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Luxury walking break Itinerant walking break Flash Landskron castle including hotel accommodation (2 days/1 night) with hotel accommodation (** or***) and baggage transfer Five audio commentaries to flash : Discovering the Reserve your weekend in the hotel of your choice and discover the Flexible break, depending on your means of transport and heritage 1 Life at Landskron Castle before the Revolution three castles in the Alsatian through short half-day circular walks. departure point. The following variations are available : 2 The powder store, the officers’ quarters, the taking of Landskron Castle in 1813 3 castles of the Price of the break : 2 days / 1 night per person in a double room - 4 days/3 nights : from 210€ per person in a double room* Discover the hidden face of the three castles of the Alsatian Jura with from 69€ depending on the chosen hotel* / flexible length of break - 4 days/4 nights : from 296€ per person in a double room* audio commentaries, accessible via code 2d, that you can flash with 3 The soldiers’ quarters, the cistern and the well your smart phone. These audio commentaries can also be downloaded 4 The story of the prisoner Bernard Duvergez de Soubardon Alsatian Jura... and listened to directly on our website www.-sudalsace.fr. 5 The destruction of Landskron Castle Optional extras : Optional extras : The luxury walking The itinerant break : What is a flash code ? break : It is a bar code which allows you to very rapidly access the - lunch basket The break includes : - lunch basket multimedia content (videos/music/photos/information) on a The break includes : - break in the company of a - 3 to 4 nights (depending - break in the company of a mountain guide (minimum on your choice) in a website using your mobile. - 1 night in a double room mountain guide (minimum 3 (supplement for a single of 4 people) double room at half board of 4 people) 5 room) - guided tour of one or more (supplement for a single - guided tour of one or more How do you scan the flash codes ? 4 - one dinner (3-course menu castles (minimum of 4 room) castles (minimum of 4 - Download a free flash code reader using your mobile, eg : including local specialities), people) - dinner (3-course menu people) Mobiletag 2 - one breakfast including local specialities), - Launch your reader from the menu of your mobile - hiker’s breakfast 1 - a topoguide for the tour of - Aim the flash code via the lens of the camera in your mobile The break - baggage transfer between The break the three castles and for the - A web page will open, providing a choice of languages and three walking does not include : hotels does not include : - a topoguide describing the access to the audio tour - Tourist tax walking itinerary for the 3 - Tourist tax - Drinks castles - Drinks - Personal expenditure - Personal expenditure Castle *tarifs 2013 given as an indication likely to *tarifs 2013 given as an indication likely to be modified from one year to another be modified from one year to another Five audio commentaries to flash : Morimont Castle Depart/Finish 1st stage 1 The status of the town of Ferrette, the entrance porch and Five audio commentaries to flash : walls 1 General Giraud’s escape via Ebourbettes farm Chateau du 2 The history of the counts of Ferrette Landskron 3 From Mazarin to the Grimaldis 2 Defence features, the19th century restoration of the ruins 4 The tragic end of General Erlach 3 The cellar and Jacques Rothmuller’s romantic drawing, the 5 The legend of the dwarfs’ cave postern and the two artillery towers Mariastein 4 The legend of the thorn bush Chapelle Warth St Martin des Champs 5 The north-sided welling and the provenance of the stones used in the construction …history, tours 3rd stage and discovery breaks

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Ferme du Hornihof 5 Source de l’ 5 Grotte et source 4 3 de la Largue 3 4 1

2nd stage Ferme des Ebourbettes 716 m The circuit of the three castles can depart from any of 2 12th/13th century 13th/14th century the stages. Beginning the itinerary at allows you 15th century 15th century 2 1 to benefit from access by public transport via the tram 16th century 16th century 19th/20th century Lucelle from train station. Bureau d’information touristique d’ Place Xavier Jourdain 68130 ALTKIRCH Tel. / Fax : +33 (0)3 89 02 90

