Haut Koenigsbourg Alsace

Alsace , France
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    Attraction Type:

    Castle, Historic site

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    Strasbourg, Saint Die and Mulhouse France

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    We were lucky to meet with our French friend Alice for the next couple of days and she showed us beautiful sights of North East France in the Alsace region. Strasbourg was gorgeous with all the original old style houses built from the 1600's all on little canals. This is where I tried Escargot (snails) they looked disgusting like actual snails!! …

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    Invaders of castles and justifiying fruit theft

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    ... like we had just gone for a swim. I was afraid I would get a spanking. The next day we went to see the Haut Koenigsbourg Castle on the highest hill in the region. Unfortunately we went there on a Saturday and the castle was being invaded by armies of ...

  • 2

    Road Trip & Favorite Cities

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    ... The building is nice and they are very centrally located.  Friday we got up early and headed straight to the castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg. It's a castle that lays between Colmar and Strasbourg. I had been there once before but about 10 years ago. A ...

  • 3

    Shelby's Castle and Crusades Report

    ... to the town of Selestat and in 1492, Gaspard de Morimont sold the chateau to the town of Selestat. Like the Chateau de Haut-Koenigsbourg, the Chateau de Kintzheim was also partly destroyed in the Thirty Years' War by the Swedes. After the raid by the ...

  • 4

    Clickety-clack, clickety-clack

    ... topped houses, terraced hillsides, and mountains to the east. Near Selestat, a beautiful castle on the hillside. Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg was home to Emperor William II, who resided there during WWI. Picturesque villages with red roofs and ...

  • 5

    Rosh H day 2, Alsace w/ my mom

    ... holding human babies in their beaks. We next got in the car and headed to Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg, a 12th-century castle with grand views of the Alsace, Germany across the Rhine River, and the Vogses Mountains. The castle was furnished so I ...

  • 6

    Car trouble...

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    ... cobbled streets and most of the city walls and towers are still standing. A great place for lunch. We also stopped at Haut-Koenigsbourg, a giant medieval castle on a hilltop, complete with turrets, a windmill and cannons (added later). The ...

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    Sélestat- Haut Koenigsbourg castle

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    ... em direção a Colmar e paramos em Sélestat. De lá pegamos um onibus na estação de trem que ia para o castelo Haut Koenigsbourg. O castelo é da época medieval, por volta de 1147, mas foi reconstruido no sec 19. Fica numa montanha a 700m de altura ...

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    Bike riding in Strasbourg

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    ... in the indoor pool ( James loves it).  Afterwards we drove to the large castle on the top of the hill - Haut-Koenigsbourg  Fantastic except for the 3 busloads of craaaaazy people all dressed up and chanting - the gendarmerie were even called ...

  • 9

    The Alsace Region

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    ... Vignette" is excellent! specializing in (make a wild guess) .... the Alsatian food.  We have also stopped by the castle Haut Koenigsbourg. It was very crowded, and since our guide book didn't give high recommendations, we did not go in.  The ...

  • 10

    Alsace Blog

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    ... itself on the site of what used to be the inn for passing travelers. For more information on the castle, try: http://www.haut-koenigsbourg.net/     Upon reaching the town of Schirmeck, take the D392 in the direction of Donon. This is a ...