Castle of Nideck

Located on the heights of the road which leads Oberhaslach to Wangenbourg, the castle of Nideck is mentioned for the first time in a Charte in 1264, property of the lord Bourckard, Burgrave of Nideck.

In 1336, it is mentioned a second castle, below the first building, Fief of évêché of Strasbourg and held by the landgraves of Low-Alsace.

Nideck is then the property of the lords of the area, with 14th and 15th centuries, the liking of the various regional conflicts and other armed robberies. It is besieged by the Of Strasbourg one in 1448. The family of Müllenheim enters in possession of the castle and until in 1509 will preserve it. It is definitively destroyed by a fire in 1636.

The castle overhangs the cascade of Nideck, easily accessible to foot.

the legend of Nideck

In 1816, the legend of Nideck appeared in the work on the legends of the brothers Grimm. It is this text which inspired the poet Adelbert von Chamisso to compose Das Riesenfräulein - the girl of the giant . The legend tells that the castle was inhabited by a couple of giants and their little girl. One day of trouble, this one walked to the plain of Alsace and discovered what it took for alive toys. Once returned to the castle, his/her father explained to him that it acted men and that they had to be left in their place because they cultivated the ground to nourish the giants.

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