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Patrimoine & Culture
Château de Brosses
📍 Dorlisheim, Bas-Rhin
· 105 Grand'Rue, 67120 Dorlisheim
À propos
Château de Brosses is a contemporary-style monument in the heart of the village of Dorlisheim, on the Alsace wine route, some twenty kilometers from Strasbourg.
History:
Countess Marie de Brosses and her husband Baron Hervé de Brosses were the last occupants of the château. But Baron
Hervé who gave his name to the château was the countess's grandfather, Baron Alfred Hervé-Gruyer, born in Strasbourg in 1860. His family was related to the Coulaux family, who owned several hardware factories in the Molsheim-Mutzig region. He bought this house in 1890 from the Hecht family (Hecht in German means pike, hence the fish on the turret). According to an inscription on the vault of the cellar, this residence, formerly the château of Baron Hervé, was built in 1714 and may have been constructed by the architect of the château d?Hervé
by the architect of Château d'Ottrott. The house was restored in 1820 and finally transformed under the Second Empire (1868) with the addition of a round turret by the Hecht family.
It was seized by the Germans in 1918, who emptied it of its library and official documents, and suffered further looting during the Second World War. The building was purchased by the town council in 1999 from the Hervé-Gruyer family. A major restoration project was undertaken, involving the demolition and identical reconstruction of the eastern tip of the château.
Throughout the year, the castle hosts events for children and adults organized by the Amicale du Château. The village's associative life has taken possession of the premises.
The château is not open to visitors outside of Heritage Days and exhibitions.
However, in the wooded grounds there is a free-access play area, as well as a small courtyard with chickens.
History:
Countess Marie de Brosses and her husband Baron Hervé de Brosses were the last occupants of the château. But Baron
Hervé who gave his name to the château was the countess's grandfather, Baron Alfred Hervé-Gruyer, born in Strasbourg in 1860. His family was related to the Coulaux family, who owned several hardware factories in the Molsheim-Mutzig region. He bought this house in 1890 from the Hecht family (Hecht in German means pike, hence the fish on the turret). According to an inscription on the vault of the cellar, this residence, formerly the château of Baron Hervé, was built in 1714 and may have been constructed by the architect of the château d?Hervé
by the architect of Château d'Ottrott. The house was restored in 1820 and finally transformed under the Second Empire (1868) with the addition of a round turret by the Hecht family.
It was seized by the Germans in 1918, who emptied it of its library and official documents, and suffered further looting during the Second World War. The building was purchased by the town council in 1999 from the Hervé-Gruyer family. A major restoration project was undertaken, involving the demolition and identical reconstruction of the eastern tip of the château.
Throughout the year, the castle hosts events for children and adults organized by the Amicale du Château. The village's associative life has taken possession of the premises.
The château is not open to visitors outside of Heritage Days and exhibitions.
However, in the wooded grounds there is a free-access play area, as well as a small courtyard with chickens.
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