dambach | |
| Château de Hohenstein | 13th century | Ruins | ||
| Château de Hunebourg | 20th century | In good condition | Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel | Privately Owned |
| Château Klinglin | 18th century | Ruined | Illkirch-Graffenstaden | Owned by the town |
| Château de Kagenfels | 12th-16th century | Ruins | Ottrott | Ruined by 1664. |
| Château de Kintzheim | 12th century, possibly on site of 8th c. | Ruins | Now a major falconry center | |
| Château de Koepfel | ? | ? | Ottrott | |
| Château de Kronembourg | ||||
| Château Lorentzen | 14th, 16th, 18th, 19th century | Ruined | Lorentzen | Privately Owned |
| Château de la Cour d'Angleterre | 17th-18th century | In good condition | Bischheim | Property of an association |
| Château du Crax | ||||
| Château de la Leonardsau | 19th-20th century | In good condition | Obernai | Owned by the town |
| Château de Kolbsheim | 1703 | Restored | Kolbsheim | Famous for its gardens. |
| Château de Landsberg | 13th, 16th, 19th century | In good condition | Niedernai | Privately Owned |
| Château du Landsberg | 12th, 13th and 15th c. | Ruins | ||
| Château épiscopal de Lauterbourg | ||||
| Château de Lichtenberg | 13th century | Ruins | Tour des Fontaines 7km Lichtenberg-Ingwiller via le Tierkirchlein 7km | Reduced to ruins through artillery fire in 1870. Undergoing renovation. |
| Château de Lœwenstein aka. Lindenschmidt | 13th century | Fragmentary ruins, destroyed in 1387 | Wingen | |
| Château de Lutzelbourg (Ottrott) | 1076, 1196, 1220, 1530 | Ruins | Ottrott | Destroyed and rebuilt numerous times. Not to be confused with Lutzelbourg in Lorraine |
| Château de Lutzelhardt | c.1250 | Ruins | Ruined by 1538. | |
| Château de Mittelhausen | 14th, 16th, 19th century | Mittelhausen | Privately Owned. | |
| Château du Nideck | 13th century | Ruins | Destroyed by fire 1636. | |
| Château de Niedernai | ||||
| Château du Nouveau-Windstein | extant by c.1250 | Ruins | Windstein | |
| Château d'Oberhof | 12th century | Ruins apparently restored | Saverne | |
| Château d'Ochsenstein | 12th century | Ruins | Comprises 3 separate castles. | |
| Château d'Osthoffen | 13th century on site of earlier | Reconstructed - magnifique! | Converted to Renaissance château. | |
| Château d'Osthouse | 1436 | Restored | Renaissance château. | |
| Château de l'Ortenbourg / Ortenberg | 13th century | Ruins, renovated | Scherwiller | |
| Château de La Petite-Pierre (aka. Lützelstein) | 12th century | Rebuilt | Developed as residence, keep destroyed 19th century. | |
| Château du Petit-Geroldseck | 13th century | Ruins | Haegen | |
| Château du Petit-Koenigsbourg aka. Château du Oedenbourg | c.1114 | ruins, attractive | Orschwiller | Very obscure despite being close to the famous Haut-Kœnigsbourg |
| Château de Pourtalès | 1750 | Restored | ||
| Château de Rathsamhausen | c.1220 | Ruins | Ottrott | Right next to Château de Lutzelbourg |
| Château de Ramstein (Bas-Rhin) | c.1293 | Ruins (unsafe) | Scherwiller | Several hundred metres from Château de l'Ortenbourg. |
| Palais du Rhin | 1884-1888 | In very fine condition | Strasbourg | Neo-Renaissance chateau built by Hermann Eggert. |
| Château du Ringelsbourg aka. Château du Grand Ringelstein | 13th century | Ruins | Oberhaslach | |
| Château de la Roche | 13th cent | Ruins | Bellefosse | |
| Château Le Bel | 19th century | Lampertsloch | Owned by a Private company. | |
| Château des Rohan aka. Château de Saverne | 1780 on site of 1670 | restored | Saverne | Renaissance Chateau, also there is a small the Château Vieux (Old Castle) of 1417, which is still preserved today. |
| Château des Rohan | 1673 on site of 1274 | Restored | Mützig | |
| Palais Rohan | 1731-1742 | In fine condition | Strasbourg | Extravagant renaissance Chateau. |
| Château du Petit-Ringelstein | Unknown | Fragmentary remains | Oberhaslach | |
