Special features of the château du Haut-Koenigsbourg

The château du Haut-Koenigsbourg boasts many unusual features. Each guided tour of the fortress will reveal something of these to you.

Detail of a sculpture in the neogothic staircase - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail of the castle's architecture - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail of the castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail of the castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Cannons showed on the grand bastion of the Haut Koenigsbourg - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Stained-glass window in the chapel of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The entrance tickets control tower in the lower courtyard of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The inner courtyard of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle with the entrance in the medieval kitchen on the right - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Railings of the polygonal stair leading to the dwellings, inner courtyard of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Polygonal stair leading to the dwellings, inner courtyard of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
A loophole at the grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
North lists from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, with the windows of the arms room (first floor) and the Kaiser room (2d floor) - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The roof of the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The roof of the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The roof of the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
North lists from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, with the windows of the arms room (first floor) and the Kaiser room (2d floor) - © Jean-Luc Stadler
North lists from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, with the windows of the arms room (first floor) and the Kaiser room (2d floor) - © Jean-Luc Stadler
North lists from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, with the windows of the arms room (first floor) and the Kaiser room (2d floor) - © Jean-Luc Stadler
North lists from Haut-Koenigsbourg castle
Roof of the polygonal stair leading to the dwellings, inner courtyard of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Latrines and oriel at the southern façade of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
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Detail from the southern façade of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail from the entrance gate at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail of a sculpture on the polygonal staircase at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Detail of a sculpture on the polygonal staircase at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The northern dwellings of Haut Koenigsbourg castle and their insulating panelling - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Timber galleries on the southern dwellings of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Timber galleries on the southern dwellings of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Chair showed in the room with oriel in the second floor of the southern dwellings at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler