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Château du Vieux-Windstein

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MASSIF DES VOSGES

An eroded rock with fantastic looks. Access : 10 min of hiking

The Old Windstein is a semi-troglodytic castle built by the Hohenstaufen family at the end of the 12th century. With all its range of underground galleries, it uses a rocky bar that stands on a 410-metre high peak. It was badly hit by the attacks of the Strasbourgeois in 1332, and was definitively destroyed in 1676 by French troops.

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48.998852, 7.681868

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48°59'55.9"N 7°40'54.7"E

UTM

32U 403587 5428165

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