| Château de la Roche aka château de Delle, Datenried or Stein Tattenreid | 1232(?) | Ruins | Delle | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=268 |
| Château de la Rosenbourg | Mentioned 15th cent, possibly 11th or 12th c. | Restored, private residence | Westhoffen | Rumors of ancient Templar ownership, unproven. http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=230 http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=westhoffen |
| Château de Saint-Germain | ? | Destroyed | Germannshof, Wissembourg | Destroyed in 1471 http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=257 |
| Château de Saint-Pantaléon | ? | Destroyed | Vierthurn, Wissembourg | Destroyed in 1471 http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=257 |
| Château de Saint-Rémy | ? | Burned in 1570, destroyed in 1830 | East of Wissembourg | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=257 |
| Château de Saint-Paul | ? | Destroyed in 1470 | Wissembourg | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=257 |
| Château de Salm | 1205-1400 | Ruins | La Broque | |
| Château de Scharrachbergheim | 15th, 18th, 19th century | In good condition | Scharrach- bergheim-Irmstett | Privately Owned |
| Château de Schirmeck | ||||
| Château de Schœneck | 13-16th century | Ruins | Dambach | Destroyed in 1680 by French troops. |
| Château de Spesbourg | 1246-1250 | Ruins | Andlau | |
| Château Teutsch | 19th century | In good condition | Wingen-sur-Moder | Property of an association |
| Château de Thanvillé | 16th, 17th, 18th century | Ruined | Thanvillé | Owned by a private company |
| Château du Vieux-Windstein | c. 1205 | Ruins | Windstein | |
| Château du Moyen-Windstein | ||||
| Château de Wangen | Wangen | Private property. | ||
| Château de Wangenbourg | 13th century | Ruins, spectacular | Wangenbourg-Engenthal | |
| Château de Warthenberg | 1158? | Ruins | Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne | Mysterious origins - possibly mentioned in 1158 |
| Château du Wasenbourg | c.1273 | magnificent ruins | Niederbronn-les-Bains | |
| Château du Wasigenstein | 10th century, 13th cent | Ruins | Niederst- einbach | At least 2 castles on this site. Associated with the German legend of Waltharius. |
| Château de Wasselonne | 18th century | Vestiges | ||
| Château de Werde | 12th, 16th, 18th century | Matzenheim | Private property. | |
| Château de Wineck aka. Windeck | c.1300 | Ruins | Wineckerthal, Dambach | |
| Château d'Ensisheim aka le Kœnigsbourg | ||||
| Château de Wittschloessel aka. "Schmalenstein" | 13th century | Fragmentary remains | Dambach | Destroyed in 1677 |
| Château de Wœrth | c.1300 | Reconstructed as part of the town | Wœrth | |
| Château des Zorn de Plobsheim | 16th century | In good condition | Plobsheim | Owned by the town |
| Foyer de Charité | 18th-19th century | In good condition | Ottrott | Property of an association |
Chateaux of Haut-Rhin
| Name | Built | Condition | Location | Notes / more info |
| Château d'Altkirch | c.1215 | Vestiges, several of which are incorporated into more modern buildings | Sundgau | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=altkirch#chatalt |
| Château d'Aspach-le-Haut | ? | Lost | Aspach-le-Haut | Precise location not known http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_d%27Aspach-le-Haut |
| Château d'eau de Colmar | 19th century | In good condition | Colmar | Owned by the town |
| Château du Bilstein | ? | Ruins | Urbès | Not to be confused with Bilstein-Aubure |
| Château du Bilstein-Aubure | 12th cent | Ruins | Aubure (Riquewihr / Ribeauville) | |
| Château du Blochmont | first recorded mention when sold in 1271 | Ruins | Kiffis (canton de Ferrette) | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=131 |
| Château de Freidbourg | ||||
