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Visit of Fleckenstein Castle

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The fortress was built in the 12th Century and for 600 years it was the family castle of the Fleckenstein family. It was extended and improved over the centuries at the same time as the family increased its social status in the world. Reckoned to be impregnable, it did not live up to its reputation and fell without a fight into the hands of the soldiers of Louis XIV. The ruins impress and charm the visitor at one and the same time as they explore one of the finest castles of the Northern Vosges, a natural phenomenon for some, a sailing ship without a crew for the poets, a world of imagination for aspiring knights and princesses. Visit it as you will and in you own time.

Horaires

February 22 to March 27, 2026: every Sunday from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm (except in case of snow or ice). Last admission at 3:30 pm.
March 28 to June 30, 2026: daily from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
July 1 to August 31, 2026: daily from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
September 1 to October 24, 2026: daily from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
October 25 to November 1, 2026: from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
November 2 to December 25, 2026: winter closure
December 26, 2026 to January 3, 2027: daily from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm (except in case of snow or ice)

Contact

www.fleckenstein.fr

03 88 94 28 52



Fleckenstein Castle

Fleckenstein Castle was mentioned for the first time in 1174 when Gottfried of Fleckenstein was a member of the court of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. For six hundred years it was held by the Fleckenstein family, one of the most influential in Lower Alsace. From a rock with basic fortifications it became a majestic castle with a reputation as an impregnable eyrie, which inspired the Strasbourg architect Daniel Specklin to picture it as ‘the ideal castle’ in 1589.It was finally taken without resistance in 1680 by the soldiers of Louis XIV, who destroyed it with black gunpowder.

Curtain walls, fortified gates, 13th Century well tower, 16th Century stair tower, wells and cisterns carved from the rock make up the architectural features that justified the castle’s listing as an ancient monument in 1898. They enable the visitor, even if they know little about fortifications, to appreciate the different stages in the development of the medieval castle.