A red sandstone medieval castle high on a wooded mountain above the Alsace plain, rebuilt by Emperor Wilhelm II. Here you’ll find which Haut-Kœnigsbourg Castle tickets to buy, the weather during opening hours and how to get there.
Queues and crowds → · Orschwiller, Alsace, France
Weather at 5:00 PM. The castle opens at 09:30.
The ticket covers the whole visitor route: courtyards, the lord’s apartments, the armouries and the ramparts. You explore at your own pace.
Our pick: the Tiqets ticket, which costs the same as the official one but can be cancelled until the evening before: handy on a mountain, where the weather changes fast.
Coming on the shuttle from Sélestat? Show your shuttle ticket and entry costs €6 instead of €12 (individual visitors, at the ticket office only).
Cancel until 11:59 pm the day before · audio guide and guided tour not included · 4.6 from over 740 reviews
Same price as the official ticket (€12), with cancellation until the evening before.
Indicative prices, checked onOctober 26, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
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Good: clear, 7 to 7 degrees, no rain.
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Good: clear, 6 to 10 degrees, no rain.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Clear | 6° | – | 12 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 7° | – | 13 km/h |
| 12:00 | Clear | 8° | – | 13 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 9° | – | 14 km/h |
| 14:00 | Clear | 10° | – | 14 km/h |
| 15:00 | Clear | 10° | – | 14 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 9° | – | 15 km/h |
| 17:00 | Clear | 7° | – | 14 km/h |
Today and tomorrow the forecast is accurate hour by hour; up to day seven it is reliable on the trend; the last days give a rough idea. Updated every hour.
Opening hours change during the year: check the day’s hours on the official website before you go.
Opening hours change with the season and sometimes by day. In late October 2026 the castle is open from 9:30 am to 6 pm. It’s closed on 1 January, 25 and 26 December. Check the day’s hours on the official website’s home page.
Best time to visit: May, June and September. Mild, long days with great views over the plain and the Black Forest.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6° | 7 |
| Feb | 8° | 7 |
| Mar | 13° | 8 |
| Apr | 17° | 9 |
| MayRecommended | 21° | 11 |
| JunRecommended | 25° | 9 |
| Jul | 27° | 9 |
| Aug | 27° | 9 |
| SepRecommended | 22° | 8 |
| Oct | 16° | 9 |
| Nov | 10° | 8 |
| Dec | 6° | 8 |
1991–2020 normals for the Colmar weather station, on the plain about 25 km away: average high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. The castle is on a mountain, where it’s cooler. Source: Météo-France (via Meteociel), table published on Wikipedia (article “Colmar”).
Much of the visit is indoors: the lord’s apartments and the armouries.
An hour-by-hour crowd estimate is coming later, always marked as an estimate and with its source.
By car: the castle is above Orschwiller, between Sélestat and Colmar, on the Alsace Wine Route; there’s also a motorhome area.
By train and shuttle: regional train to Sélestat (from Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse or Basel), then the L500 shuttle. It costs €3 each way, cash only, and is timed to meet the trains.
Shuttle days: weekends and public holidays from 28 February to 3 January 2027, and daily from 30 May to 30 August.
Good: clear, 7 to 7 degrees, no rain.
Saturday, October 31: Good: clear, 6 to 10 degrees, no rain. Sunday, November 1: Good: partly cloudy, 5 to 8 degrees, no rain.
The official ticket costs €12 for adults and €8 for ages 6–17; under 6 is free. With a shuttle ticket from Sélestat it’s €6. On Tiqets it’s from €12, with cancellation until the evening before.
Take the train to Sélestat, then the L500 shuttle (€3 each way), timed to meet the trains. It runs at weekends and on holidays from late February to early January, and daily in summer.
They change with the season: in late October 2026, 9:30 am to 6 pm. The castle is closed on 1 January, 25 and 26 December. The day’s hours are on the official website’s home page.
Yes: it costs €4 for adults and €2 for children, on top of the ticket. There’s also a 45–60 minute guided tour for €2.
Emperor Wilhelm II, who had it rebuilt by architect Bodo Ebhardt between 1900 and 1908, when Alsace was part of Germany.
Reliable forecasts reach about 10 days: here you get the next 10, hour by hour for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To pick a month, check the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Crowd figures are labelled as estimates, with their source.
Castle entry ticket · from €12
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 26, 2026.