En un regard
Le château en bref
Hagelschloss Castle, also known as Waldsberg, overlooks the Ottrott forest. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century under the Hohenstaufen, reusing stones from the nearby Pagan Wall, it remains poorly documented before the 15th century. In 1406, following a conflict linked to the detention of Strasbourg dignitaries, the city of Strasbourg besieged the castle for eight days, plundered it and destroyed it; it was never rebuilt. Shared between the Rathsamhausen-Ehenweier and Erb families in the 15th century, then reunited under the Rathsamhausen-Ehenweier in 1532 after the Erb family died out, the site today retains only fragmentary remains, including an impressive relieving arch more than 6 metres high.