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The Haut Koenigsbourg is the third France tourist site in province behind the Mount St. Michel and Chambord. 550000 people visit it every year. It costs 10 millions francs of works per year. The repairing of the only roofing which endured the storm of 1999 will cost 30 millions for 5 years! The dungeon is high of 62 m.
320 walks permit to go up upon the site. It has 300m of length. A source situated to 500m nourished the cistern constructed at the summit. Some defensive walls notably those of the principal bastion make more 9 meters thick to the basis! The castle is open 362 days per year (except 25/12, 1/1 and 1/5)!
The castle history which acted the Big Illusion decor of Jean Renoir. With 600 000 visitors per year, the Haut Koenigsbourg is one of the more visited France sites. Situated to the summit of a Vosges ball, it dominates the Alsace plain.
Destroyed repeatedly, it remained in ruin until the beginning of the XXth century. In 1901, Guillaume II decides its restoration by a style which revisits the middle Ages in an astute way. The building causes of straightaway of the polemics deprived of rear political thoughts. Indeed, the Haut- Koenigsbourg is a symbol of the triumphant Germanise.