| Château du Blumenstein | mentioned in 1287, possibly 12th century | Vestiges | Wintzfelden | Very obscure and ancient ruin - http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=227 |
| Château du Burgsthal | ||||
| Château du Burgsthalschloss | ||||
| Château de Bollwiller | 16th century | Bollwiller | Property of an association. | |
| Château du Bucheneck | 1251, possibly earlier site dating to beginning of 11th c. | Beautifully restored | Soultz | |
| Château de Butenheim | 12th century | Petit-Landau | Owned by a Private company. | |
| Château Burrus | ||||
| Château de Burgstall | 12-13th century | Ruins | Guebwiller | Private property |
| Château de Dagsbourg | 12th-13th century | Ruins | Eguisheim | Owned by the town. |
| Château de Dornach | 13th and 17th cent. | Restored | Mulhouse | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=270 |
| Château d'Échéry | 13th century | Ruins | Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines | |
| Château d'Engelbourg | 14th-15th century | Ruins | Thann | Owned by the town |
| Château de Ferrette | c.1100, possible Roman site | Ruins | Ferrette | |
| Château de Florimont | mentioned 1258 | Ruins | Belfort | Very close to the Swiss border http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=florimont http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=277 |
| Château de Freundstein | 1297 | Ruins | Belfort | 984m above sea level, difficult to access http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=184 |
| Château de Gestion | ||||
| Château du Girsberg / Girsberg-Stein | 13th century | Ruins | Ribeauvillé | |
| Château du Gigersberg | ||||
| Château du Griechenfels | ? | Sparse ruins / vestiges | Orschwihr | Almost nothing known about this obscure ruin - http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=217 |
| Château du Gutenbourg | ||||
| Château de Hagueneck | mentioned in 1263 | Restored Ruins | Wettolsheim | Not to be confused with Haneck, or Haguenau! |
| Château de Haneck | mentioned in 1422 | Vestiges | Soultzbach-les-Bains, Munster | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=196 |
| Château de Hartfelsenschloss | ||||
| Château de Hartmannswiller | c. 1288 | Restored | Hartfield, Murbach | Two chateaux close together http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=349 |
| Château du Haut-Hattstatt | ||||
| Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre | 13th-14th century | Ruins | Ribeauvillé | Owned by the town |
| Château des Hattstatt-Schauenbourg | 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th century | In good condition | Soultzbach-les-Bains | Owned by a private company |
| Château de Hegenheim | 18th century | Hégenheim | Privately Owned | |
| Château de Heidwiller | 12th-19th century | Ruined | Heidwiller | Private property |
| Château de Herrenfluh | c. 1312 | Ruins | Murbach (?) | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=419 |
| Château de Hirtzenstein | c. 1265 | Ruins | Wattwiller | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=420 |
| Château de Hohenack aka. Hohnack | Ruins | Labaroche | ||
| Château de Hohrupf | c.1270, possibly abandoned by 1469 | Vestiges | Lautenbach-Zell-Sengern, Murbach | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=286 |
| Château d'Angraet (aka Angreth, Angroett) | Interregnum (1250-1273?) | Razed | Guebwiller | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=179 http://books.google.com/books?id=ALXhtLaCdTMC&pg=PA750 |
| Château du Hohlandsbourg | 1279 | Ruins(?) Restored(?) | Wintzenheim | Destroyed 1637. Ruins open to public in summer. |
| Château du Hohrupf | ||||
| Château du Hugstein | 1227 | Vestiges | between Buhl and Guebwiller | destroyed in 1806 |
| Château d'Husseren | in good state of preservation | Husseren-les-Châteaux | ||
| Château d'Husenbourg | ||||
| Château des Ifs | 16th century | In good condition | Kientzheim | Privately Owned |
| Château d'Isenbourg | ||||
