En un regard
Le château en bref
Built between 1419 and 1434 by Arnold VI of Sierck on a rocky spur above Manderen, the Malbrouck fortress (Burg Meinsberg) was a possession of the Electorate of Trier. Jacques de Sierck was consecrated Archbishop of Trier there in 1439. Held by the Sayn family (1531–1608) and then by the Counts of Sultz (1608–1643), it was sold in 1648 to Louis de Bettainvillers. In 1705 it served as the headquarters of the Duke of Marlborough, which gave it the name Malbrouck. Sold as national property in 1793 and then left to decay, it was bought in ruins in 1975 by the Moselle Department and restored from 1991 to 1998 by the architect Michel Goutal. Four corner towers (Lanterne, Sorcière, Roche chauve, Dames) frame a three-storey residential block around a courtyard. A barbican, a drawbridge, a moat and walls up to 4.80 m thick strengthen the defences. Listed as a monument historique in 1930, the castle hosts exhibitions, festivals and an annual comic book festival.