Froensbourg Castle

Froensbourg Castle is a ruined castle located northwest of the city of Lembach, France. The castle was first mentioned in 1235. Until the 1340s, the castle belonged exclusively to the Froensbourgs family. Shortly before the middle of the fourteenth century, it was divided between the lords Froensbourg and Levenstein Sikingen. It was besieged and destroyed in 1349 in connection with the banditry of Reinhard von Sikingen, but of course was restored after 1358, when it passed into the possession of the Count of Palatine.

Located on the southern tower, the residential rock, known as a small castle, by the end of the XV century belonged to the Fleckenstein family, which restored it. The main door of the castle dates back to 1481. The big castle took over Northern Rock. At a higher level, on the side of the likely attack, were accommodations overlooking the south. On the middle and lower floors were public. The lower courtyard was to the west. There are several stairs carved into the rock. The castle was destroyed by the French in 1677.

The ruins of the northern fortress and the housing in the southern direction, located on the upper terrace of Northern Rock, are inaccessible. The castle was listed as a historical monument in 1898.