| Château de Kaysersberg | c. 1220 | Ruins in good state of preservation | ||
| Château de Lupfen-Schwendi | 15th-19th century | In good condition | Kientzheim | Private property |
| Château de la famille d'Eplingen | 16th-17th century | In good condition | Hagenthal-le-Bas | Owned by the town |
| Château de Landskron | extant in 1297 | Ruins partly restored, further work planned | Leymen | Rebuilt by Vauban after 1665. |
| Château de Liebenstein | mentioned 1218, possibly 11th cent. | Some remains | Liebsdorf | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=188 |
| Château des comtes de Montbéliard-Wurtemberg | 16th century | Ruined | Riquewihr | Owned by the town |
| Château de Drachenfels | ||||
| Château de Meywihr aka. Minnewiller | 13th century | Vestiges / very little remains | Ammerschwihr | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=175 |
| Château de Molkenbourg | 1287 | Rebuilt | Guemar | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=341 http://www.actuacity.com/chateau-fort-de-molkenbourg_m153632/ |
| Château de Montori | c.1185 | A few vestiges | Near Rougemont-le-Château | Very obscure, little known http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=288 |
| Château de Morimont | extant 1271 | Ruins | Oberlarg | |
| Château de Neuenberg | c.1340 | Transformed & restored | Guebwiller | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=179 |
| Château d'Ollwiller | ||||
| Château d'Orschwihr | 13th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th century | Ruins | Orschwihr | Privately Owned |
| Château de Pflixbourg | 1212-9 | Ruins | Wintzenheim | |
| Château de Reichenberg | 19th-20th century | In good condition | Bergheim | Privately Owned |
| Château de Reichenstein | 15th-16th century | In good condition | Kientzheim | Owned by the town |
| Château de Reinach | 18th-19th century | In good condition | Hirtzbach | Private property |
| Château de Reineck | ||||
| Château de Ribeauvillé aka. Château Bas des Ribeaupierre | Ruins | Ribeauvillé | ||
| Château de Ringelstein | ||||
| Château de Saint-Léon-Pfalz | 8th-13th century | In good condition | Eguisheim | Property of an association |
| Château de Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | mentioned in 1173 | Destroyed (fire) in 1858 | Colmar | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=377 |
| Château de Saint-Ulrich aka Château de Grand-Ribeaupierre | 12th cent. on site of earlier castle | Ruins | Ribeauvillé | One of three castles (with the Girsberg and the Haut-Ribeaupierre) which dominate the commune of Ribeauvillé. |
| Château de Schlossbuckel | ||||
| Château du Schrankenfels | ||||
| Château de Schwarzenbourg | 1262 | Griesbach-au-Val | ||
| Château du Stauffen | ||||
| Château du Stettenberg | Ruins | Orschwihr | ||
| Château de Stoerenbourg | ||||
| Château du Strohbourg | ||||
| Trois châteaux | ||||
| Château Wagenbourg | 15th-18th century | In good condition | Soultzmatt | Privately Owned |
| Château de Walbach | 15th-18th century | In good condition | Walbach | Privately Owned |
| Château de Wahlenberg | 1006 | Vestiges / ruins | Eguisheim | One of the three Châteaux d'Eguisheim, between Eguisheim and Husseren-les-Châteaux https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eguisheim#Les_trois_ch.C3.A2teaux_d.27Eguisheim http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=144 |
| Château de Weckenberg | 13th-16th cent | Nothing remains | Wattwiller | http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=wattwiller |
| Châteaux de Weckmund | 13th century | Ruins | Husseren-les-Châteaux | Owned by the town |
| Château de Wildenstein | Ruins | Kruth | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Wildenstein | |
| Château de Wineck | c.1200 | Ruins | Katzenthal | Confusing - there are two Chateau Winecks |
| Palais du Conseil souverain d'Alsace |
