Château du Hohlandsbourg

Hohlandsberg - View of courtyard and Upper Castle

Castle Hohlandsberg ( Hohlandsburg, French: Château du Haut Bourg -Land ) is a medieval castle in Wintzenheim in Alsace ( Haut -Rhin), about seven kilometers west of Colmar.

Location

The conspicuous plant is enthroned as the pinnacle castle in altitude of 650 meters on the eastern edge of the Vosges. It monitors the output of the Münstertal in the Upper Rhine Valley. The view extends far beyond the valley to the emperor chair, Strasbourg and Basel, as well as several neighboring castle ruins ( among others Pflixburg, three exes ). Accessible Hohlandsberg is one on the Route des cinq châteaux ( Five Castles Road ) situated a short walk parking. The castle is open from Easter to mid-November, the entrance is free of charge.

History

On the Castle Hill ( 1300-750 BC ) was already in the Late Bronze Age, a vast fortification. The castle was begun in 1279 by the mayor of Colmar Siegfried of Gundolsheim, but fell already in 1281 by the Habsburgs who expansions generous. In the 14th century the castle was repeatedly pledged before they came in 1410 as a fief to the counts of Lupfen they invested more. Castles and Power Hohlandsberg fell in 1563 to Lazarus of Schwendihotel, counselor of the Emperor Charles V and Maximilian II, who allowed modernize the castle. 1633, during the Thirty Years War, the castle was occupied by the Swedes, destroyed in 1637 by French troops. Since 1840 under monument protection, Hohlandsberg was partly rehabilitated Haut-Rhin cost of millions since 1985 under the auspices of the department, partly rebuilt and now serves as the backdrop for cultural events.

Plant

Hohlandsberg consists of a small, since 1987 archaeologically explored Upper Castle and a 96 times 66 meters wide, almost rectangular sub- castle, which is surrounded by up to 14 meters high and two meters thick, walkable wall with tour Ellen and weir bays. Located inside leaning against this wall at several residential and commercial buildings that were reconstructed in the course of restoration work for old findings and views in part. Access to the castle is at the north side, which is reinforced with a pentagonal bastion from the time Schwendi. The castle walls are all built from the upcoming granite.