The 'Castillo de Haut-Koenigsbourg' reigns over Alsace and this is well over the last ten centuries or so.
In a region characterized by hundreds of medieval fortresses, mountains, forests, valleys, vineyards and charming villages, probably its original location is what gives it a privileged position in the turbulent history county.
As it seems, the hills where it was built great strength, were donated to the 'Order of the Fathers of Liepvre' in 744 by the 'Emperor Charlemagne' . From there they begin some construction sites become military fortress in 1147, when he first mentioned the existence of a tower belonging to the lords of Hohenstaufen being in 1192 taking the name of 'Koenigsbourg' or 'Royal Castle' .
completely demolished and then rebuilt, fortified and enlarged during the fifteenth century, different owners succeed, as the region passed into the hands of other feudal lords. In the seventeenth century more precisely in 1633, this fort was burned and largely destroyed due to 'War Thirty Years' to be abandoned again during the next two centuries.
was only in 1862 that the neighboring village of Sélestat acquire the ruins of 'Castillo de Haut-Koenigsbourg' , then classified as 'Monument National '. In 1899 the people of Sélestat offers these ruins to the German emperor Wilhelm II, due to the annexation of Alsace after 'Franco-Prussian War' , 1871 and begins the restoration work complete Haut-Koenigsbourg in 1899, as part of their efforts to strength the German presence in the region. Restoration work last eight years and only in 1919, after completion of 'World War' , the 'Castillo de Haut-Koenigsbourg' back to the French state and is named as 'National Castle' , being declared finally as 'Monument' in 1993. As in 2007, finally passing into the hands of the communes' Regional Council of Lower-Rhine. "
Today we visit many quarters of 'Castillo de Haut-Koeningsbourg' , live testimony of a particular time rich in the region: the Middle Ages and on the splendid 'Alsace Wine Route' . Being the best of this visit arriving at the original site: with spectacular views of the villages and vineyards of Bajor-Rhine, from its terraces get some of the best images from our stay in the region of Alsace .
Another highlight of the visit to 'Castillo de Haut-Koenigsbourg' is the possibility of a tour through the lush woods surrounding the castle, winding forest demarcate borders between France and Germany today, knowing that every step we take there, a little more lead us into the tumultuous history that has always marked out this beautiful European region.
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