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Origin and history

The castle of Etobon was a medieval fortress built on a hill overlooking the village of Etobon, in Upper Saône. Located 167 metres above the village, it extended 220 metres long and 60 metres wide, offering an advantageous defensive position. Its castral village, attested as early as 1256, housed about fifty families, testifying to its local importance.

Passed under the control of the Dukes of Burgundy, including Eudes IV, the castle then changed hands to join the Counts of Montbéliard, like Henri de Montfalcon, then the Dukes of Württemberg. Its destruction began in 1519 when the Count of Furstemberg, lord of Porrentruy, incendia. Ulric de Montbéliard, who later recovered it, decided not to rebuild it, sealing its decline.

From the 17th century, after the Thirty Years' War, the inhabitants of Etobon obtained permission to draw his stones to build their houses. This practice continued among their descendants, gradually reducing the castle to the state of remains. In the twenty-first century, only a few traces remain, a discreet reminder of its strategic and tumultuous past.

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