Tourisme alsace - vallée de Saint-Amarin Tourisme saint amarin

The Friedburg Castle

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Practical Informations

  • Rue du Château - F - 68550 Saint-Amarin
  • The "Schlessel" (little castle), you see, is a house built in 1807 by an industrial on the site of the old castle.

Description

Probably inhabited in Roman times, this city was named Doroangus.
Around 650, the monk Amarinus founded a monastery. The former collegiate church was built around 1100.
The castle was built around 1228 by the Murbach princes. It governed the valley and was burnt by the Swedes in 1637. The present church dates from 1758 and contains a beautiful restored Gothic Virgin Maria.
Altitude: 450 m. Inhabitants: 2420.