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Château du Nouveau-Windstein is a window into France’s royal and medieval past. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Château du Nouveau-Windstein
In the forested hills of the northern Vosges near Niederbronn in Alsace, the Château du Nouveau-Windstein is a picturesque 13th-century castle ruin, one of a pair of castles that guarded this frontier of the medieval Empire. Built of pink sandstone and partly hewn from the rock, its ruined walls, towers and Gothic windows rise romantically among the trees, evoking the age of the knights who once held it. Reached by a pleasant walk through the beautiful forests of the Northern Vosges natural park, the ruins offer an atmospheric glimpse of medieval castle life and fine views over the wooded hills. Romantic, historic and beautifully set in the woods, the Château du Nouveau-Windstein is a rewarding stop on the castle trails of the northern Vosges, an evocative medieval ruin in the green and wild landscapes of northern Alsace, close to the spa town of Niederbronn.