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Rauschenbourg

Ingwiller

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Ingwiller

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Rauschenbourg stands in Ingwiller (Bas-Rhin), in the Grand Est region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

Rauschenbourg was a fortified castle built from 1470 onward by the printer Adolf Rusch, on the southern bank of the Moder river, near the now vanished village of Gichwiller whose land later became part of Ingwiller. Passed down to the Zweibrücken-Bitsch and later the Leiningen-Westerburg families, it served as an administrative seat, a hunting lodge and a wartime refuge, before being captured by French troops in 1677 and gradually abandoned. Already ruined by the eighteenth century and later destroyed by fire, it was levelled in 1817 and its stones reused in other buildings. No standing structure remains today; the site survives only as a place name.

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What to know

  • No visible structure of the castle remains, the site today being only a place name.
  • The location lies within the territory of Ingwiller, between the town and the Sternberg hill.
  • There is no organised visit or visitor facility since the monument has disappeared.
  • Knowledge of the building relies on early eighteenth-century plans and archival descriptions rather than physical remains.

Where this château is

Ingwiller · Bas-Rhin · Grand Est

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Address

67340 Ingwiller

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Heritage status
Protection status unknown

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Rauschenbourg Castle?
No, the castle has completely disappeared and no ruins remain on site.
Where was Rauschenbourg Castle located?
It stood on the southern bank of the Moder river, between Ingwiller and the Sternberg hill, on the land of the former village of Gichwiller.
Who built Rauschenbourg Castle?
Its construction, begun in 1470, is credited to the printer Adolf Rusch, not to Johannes Mentelin as a local legend claims.
When was Rauschenbourg Castle destroyed?
Already in ruins by the early eighteenth century, it was destroyed by fire around the mid-eighteenth century, and its last remains were levelled in 1817.

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