 It was modernised between 1545 and 1547 by the Exkbrechts of Durckheim, who had held the fiefdom since 1517.The castle was finally destroyed in 1680 by French troops, on the order of Louis XIV and, after the French Revolution, the ruins were bought by the Dietrich family.The castle has been listed as a "monument historique" by the French Ministry of Culture since 1984.