Ruin to visit
Andlau Castle
Markers
Built around 1264 by the Lords of Andlau, knights of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the castle was relatively spared during the Thirty Years’ War. Confiscated as national property during the Revolution, it was sold in 1796 to a merchant who, from 1806, sold the castle piece by piece in an act of general indifference. In 1818, the Andlau Family bought it back in order to save the vestiges. Painstaking work is currently pursued by the Association of the Friends of Andlau Castle ‘Les Amis du château d’Andlau’.
History
One day in May 1438, an Obernai squire named bailiff of the castle refused to pay the departure tax owed to his city. City soldiers besieged the castle, arousing the wrath of the Andlau lords who took offence at these methods in a letter: “… those of Obernai surprised the castle by night, bearing arms and dared to stab the squire and his wife. ”
Key points
The imposing polygonal-shaped fortress is flanked at its ends by two circular towers, between which there is a bright residential chamber, with multiple gothic arch windows set in it.
Practical informations
- Address
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67140 Andlau - Access
- From Barr, take the RD 854 towards Mont Sainte-Odile. After 5 km turn left to arrive at the car park of the Hungerplatz forest house. Continue on foot along the marked Vosges Club path (red cross) or by following the signs for the Fortified Castles’ Trail.
- Walk time from car park
- 20 min
- Nearest tourism office
- Office de Tourisme du Pays de Barr
Place de l'Hôtel de ville, 67140 Barr
03 88 08 66 65 - tourisme@paysdebarr.fr
www.pays-de-barr.com - Facebook @tourismepaysdebarr - Conservation association
- Les Amis du château d'Andlau
1 rue Albert Schweitzer, 67140 Heilgenstein
info@chateaudandlau.com
www.chateaudandlau.com - Facebook @chateau.andlau - GPS coordinates
- Lat.: 48.40147135 - Long.: 7.41233826
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