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Château du Hohenbourg
The Hohenbourg is a ruined semi-troglodyte castle, built on a sandstone summit of the Schlossberg, in the northern Vosges, in the commune of Wingen. Built in the mid-thirteenth century, it is first known through the Puller family, called "de Hohenbourg". Its lordships overlap those of the Fleckensteins, which caused frequent rivalries. It was restored in the early sixteenth century; the von Sickingen family became its owner in 1504.
Its most remarkable element is a horseshoe-shaped artillery bastion, pierced by two large gates and two firing positions, whose walls measure 3.60 to 4.60 metres thick. It is a good example of military architecture of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A Renaissance portal also survives.
Listed as a historic monument since 1898, the site offers from its terrace a wide view over the northern Vosges and the Palatinate. It is reached on foot by a marked path of the Club vosgien.
