The castle of Saint-Ulrich (530 meters) is the largest and best preserved of the three castles of Ribeauvillé. Built around the middle of the 13th century on a rocky outcrop, …
According to legend, two brothers lived separately in the castles. They woke themselves, as was their habit, with crossbow bolts fired at the shutters. Until one day a bullet hit …
The Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre is the ruin of a fortified castle located northwest of Ribeauvillé. It is part, with the castles of St. Ulrich and Girsberg, of the three close …
The three watchtowers, on the castle hill, tower over the Alsace plain at 591 m. They were in the XI. and XIII. Century built. In the middle, the Wahlenbourg, the …
An important fort stood here in the late Roman Empire. It secured the crossing of the Rhine. Today Sponeck Castle is still privately owned and can usually only be visited …
The Prefecture of Haut-Rhin began construction of its new building in 1862. Their former building, in the hotel of the Abbey of Pairis (now the town hall), where it was …