En un regard
Le château en bref
The upper château of Oberhof (or Château Saint-Michel) in Saverne was founded in 1417, after the arrival of Bishop William of Diest, to replace an ageing lower château. The architect Hans Hammer carried out renovations there in 1495, then Blaise Zingg built the Olive Gallery (galerie des Oliviers) between 1539 and 1541 for Bishop William of Honstein, originally intended to house a library. The main building was rebuilt in 1680 under François-Egon de Furstenberg to house the administration of the episcopal regency. The Chapel of Saint Michael, built over a crypt of the 13th–14th centuries, was vaulted in 1504 and consecrated in 1456. The château has housed the sub-prefecture since 1852.