The castle would have been built by the count Henry of Salm at the beginning of the 13th s. Edifié on a spur gréseux, it is removed(untied) from the mountain by a ditch(gap) near(on the side of) the attack. The vestiges of the quadrangular donjon, a semicircular tower are kept(preserved) well which flanked(threw) its surrounding wall(speaker), a bastion of the 14th s. and a vaulted tank dating the 16th s. He(It) is in ruins since the 17th s. In the ditch(gap), a registration(inscription) relates the passage of two princes of Salm in 1779. The ruins are sitting down in 809 m of height on a lengthened(stretched out) bedrock, on the massif of the Hung Cat, in the State-owned forest of Donon. The castle of Salm was located in the crossroads of a beam of medieval "roads" crossing the vosgien massif by High Stubble. The vestiges of this fortress leave think that it was about a realisation of Gothic style of Rhenish influence indications of which stay visible(obvious) in the elements of trilobées windows, benches of big(great) bays(berries), fireplaces and decorative elements in mouldings and rabbets. A surcreusée room and vaulted on doubleaux endowed with an edge sheltered a tank today partly filled. The donjon is semi circular with throat(breast) closed in walls widening gradually of 2,20 m in 3 m of thickness side of the attack. The level of the first floor is delimited in internal circular semi part(party) by a double row of ravens. The set(group) was realised in an equipment(casting off) in well-made smooth stones. Three big(great) working campaigns(countrysides) are identified: Rectangular Surrounding wall(Speaker) sheltering homes and bergfried (tower placed on the panoramic terrace) in the XIIIth century; installation of a big(great) poultry-yard at the foot of the southeast curtain (at the beginning of the XIVth century); creation of the donjon with tours(towers,ballots) of flanking and piece of news(short story) porterie in the XIVth century, extension of the poultry-yard. For more than ten years, the Association of the watchers de Salm fastens with passion to be maintained and to restore these not very known ruins, which testify a fascinating regional history(story) however and that offer an exceptional panorama on the vosgien massif.
Access
Parking de la Maison Forestière de Salm. Balisage Club Vosgien (rectangle jaune).
Website
http://www.chateau-de-salm.org

Adresse
Hameau de Salm, 67130 La Broque, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France