Oedenburg – Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg loop from Orschwiller

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Oedenburg – Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg loop from Orschwiller

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Oedenburg – Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg loop from Orschwiller

04:00

12.1km

490m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3 m

View of Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg

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1.68 km

Old Mills of the Moulin Valley

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small path along the old mill valley with hidden millstones

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1.99 km

Ancienne station de filtration d'eau potable

Ruins

4.34 km

Col du Schaentzel

Mountain Pass

5.80 km

View of Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle

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Beautiful and well preserved castle! The crowds on weekends & holidays can get pretty hectic though, so plan accordingly. If you're planing on biking through here, just be aware of the vehicle traffic on the steep climbs.

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6.12 km

Oedenburg

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The Oedenburg is practically in the shadow of the Hochkönigsburg

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6.70 km

Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg

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The Haut-Koenigsbourg, whose contraction means the king's high castle, offers hikers and lovers of fortified castles a gateway to the Middle Ages.
Built in the 12th century, it has undergone …

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6.72 km

Haut-Koenigsbourg Pavilion

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Directly behind the kiosk begins the hiking trail leading down to the car park below at the Les Chambers du Haut Koenigsbourg restaurant. So if you don't want to drive …

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9.91 km

Gloriette Gazebo 1908

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11.8 km

View of Château Haut-Koenigsbourg

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From this small car park (which is also a good starting point for a short walk through the town) you have a beautiful view of the Haut-Koenigsbourg in good weather.

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12.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.54 km

3.46 km

2.45 km

1.32 km

295 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.78 km

3.50 km

2.94 km

1.60 km

130 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (720 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

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Comments

May 31, 2024,Von Saint Hippolyte nach dem Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg

Even the rain couldn't stop us from climbing the mountain to the Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg. A fabulous castle, a dream for all young and young-at-heart children.

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May 24, 2023,🇫🇷Haut- Koenigsbourg, Elsass Tag 1👱‍♀️🧙☀️⛅️🏰🌳

After exploring the area around Saverne last year, this year it's Colmar's turn. On the way there we climbed from St. Hippolyte through the Vallon des moulins, past the long-destroyed oil mill, always along a small brook, passed the tomb of a hermit, a fairy rock and then reached the castle high up on the mountain, the was rebuilt by …

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April 6, 2025,Saint-Hippolyte - Haut-Koenigsbourg 🏰🇫🇷

The Hochkönigsburg Castle in Alsace 🇫🇷 stands prominently on a conical hill. In 1147, it belonged to the Hohenstaufen 🛡️🗡️, but was besieged and destroyed by robber barons ⛓️🪓 in the 14th century.

The Habsburgs rebuilt it as a fortress until the Swedes captured it. Afterward, it burned down🔥. Emperor Wilhelm II 🤴🏼received the ruins as a gift from the …

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September 26, 2023,Elsass02: Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg–Pavillon - Runde von Saint-Hippolyte - 14,2km 530Hm

Many paths lead to Koenigsbourg. You should choose a pre-hiked route, be careful at the junctions and not be misled by other markings on the route to the castle and ST Hippolyte. You can move very quickly on steeper passages or wide paths.

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August 18, 2023,Auf sanften Pfaden zur Hochkönigsburg 🐕🏰(Elsass)🇨🇵

We started from the parking lot in Saint-Hippolyte, our goal, the castle in the distance always in view.
It is a very nice tour, which includes a few meters of altitude, but the paths meander very gently through the different landscapes, forests to the castle and back again.
We made a small circular walk around the Hochkönigsburg and we discovered …

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May 29, 2023,🇨🇵 Alsace - Runde von Saint-Hippolyte zur Hochkönigsburg

I copied this tour from Komoot. We are in the ancient wine village of Saint Hippolyte, founded in the 8th Century by Fulrad, a Chancellor of Charlemagne.
Quite soon we had left Weinfelder and went up 500 m. First we came through the Valley of the Mills, then we came to the Hermitage. The Roche des Fees, a Celtic mythical …

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March 3, 2025,Auf zur Haut Koenigsbourg

Small tour from St. Hippolyte to the Haut Koenigsbourg.
The castle was extensively restored by Kaiser Wilhelm II from 1901-1908, when Alsace was German again for a few decades. The French are happy about it and they hold the castle in high esteem 🤭😅

Absolutely worth seeing 🫡

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