Château des Zorn

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Le château en bref

The Château des Zorn stands in the heart of Plobsheim, south of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). It was built between 1588 and 1590 for the Zorn family, one of the great Strasbourg patrician lineages, on the site of an earlier seigneurial residence. The Zorn family, and in particular the Zorn de Plobsheim branch, kept it from 1684 until 1831. The estate was then sold, and the château became municipal property in 1836. It then housed public functions and was for a long time home to a school, which operated there until 2021. The building, in the Rhenish Renaissance style, consists of a massive main block under a steep roof, flanked by a stair tower that serves the upper floors. It has been listed as a Monument historique since 1929. Owned by the commune, it is the subject of discussions about its future use following the school's departure.