En un regard
Le château en bref
Fénétrange Castle stands at the heart of this small town in the south-east of the Moselle department. Of medieval origin, it resulted from the merging of several seigneurial residences, the lordship having been divided as early as 1259 between branches of the House of Malberg, and subsequently held by families such as the Rhinegraves, the Croÿ and the Salm. Following a fire at the beginning of the 16th century, it was rebuilt; a Gothic castle chapel was erected in 1584. In 1765, King Stanislas transferred the castle to Dominique de Frimont, governor of Fénétrange, who unified the main buildings and gave it its present appearance around a vast horseshoe-shaped courtyard, with volumes unique in Lorraine. The building retains a helical staircase decorated with scrolls and a former seigneurial kitchen. The façades and roofs are listed, and the chapel as well as the staircase have been classified as monuments historiques since 13 December 1982. The roofs were renovated in 2005, and the 16th-century eastern wing is the subject of a consolidation project supported by the Fondation du patrimoine. The courtyard may be visited freely; certain interiors are open during guided tours.