Photo: Wikimedia Commons Built around 1100 by the bishops of Strasbourg to watch over the Zorn valley, it was altered in the Renaissance and dismantled from the 17th century onwards.
A small bridge links two of the rocks before the climb to the top, where the view takes in the plain and the Vosges. Part of the site houses a restaurant.
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About 10 minutes from Saverne along a forest road, with parking on site; on foot from the station the climb is steep.
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