Chateau de Wittschlœssel
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Castle Facts:
Location: Dambach, in the Bas-Rhin departement of France (Alsace Region).
Built: 13th century.
Condition: Fragmentary remains.
Ownership / Access: --
Notes: Chateau de Wittschloessel is on the Wittberg, in the municipality of Dambach, in the department of Bas-Rhin.Built in the eighteenth century, the castle is closer to a watchtower overlooking the valley of Obersteinbach. It was to be a fort filling safety Castle Schœneck.
Mentioned only in 1657 in connection with a description of lordship limit, the castle was a possession of Lichtenberg then Eckbrecht of Durckheim.
Destroyed in 1677, probably by the French, the history of this castle, the castle of Schœneck related, is little known.
Chateau de Wittschloessel Links:
Chateau de Wittschloessel On Wikipedia
http://www.chateauxforts-alsace.org/page_consultation.php?page=193
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