Château de Schœneck, Medieval rock castle in Dambach, France.

The Château de Schœneck is a ruined rock castle on a rocky spur at about 380 metres above sea level, 2.6 km north-east of Dambach. Its reddish-brown and grey stone walls include a tall rounded section with a row of small arches and a rectangular opening, a squarer wall with small windows, and a projecting grey bastion. A Gothic door with a brattice and a large entrance flanked by two 16th-century bastions with gunports survive, along with the remains of the seigneurial lodgings, whose upper windows with narrow bays and round arches show Lombard bands.

The fortress was built in the late 13th century to combat banditry in the region. French forces destroyed it in 1680 under the command of King Louis XIV.

The castle's name comes from the Strasbourg family of Schöneck, who held it as a sub-fief from the Lichtenbergs. A local legend tells of two phantom knights who appeared to Cunon de Dürckheim in 1552 and urged him to ride to the rescue of Windstein castle. Since 2000 the association Cun Ulmer Grün has carried out consolidation work and excavations on the site.

The ruins can be reached via a marked hiking trail starting from road D53 between Obersteinbach and Wineckerthal. Wear proper footwear as the path can be slippery, especially after rain.

The association Cun Ulmer Grün has carried out consolidation work and excavations on the site since 2000. The builders used local sandstone as well as a finer sandstone from a quarry about fifteen kilometres from the site. A hoist position that raised building materials to the required height can still be seen.