Wineck Castle

Rosemary told me her mother, Mary Magdalene Rosamond, told her the Wieneke family used to own castles along the Hephoon Heil in Germany. There is a Wineck castle in the wine country of Alsace that was owned by Ulrich Ferrette who was kin to Jeanne Ferrette de Rougemont.

There are a series of casltes on Wine Road. This is the ancient wine country of the region that was fought over by France and Germany. I suspect the Wienekes were refuges who lost their castles. The Habsburgs ruled here as did the Romans who may have brought a Jewish family or tribe here to grow grapes and produce wine.

Jon Pressco

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The castle of Wineck, only castle of Alsace surrounded by vines, dominates the village and the
vineyard of Katzenthal. The famous Great Vintage “Wineck-Schlossberg” draws its name from it.
1200. Built about 1200 by the counts of Eguisheim-Dabo,