Castles in the Upper Rhine

Château
68240 Kaysersberg Vignoble

The former Reichenstein Castle, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Kientzheim (High Rhine), is a historical monument combining Renaissance and late Gothic architecture, marked by successive changes until the 20th century.

Château fort
68340 Riquewihr

Bilstein Castle, a castle of the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, dominates Riquewihr in the Upper Rhine at an altitude of 757 m. Ranked a historic monument in 1898, its ruins bear witness to a turbulent medieval history between Lorraine and Württemberg.

Château
68420 Eguisheim

The castle of Saint-Léon-Pfalz, located in Eguisheim (Haut-Rhin), is a 13th century medieval building, rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries, incorporating a neo-Roman chapel dedicated to Saint Leo IX.

Château
68220 Hagenthal-le-Bas

The Castle of the Eplingen family, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in Hagenthal-le-Bas (Great East), is a noble house in pavilion with square tower, classified as a historical monument since 2010.

Château fort
68150 Ribeauvillé

The château du Girsberg, formerly Petit-Ribeaupierre, is a 13th-century castle that dominated Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin, classified as a historical monument since 1841 and 1930.

Lautenbachzell

Husenburg Castle, located in Lautenbachzell in the East, is an emblematic historical monument of this Alsatian region, whose exact period remains undetermined.

Château fort
68230 Katzenthal

Wineck Castle, built in the 13th and 14th centuries in Katzenthal (High Rhine), is a medieval castle in ruins, overlooking the village and controlling the entrance to the Dorfbach valley.

Château fort
68220 Leymen

The castle of the Landskron, a medieval fortress of the 13th, 16th and 18th centuries, dominates the Sundgau in Leimen (High Rhine). Its ruins, classified as historical monument, offer a Franco-Swiss panorama from its preserved dungeon.