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Château du Haut Kœnigsbourg

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View from the wall of the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle ( Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg ) over the Alsatian panorama and vineyards up to the Black Forest; Shutterstock ID 1780073546; your: Sloane Tucker; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI 1780073546

On its fairy-tale perch above vineyards and hills, the turreted red-sandstone Château du Haut Kœnigsbourg is worth a detour for the wraparound panorama from its ramparts, taking in the Vosges, the Black Forest and, on cloud-free days, the Alps. Audioguides delve into the turbulent 900-year history of the castle, which makes a very medieval impression despite having been reconstructed, with German imperial pomposity, by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1908.

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