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Bourscheid castle is located on an isolated promontory, accessible only from the north-west, 150 meters above the level of the river Sûre and 370 meters above sea level. Even today the ruins testify of an impressive fortification covering a surface of 12.000 square meters (151 meters long, 53 meters wide) and surrounded by a massive ring wall with 11 watchtowers. Bourscheid is an excellent example of the medieval castle tradition. (...)

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See also: Les Amis du Château de Bourscheid

(...) The centre of the enclosure came into being around the year 1000 when a stone construction replaced an earlier wooden defense structure.

Archaeological excavations have yielded traces of Ottonian, Carolingian, Merovingian end even Roman times.

Initially, the little square near the tower with its "palas" and chapel was surrounded by a circular wall with at least 4 towers.

Only the tower and the circular wall remain of this first construction dating from the romanesque period.

The manifold building ornaments in the form of ears ("opus spicatum") are a characteristic of this part of the castle.

Shortly after the year 1350 the extensive circular wall was begun.

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