Castle of Andlau

The castle of Andlau is located in the Commune Frenchwoman of Andlau, in the department of the the Low-Rhine.

History

Built over a narrow granitic bar , with 451 meters of altitude, the Haut-Andlau dominates the valleys of Andlau and the Kirneck. The manufacturer of the castle in granitic block is doubtless Eberhard d' Andlau between 1246 and 1264. In 1678, after the fastening of the Alsace to the France, it is plundered by the troops of the marshal of Créquy. The castle remains with the hands of the counts of Andlau until the French revolution and is used then as residence with a forester gamekeeper with the service of the family.

Confiscated like Quite national, it is sold in 1796 to a tradesman who, starting from 1806, sells the castle piece per piece in the general indifference. In 1818, Antoine-Henri d' Andlau repurchases the ruin and destruction saves it. Consolidation work is undertaken in 1859. The castle is classified historic building in 1926 and is consolidated in 1927 - 1928 by a restoration campaign launched on the initiative of the Vosgean Club. It always belongs to the family of Andlau.

Building

The castle is staged on two levels. The high part is built on a narrow edge of approximately twenty-five meters of width and eighty meters directed length of the south-south-east to the north-north-west. It is consisted a long apartment building flanked at each end of a circular turn approximately ten meters in diameter. The castle is built of only one holding, only the farmyard having known transformations at the 16th century. As for the Castle of close Spesbourg, the material used is the granite extracted on the spot. In the east, a strong slope of the mountain is used to him as natural defense whereas on the other sides, broad and deep ditch cut in the rock insulates it and protects it.

External bonds

Site of the association of the friends of the castle of Andlau
Article and photographs on the castle of Andlau

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