CHÂTEAU DE LUTZELBOURG

The abbey of Marmoutier, which owned the village, had it fortified around 930. Pierre de Falkenstein seized the castle in the 12th century and took the title of lord of Lutzelbourg. Later, several co-lords ruled here. But in the 16th century it was used as a hideout by robber lords and their leader, Franz Sikingen. In 1523, the Landgrave of Hesse and the electorate of Trier joined forces to ruin the castle for good. The castle was restored in 1900 by the owner, a doctor from Strasbourg, who had some walls raised and a neo-Romanesque house built for his use. Since 1978 the building has been owned by the municipality. It is open all year round and has three dungeons which were each locked in a particular enclosure, which proves how much the co-lords mistrusted each other. The 18th century Church of St. Michael was enlarged between 1834 and 1869.