The great bastion

The wide-open vistas that stretch out before you from the top of the artillery platform are the key to explaining why this site was chosen for the castle back in the 12th century. A tour of the château du Haut-Koenigsbourg's great bastion will give you some of the finest views to be had of the region of Alsace, the Vosges mountains and the Black Forest.

Cannons showed on the grand bastion at Haut Koenigsbourg castle, typical armament of a medieval castle. - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Cannons showed on the Grand Bastion of the Haut Koenigsbourg castle. - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The cannons of the grand bastion at Haut Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Cannons showed on the grand bastion of the Haut Koenigsbourg - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The keep and the south frontage of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle seen from the grand bastion - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Keep, southern façade and entrance gate seen from the grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The keep, the southern façade and the entrance gate seen from the grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The southern tower of the grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle seen from the West - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The southern tower of the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle, seen from the West - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The alsacian plain seen from the grand bastion of castle Haut-Koenigsbourg - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
The grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Stair leading to the the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Grand bastion and southern façade of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Southern tower of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
South tower of the grand bastion at Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
the southern tower of the grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © DBV/Inventaire Alsace
Haut-Koenigsbourg castle in autumn - © château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Canon showed at the castle's grand bastion - © château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
Keep of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle
 - © Marc Dossmann
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Cédric Populus
Grand bastion of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle
 - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Northern tower from the grand bastion - © Jean-Luc Stadler
Picture of the great bastion in front of the ticket office in a sunny day.
View from the keep of Haut-Koenigsbourg castle - © Marc Dossmann / Photo Expression