Bruche Gate

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Le château en bref

The Bruche Gate is one of the surviving remains of the fortified enceinte of Dachstein. An oppidum and a gate are mentioned there in 1303. Bishop John I of Dirpheim of Strasbourg strengthened the defences between 1306 and 1328; John IV of Manderscheid-Blanckenheim modernised them for gunpowder artillery between 1569 and 1592 (the gate bears the date 1574). In 1675, Turenne's troops, under the orders of Vaubrun, bombarded the ramparts, took the town and destroyed the castle. The gate, restored in the 18th century (date 1772), escaped demolition in 1862. Square in plan and under a hipped roof, it has pointed-arch passageways to the east and west; its upper section, in Renaissance style, was lowered by roughly half. The medieval enceinte measured about 1550 m. Owned by the commune, the gate has been listed as a Monument historique by decree of 18 June 1929.