Château du Landsberg
Castle in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
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The Château du Landsberg is a castle in the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France.
The castle includes a Zwinger with two sets of defensive walls. Construction dates from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries. The land belonged to the Abbey of Niedersmunster.[1]
The castle is privately owned. It has been listed since 1965 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[1]
History
The central part of the castle was built in the late 12th century, and the newer outer castle added onto at the start of the 13th century[2] by Conrad de Landsberg to provide defence for the abbeys of Mont Sainte-Odile, Niedermunster, Truttenhausen and Andlau. More recent additions were made in the 15th century.[2] Herrad of Landsberg was born here around 1130.
Images
Interior
The square keep
Oriel
The castle as it appeared in the 16th and 17th centuries
