CHÂTEAU DE WALDECK

Emerging from the forest, the keep of Waldeck castle is an integral part of the Etang de Hanau site. Built on a rocky spur, the castle, whose construction dates back to the end of the 13th century, often changed owners Originally belonging to the Lords of Lichtenberg, it passed into the hands of the Counts of Deux-Ponts-Bitche in 1395 until 1570, the date of death of the last representative of the lineage A few years later, during the Thirty Years' War, the castle was dismantled by the troops of the Marshal of France and was never rebuilt.