Visit of Fleckenstein Castle
CastlesVisit of the Fleckenstein Castle: discover this 12th century castle. The fortification, largely troglodytic, is embedded in a rock of spectacular dimensions. Fleckenstein, the impregnable eagle's nest! Set off to conquer this fortress, which stretches out on a rocky bar of exceptional dimensions above the Northern Vosges and the Palatinate, and let the history of this emblematic castle in Alsace be told to you.
The fortress was built in the 12th Century and for 600 years it was the family castle of the Fleckenstein family. It was extended and improved over the centuries at the same time as the family increased its social status in the world. Reckoned to be impregnable, it did not live up to its reputation and fell without a fight into the hands of the soldiers of Louis XIV. The ruins impress and charm the visitor at one and the same time as they explore one of the finest castles of the Northern Vosges, a natural phenomenon for some, a sailing ship without a crew for the poets, a world of imagination for aspiring knights and princesses. Visit it as you will and in you own time.
Horaires d'ouverture
8 January to 22 March 2024: Sundays from 12 noon to 4pm, except in snow or icy conditions
Last admission 3.30pm
23 March to 30 June 2024: daily from 10am to 5.30pm
1 July to 31 August 2024: daily from 10am to 6pm
1 September to 26 October 2024: daily from 10am to 5.30pm
27 October to 3 November 2024: 10am to 5pm
4 November to 25 December 2024: annual closure
26 December 2024 to 5 January 2025: daily from 12pm to 4pm
Visite chez Le Château des Défis® (sur le site du Fleckenstein)
Nouveau parcours 2024 ! Tout commence par le vol d’un grimoire ! Celui-ci contient la formule qui permet de transformer le minerai de fer en or,… Depuis cet ignoble geste de cupidité, les ténèbres et les pires calamités s’abattent sur les terres de Fleckenstein. Par chance, l’alchimiste du château a tout juste eu le temps de se réfugier en forêt et d’appeler Kim à la rescousse. Aux côtés de ce personnage intrépide et malicieux, votre mission sera de rétablir les équilibres du monde. Pour ce faire, après avoir tenté de retenir les couleurs sur les terres de Fleckenstein, vous serez propulsés dans l’insondable Monde des Légendes. Il faudra réussir à vous en échapper pour débuter votre ascension vers le château, libérer le baron retenu captif et tenter de retrouver le grimoire pour remettre de l’ordre dans ses symboles.
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Animaux acceptés
Dogs are welcome and allowed on a lead throughout the site except inside the P'tit Fleck play area.
To enter the castle, please bring large dogs to the ticket office so that we can facilitate their passage through the access control.
Fleckenstein Castle
Fleckenstein Castle was mentioned for the first time in 1174 when Gottfried of Fleckenstein was a member of the court of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. For six hundred years it was held by the Fleckenstein family, one of the most influential in Lower Alsace. From a rock with basic fortifications it became a majestic castle with a reputation as an impregnable eyrie, which inspired the Strasbourg architect Daniel Specklin to picture it as ‘the ideal castle’ in 1589. It was finally taken without resistance in 1680 by the soldiers of Louis XIV, who destroyed it with black gunpowder.
Accès Train
Fleckenstein est accessible par transport en commun à partir de la gare de Wissembourg et en correspondance avec les TER provenant de Haguenau, Winden, Neustadt et Landau les vendredis, samedis, dimanches et jours fériés de Pâques à la Toussaint.
Accès voiture
Coordonnées GPS : 49.044795,7.771872
à 1h de Strasbourg, Sarreguemines ou Karlsruhe
à 1h30 de Colmar, Saarbrücken ou Heidelberg