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Le château en bref
A semi-troglodytic fortress perched at 551 m above sea level in the commune of Wingen, the Château du Hohenbourg was founded in the mid-13th century by the Pullers of Hohenbourg, descended from the Fleckenstein line and known as its first occupants from 1262. Confiscated in 1457 by the Elector Palatine following an unlawful seizure carried out by Richard Puller, it passed to Eberhard Hofwart of Kirchheim before being acquired in 1522 by Franz von Sickingen, who adapted it to artillery defence with a large horseshoe-shaped barbican. His son Franz Conrad rebuilt it in Renaissance style after 1523. Destroyed in 1680 by Montclar's troops, the site is now in ruins and freely accessible all year round.