Feudal Motte of Rebberg Grosstueck

This historic site owes its name, Reb=grape; berg=hill, to its 19th-century viticultural past. It is actually an old castle, likely built of wood, with foundations resting on a slope east of the village. Builders shaped a hill and an elevated plateau, protected by moats fed by a stream originating in the Nonnenbruch. This watercourse once followed what are now Mines Street and St. John's Wort Street. Destroyed by fire in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War, the castle later suffered heavy erosion and modifications to facilitate farming. Excavations in the 1950s-60s by Désiré Renaud uncovered a pink sandstone arrow slit, a reminder of its defensive history. Today, the site is part of the Rabbarlaga public park, opened by the city of Wittenheim in 2015.