The Haut-Koenigsbourg castle is located on top of a hill overlooking the plain of Alsace. It was built and rebuilt several times; it is first mentioned in 1147,…
In 1633 the castle is abandoned after a siege; the Swedes had burned it down during the "30 year war" between the Habsburg family of the Holy Roman Empire…
In 1871 Alsace becomes German after a war between France and Germany. The nearby city of Sélestat gives the castle to German Emperor Wilhelm II.
In 1900-1908 the castle is restored to its 1479 state by Berliner architect Bodo Ebhardt. The castle returned to France in 1918 after World War I.
The castle after and before the 1900s restoration.