Location: Rue de Schotten, Oberhaslach Map
The Grand-Ringelstein Castle (or Ringelsbourg Castle) is located in
the municipality of Oberhaslach (Bas-Rhin). It has been classified
as historical monuments since December 1898.
Dating from the
early thirteenth century, it was built around several sandstone
rocks at an altitude of 644m. On the top of the rocks only faint
remains of buildings remain, including the remains of a pentagonal
keep, placed to the north, on the most accessible side. On the other
hand, the polygonal enclosure that surrounds the group of rocks is
still well preserved, especially on the south-west side, where
several small semicircular openings can be observed. Property of the
Eguisheim, the place is cited from the middle of the twelfth
century. After the extinction of the family, he passed to the Bishop
of Strasbourg. A haunt of robber knights, it was destroyed in 1470.