The three castles of Husseren-les-Châteaux (german: Drei Exen or ''Hoh-Egisheim'', french: Haut-Eguisheim or ''Les Trois Châteaux d’Eguisheim''), alternatively referred to as the three castles of Eguisheim, stand in the French Vosges in upper Alsace in the

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Haut-Rhin. The group of castles is variously named after the nearby town of

Eguisheim Eguisheim (; german: Egisheim; Alsatian: ''Egsa'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical region of Alsace (german: Elsass). The village lies on the edge of the Ballons des Vosges ...

, or the village of Husseren-les-Châteaux. The three castles – from north to south called the

Dagsburg Dabo (german: Dagsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. History Previous names:Dictionnaire géographique de la Meurthe - Henri Lepage ''Dasburch'' (1188), ''Dasburg'' (1189) ''Dagesburg'' (1227), ...

, the Wahlenburg and Weckmund Castle – were built close to one another, but not at the same time, on a low hill ridge. This type of arrangement, with a cluster of three castles, is found in several places in the Vosges and the nearby Palatine Forest in Germany, for example the Dreistein on the

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, the cluster of castles at Ochsenstein near Saverne, the Hohkönigsburg and the

castles at Dahn The castles of Dahn (german: Dahner Burgengruppe, literally "Dahn castle group"), near the little town of Dahn in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, consist of three rock castles: * Altdahn * Grafendahn * Tanstein Geography The so-ca ...

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Ruined castles in Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-struct-stub