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Origin and history

The Foyer de Charité d'Ottrott occupies the Windeck Castle, a building registered with historical monuments since 1992. Located at 51 Main Street in Ottrott (Bas-Rhin), this castle was built in the middle of the eighteenth century for Joseph de Pascalis, before being acquired in 1835 by Armand Théodore de Dartein. The latter undertook major expansions, including agricultural buildings dated 1836 and 1841, and the development of the park and ponds, marked by engraved stones (1836, 1839, 1840).

After 1860, Baron Léon Renouard de Bussière added a park-side veranda, a stair turret (dated 1875 and 1880), and rearranged the hunting lodge. The estate also includes the ruins of the Altenkeller Castle. Today, the site belongs to an association and houses a remarkable garden open to the public, while preserving protected elements such as the entrance gate, the Italian park, and the castle facades.

The property of the Windeck, quoted from the late Middle Ages, illustrates the architectural and landscape evolution of an Alsatian noble estate, marked by successive transformations in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its inscription in 1992 underscores its heritage value, mixing medieval heritage, 18th century classicism and eclecticism of the Second Empire. The Foyer de Charité, integrated in this place, perpetuates a spiritual and cultural vocation in a preserved historical setting.

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