Château du Petit-Ringelstein

The Château du Petit-Ringelstein (or Château du Petit-Ringelsberg) is a ruined fortress in the commune of Oberhaslach in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is sited on a small summit that it surrounds with its enceinte constructed of dry stone walls.

Access

Access to the ruins is possible using the paths provided by the Club Vosgien. It is located on an extension of the path which leads from Oberhaslach to the Château du Grand Ringelstein.

Toponomy

The name is derived from the German words Ring (ring or circle) and Stein (stone).

Ruins

A dry stone wall circles the hill top. It measures approximately 61m by 21m, with a height of one metre. It is bordered by a ditch.

There is a quarry nearby from which rocks were cut and dressed. They date, probably, from the first third of the 13th century and would have been used for the Château du Grand-Ringelstein or for the Château de Hohenstein.

History

Nothing is known of the history of the Petit-Ringelstein. It could have been a primitive form of castle. Its present aspect probably results from a later alteration, perhaps during a siege of the Château de Hohenstein.

It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture and is state property.

See also

External links

Bibliography

  • Charles-Laurent Salch, Nouveau Dictionnaire des Châteaux-Forts d'Alsace, Alsatia 1991.
  • Charles-Laurent Salch, "Archéologie du château alsacien", in Châteaux Guerriers, 1975
  • Bernard Haegel, "L'enceinte et la carrière de pierres médiévale du Petit-Ringelstein" in Etudes Médiévales', III, 1985
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