Château de Kagenfels
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The Château de Kagenfels (also known as Kaguenfels ou Kagenburg) is a ruined castle
situated in the Forest of Obernai,
in the commune
of Ottrott
in the Bas-Rhin
département of France. It was constructed in the 12th century.
The Château du Kagenfels was built by a certain Kagen who gave his name to the castle.
The castle appears on the French Ministry of Culture database and is described as being in a poor state, but has no official protection as a monument historique
. It is constructed largely of granite. A programme of restoration is underway.
of the Bishop of Strasbourg. The castle passed successively to the nobles of Hohenstein, then to Utenheim and Ramstein, who sold it in 1559 to Lucas Wischbech (Luc Wisebock) who repaired and enlarged it. In 1563, the town of Obernai bought it. It was destroyed during the Thirty Years War and is recorded as ruins in 1664.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
situated in the Forest of Obernai,
in the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of Ottrott
Ottrott
Ottrott is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies southwest of Strasbourg.-History:The village was first mentioned in 1059, in Latin in the ordnance survey of Heinrich IV. The area rose to prominence in the 13th century when a number of castles were built....
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
département of France. It was constructed in the 12th century.
The Château du Kagenfels was built by a certain Kagen who gave his name to the castle.
The castle appears on the French Ministry of Culture database and is described as being in a poor state, but has no official protection as a monument historique
Monument historique
A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
. It is constructed largely of granite. A programme of restoration is underway.
History
The castle was constructed in 1262 by Albrecht von Kage (Albert de Kage), MinisterialisMinisterialis
Ministerialis ; a post-classical Latin word, used in English, meaning originally servitor, agent, in a broad range of senses...
of the Bishop of Strasbourg. The castle passed successively to the nobles of Hohenstein, then to Utenheim and Ramstein, who sold it in 1559 to Lucas Wischbech (Luc Wisebock) who repaired and enlarged it. In 1563, the town of Obernai bought it. It was destroyed during the Thirty Years War and is recorded as ruins in 1664.