photoDiscovering sur un peu moins de la moitié dela Bureau d’information touristique de Ferrette page photo du chateau de ferrette 3A Route de Lucelle 68480 FERRETTE the Alsatian Jura... sur un peu moins de la moitié dela Tel : +33 (0)3 89 08 23 88 Fax : +33 (0)3 89 40 33 84 page Bureau d’information touristique de Dannemarie In the far south of , the Alsatian Jura combines Porte d’Alsace the ruggedness of limestone landscapes with the softness 7 rue de Bâle 68210 DANNEMARIE of an ancient land of cultivation. The dense mesh of its Tel : +33 (0)3 89 07 24 24 villages offers walkers multiple opportunities to enter into Fax : +33 (0)3 89 07 29 40 contact with a history dominated by the powerful Counts of Ferrette. [email protected] www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr Of the network of castles that guarded their territory in Ferrette castle Morimont castle Landskron castle the , the two links of the Alsatian Jura include Join us on the lofty ruins of the castles of Morimont, Ferrette and Landskron. They underwent a history full of twists which enabled them to grow and adapt to firearms and then remain in operation well after the treaties of Westphalia The castle was first recorded In 1635, during the Thirty Years’ Recorded for the first time in On 2 April 1635, the castle Erected at the end of the 13th the strongholds of in 1648 which gave the south of Alsace, the Sundgau, in 1105 and belonged to the War, French troops started a fire 1183, this castle controlled the was definitively destroyed by century and located a few metres and Neuf-Brisach, it also to . Counts of Montbéliard. One which destroyed the upper castle. Upper of the Largue, one French troops during the Thirty from the Swiss frontier, Landskron served as a prison for a few of them, Frédéric 1st, inherited In 1648, the lands and rights of of the lines of communication Years’ War. The new masters of had an exceptional strategic prisoners incarcerated through .fr A topoguide, available from the Tourist Information it and installed himself there the Habsbourgs in Alsace passed with . It gave its the Sundgau attributed the position. Indeed, it controlled the letters bearing the sovereign’s around 1125. He took the name to the King of France. In 1659 he name to the Morimonts, vassals to the Vignacourt family. After whole of eastern Sundgau, the seal, resulting in the nickname Office, invites you to take the time to discover and listen of the neighbouring village, rewarded his minister Mazarin of the Counts of Ferrette and then the Revolution, the land and the bend and the city of Basel. ‘‘Alsatian Bastille’’. to the stories they tell, leaving you touched by the poetry since known as Vieux-Ferrette, with several fiefdoms including ruins passed through the hands of the landscapes which provide their setting. and founded the County of Ferrette. The heirs of the Cardinal the Habsbourgs. The destiny of the castle was Ferrette, one of the most powerful had them administered by bailiffs Ten Morimonts shared the fortress of various owners. Today, its embroiled with that of Austrian In 1813, at the at the time of the notorious conservation falls under the Alsace. From 1462 onwards it end of the Napoleonic Wars, Two walking breaks are on offer. They offer you the fiefs in in the and procured the revenues up Middle Ages. Its nerve centre, until the Revolution. earthquake in 1356, but the auspices of the was confided to the Reichs of the castle was captured by the possibility of recharging your batteries in the soothing which corresponded to western ascension of the dynasty really General Council Reichenstein. In 1515, the latter Austrians. ALLEMAGNE setting of a little-known and well-conserved region, Sundgau, gradually shifted On 29 July 1789, the began with Pierre of Morimont, transformed it into a fortress Fortunately, the priest from whether for a weekend or for several days. Between towards Altkirch, then Thann. lower castle was set on fire by in the 15th century. From 1864 onwards, in order adapted for firearms. Hagenthal-le-Bas appealed to hiking and discovery, charming paths and routes will In 1324, Jeanne de Ferrette, revolutionaries from the valley of to avoid the complete destruction the pride of the conqueror and FRANCE lead you without much difficulty from one end to the other the daughter and heiress of the Saint-Amarin, then permanently They were responsible for the of the ruin, which was used After the treaties of Westphalia succeeded in convincing General seventh count, married Albert II abandoned. Acquired by the 16th century transformation as a stone quarry, Auguste in 1648, Landskron came under Wrede, who was responsible for of this little piece of land free from hustle and bustle. The of , who had possessions wallpaper manufacturer Jean of the old family castle into a Quiquerez directed restoration the suzerainty of Louis XIV who dismantling the fortress, to spare Alsatian Jura opens its gates to you. You just have to SUNDGAU Bâle along the Rhine, and the fusion of Zuber, of , in 1838, then fortress adapted to firearms and work with the help of the Society ordered Vauban to carry out the dungeon as a symbol of his their lands made up the Sundgau listed as a Historic Monument in SUISSE enter… improved with a for the Conservation of Historic important fortification work. victory. In 1984 «Pro Landskron», of the Habsbourgs. The castle, 1842, the castle was sold in 2011 dwelling to keep up appearences. While the other Alsatian forts which was restored around 1446 to a private individual. Curiously, Monuments. Thus in 1870, La a French-Swiss association, After the death of Jean Jacques Viellard, manufacturers from were doomed to destruction, purchased the ruin and regularly

and then rebuilt in 1488, was at the present time, the prince of Please do not litter - H. Finck Association Pro Landskron Text : Marc Glotz considerably enlarged in 1552-53 Monaco still bears, among his between 1533 and 1538, the the Territory of Belfort, found Landskron was the only one, participates in its conservation by the administrator Jean-Jacques numerous titles, that of Count of family experienced financial themselves involved in the rescue along with Lichtenberg and and development Fugger. Other restorations, Ferrette, due to the marriage of his difficulties and in 1582 sold the operation and purchased the Lützelstein in northern Alsace, financed by the archdukes of Grimaldi ancestor to the heiress of fief of Morimont to the Counts of land which still belongs to them. to be modernized. Rivalled by Austria, followed between 1571 the Mazarins in 1777. Ortenbourg Salamanca. and 1615, progressively adapting the site to firearms. Text : Marc Glotz