Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines du château du Vieux-Windstein
Windstein, Bas-Rhin, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château du Vieux-Windstein (ruines) (cad. 6 73/19) : inscription par arrêté du 9 novembre 1984
- Protection dates
- 1984/11/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Commune
- Windstein
- Département
- Bas-Rhin
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.99866, 7.68188
- Mérimée reference
- PA00085239
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Alsatia Inferior" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ce château a été detruit par l'artillerie du général Montclar lors des guerres de Louis XIV.
English translation
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History
This castle was destroyed by the artillery of general Montclar during the wars of Louis XIV.
Nearby in the register
- Ruines du château du Nouveau-Windsteinchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Wineck : vestiges en totalitéchâteau1 mi
- Ruines du château de Schoeneckchâteau fort2 mi
- Ruines du château Petit-Arnsbergchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.