County of the Haut-Koenigsbourg massif, Kintzheim is strategically located on Alsazia’s
Wines Road overhung to the North from the Hahnenberg Hillocks and to South from the Hills of the
Gran Cru Praelattenberg.
Kintzheim’s Coat of Arms |
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The Castle of the Haut-Koenigsbourg is situated on a rocky spur at over 700 meters altitude.
This strategic position made the castle an ideal observatory of the main roads of the region,
from the castle you can glimpse a breathtaking view of Alsace: Vosges, Rhine, Black Forest.
Run by the Hohenstaufens up to the XII century and by the Habsbourgs up to the XV century, the
castle was reconstructed in the middle of the XV century with a defensive system conceived for
the artillery.
Dismantled at the time of the Thirty Years War it was restored by Guillaume II of Hohenzollern
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The Neo-Gothic Basilica of Notre-Dame de Marienthal is a famous pilgrimage place.
In the photos the Church Carmel du Sacré Coeur.
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Small village next to Marienthal |
In 1192 Hoerdt is quoted for the first time in the official documents as
Imperial Feud of the Landgraf of the Low Alsace under the name of Herde that means dry and
uncultivated ground.
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