The castle is located 100 m from another castle, the Château du Falkenstein. The castle was mentioned in the 14th century as the property of the Dukes of Lorraine. It passed as a fief to the Wasselonne family and was destroyed around 1435.[1] In 1437, the Bishop of Strasbourg settled a difference between Guillaume de Falkenstein and Frédéric de Thann concerning the demolished fortress, zerbrochene Feste, of Helfenstein.[2]
Following its destruction, the castle effectively disappeared from view and was virtually unknown until 1928 when Ad. Malye discovered and excavated it following research in documents and on the ground.[3]
Today, the site makes an agreeable sporting promenade. The site exhibits very little in the way of remains - among other finds, a well was discovered in 1928.[4] The ruins are state property.[1]
château, helfenstein, german, burg, helfenstein, ruined, castle, commune, philippsbourg, moselle, département, france, helfenstein, castle, rock, contents, history, also, references, external, linkshistory, editthe, castle, located, from, another, castle, chât. The Chateau de Helfenstein German Burg Helfenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Philippsbourg in the Moselle departement of France 1 Helfenstein Castle s rock Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe castle is located 100 m from another castle the Chateau du Falkenstein The castle was mentioned in the 14th century as the property of the Dukes of Lorraine It passed as a fief to the Wasselonne family and was destroyed around 1435 1 In 1437 the Bishop of Strasbourg settled a difference between Guillaume de Falkenstein and Frederic de Thann concerning the demolished fortress zerbrochene Feste of Helfenstein 2 Following its destruction the castle effectively disappeared from view and was virtually unknown until 1928 when Ad Malye discovered and excavated it following research in documents and on the ground 3 Today the site makes an agreeable sporting promenade The site exhibits very little in the way of remains among other finds a well was discovered in 1928 4 The ruins are state property 1 See also editList of castles in FranceReferences edit a b c Base Merimee Chateau fort de Helfenstein Ministere francais de la Culture in French Ad Malye Le chateau de Helfenstein Bulletin de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie de Haguenau 1928 29 pages 32 33 in French Ad Malye Le chateau de Helfenstein Bulletin de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie de Haguenau 1928 29 pages 9 38 in French Ad Malye Le chateau de Helfenstein Bulletin de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie de Haguenau 1928 29 page 35 in French External links editBase Merimee Chateau fort de Helfenstein Ministere francais de la Culture in French 49 00 23 N 7 34 10 E 49 00639 N 7 56944 E 49 00639 7 56944 nbsp This article about a castle or chateau in France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chateau de Helfenstein amp oldid 1209731202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
