Château de Lupfen-Schwendi is a castle in the former commune of

Kientzheim Kientzheim (; ; Alsatian: ''Kientza'') is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg Vignoble. Population Education Previously the local elementary ...

(now

Kaysersberg Vignoble Kaysersberg Vignoble () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Kaysersberg, Kientzheim a ...

), in the department of

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

, France. It has been listed since 1994 as a ''

monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

'' by the French Ministry of Culture. Ancien Château de Schwendi The castle was originally built by Jean I de Lupfen, Prince-Bishop of Constance, one of the counts of Lupfen, known in German as Johann von Lupfen, some time before his death in 1536. Ownership passed to

Lazarus von Schwendi Lazarus von Schwendi, Barón de Hohenlandsberg ( hu, Schwendi Lázár; 1522, Mittelbiberach – 28 May 1583, Ehrenkirchen) was an Austrian military commander and general in the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire. Legacy It is claimed that ...

, who also owned

Château du Hohlandsbourg The Château du Hohlandsbourg or ''Hohlandsberg'' is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Wintzenheim, near Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin ''département'' of France. It is open to the public between Easter and 11 November. History The construction ...

, who rebuilt part of the castle and extended it. Since 1972, the castle has been owned by la Confrérie Saint-Etienne, a local gastronomic society, which has housed a museum dedicated to wine in one of the buildings since 1980.

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