Visit of Fleckenstein Castle

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Visit of the Fleckenstein Castle: discover this 12th century castle. The fortification, largely troglodytic, is embedded in a rock of spectacular dimensions.

Fleckenstein, the impregnable eagle's nest! Set off to conquer this fortress, which stretches out on a rocky bar of exceptional dimensions above the Northern Vosges and the Palatinate, and let the history of this emblematic castle in Alsace be told to you.

The fortress was built in the 12th Century and for 600 years it was the family castle of the Fleckenstein family. It was extended and improved over the centuries at the same time as the family increased its social status in the world. Reckoned to be impregnable, it did not live up to its reputation and fell without a fight into the hands of the soldiers of Louis XIV. The ruins impress and charm the visitor at one and the same time as they explore one of the finest castles of the Northern Vosges, a natural phenomenon for some, a sailing ship without a crew for the poets, a world of imagination for aspiring knights and princesses. Visit it as you will and in you own time.

Opening hours

6 January to 28 March 2025: Sundays from 12pm to 4pm (except on snow or ice). Last admission 3.30pm

29 March to 30 June 2025: daily from 10am to 5.30pm
1 July to 31 August 2025: daily from 10am to 6pm
1 September to 25 October 2025: daily from 10am to 5.30pm
26 October to 2 November 2025: 10am to 5pm
3 November to 25 December 2025: annual closure
26 December 2025 to 4 January 2026: every day from 12pm to 4pm (except snow or ice)

Visit Fleckenstein - the Castle of Challenges

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It all starts with the theft of a magic book! The grimoire, or book of spells, contains the formula that can change mere iron ore into gold… Since this despicable event motivated only by greed, darkness has fallen on the land of Fleckenstein which is now afflicted by terrible calamities. Fortunately, the castle’s alchemist was able to escape just in time. He has found refuge in the forest and has decided to call Kim to come and help.

Alongside this intrepid and mischievous character, your mission will be to restore the balance of power in the land. To do this, after trying and failing to hold on to the colours of the land of Fleckenstein, you will be whisked away to the mysterious Land of Legends. You will first need to escape from there to start your climb up to the castle where the baron is held prisoner. You will also need to find the book of spells and put the symbols back in their right order.

  • Animaux acceptés

    Dogs are welcome and allowed on a lead throughout the site except inside the P'tit Fleck play area.

    To enter the castle, please bring large dogs to the ticket office so that we can facilitate their passage through the access control.

Fleckenstein Castle

Fleckenstein Castle was mentioned for the first time in 1174 when Gottfried of Fleckenstein was a member of the court of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. For six hundred years it was held by the Fleckenstein family, one of the most influential in Lower Alsace. From a rock with basic fortifications it became a majestic castle with a reputation as an impregnable eyrie, which inspired the Strasbourg architect Daniel Specklin to picture it as ‘the ideal castle’ in 1589. It was finally taken without resistance in 1680 by the soldiers of Louis XIV, who destroyed it with black gunpowder.

Accès Train

Fleckenstein est accessible par transport en commun à partir de la gare de Wissembourg et en correspondance avec les TER provenant de Haguenau, Winden, Neustadt et Landau les vendredis, samedis, dimanches et jours fériés de Pâques à la Toussaint.

Accès voiture

Coordonnées GPS : 49.044795,7.771872
à 1h de Strasbourg, Sarreguemines ou Karlsruhe
à 1h30 de Colmar, Saarbrücken ou Heidelberg

Pocket Opera “Rigoletto”

3 August 2025 at 20:00

Concert
Festivités estivales
Nocturne

Adult : €20.00 - Kid : €10.00

After the notes of “The Magic Flute” echoed through Fleckenstein Castle in 2024, the fortress now welcomes, at the initiative of the Sauer-Pechelbronn Community of Communes, the pocket opera “Rigoletto”, based on Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece and reinterpreted by La Chambre à Airs.
Four playful singers – Rémi Studer, Céline Mellon, Belinda Kuntz and Antoine Hummel – accompanied by three musicians (accordion, cello and flute), will lead you through laughter and tears into the heart of this dramatic opera by Verdi, adapted from Victor Hugo’s “The King Amuses Himself”.
The plot takes us to the court of the Duke of Mantua, a place of indulgence and excess. With his jester Rigoletto by his side, the Duke seduces women and mocks their husbands. But when Gilda, Rigoletto’s own daughter, becomes a target, the jester realizes there’s little to laugh about…

Lembach
Château fort de Fleckenstein
Lieu-dit Fleckenstein
67510 Lembach
France

0388942852
info@fleckenstein.fr

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