Credits: Gael Lachaux - BAT/ACA
Caption: Entrée
Credits: Yannick Karcher - BAT/ACA
Caption: Le Château
Credits: Yannick Karcher - BAT/ACA
Caption: Cour intérieure
Credits: Lucas Fréchin - BAT/ACA
Caption: Château et douves
Credits: Lucas Fréchin - BAT/ACA
Caption: Le domaine
Location type
Categories
Environment
Countryside,
Forest,
Village
General presentation
Location Condition Type
In restoration - Work in progress,
In fair condition,
In bad general condition
Location History
(Source: Dictionary of Historical Monuments of Alsace, the Blue Swarm.) The "castrum" of Thanvillé was built for Hugh of Colmar in 1084. He underwent the Peasants' War in 1525. In 1571, village and castle were destroyed under the influence of an intense fire. Jean Frédéric Worms began to rebuild the castle from 1572. After that, in 1633, The Thirty Years War damages the building again (looted and burned by the Swedes). In the eighteenth century, the castle was modernized by Charles Frederick Lort. The owners will change over centuries in response to CF Lort, the Dartein acquire the field. In 1827, the legacy of Charles de Dartein is shared. The estate passes to the Baron de Castex, created Viscount by Louis XVIII. In 1981, he left the family heritage Castex.
Construction period
XIth Century,
XIXth Century,
XVIth Century,
XVIIth Century
Dominant style
Gothic - Middle Ages,
Renaissance
Remarkable architectural elements
Bedroom,
Yard,
Moat,
Stairs (monumental),
Mullioned Window,
Tower