Château de Dampierre was built in the 16th century to the site of medieval castle. In the 14th century, Hébert Thésard, a descendant of Raoul Theu-Zart, Rollon's companion, married Perette de Dampierre, the last heir of the eponymous fief. Their great-granddaughter, Marie, married Jean II de Longaunay, the lord of Damigny near Bayeux, for the second time, at the beginning of the 16th century. Their son, Hervé IV de Longaunay, settled in Dampierre and was one of the close associates of Marshal de Matignon. During the Wars of Religion, after renouncing Protestantism, Hervé joined the Catholic party. However, remaining loyal to the crown, he sided with Henry IV upon his accession to the throne. Hervé, while he was the king's lieutenant general, died in 1590 at the Battle of Ivry. Hervé rebuilt the castle, probably replacing a medieval construction, with the moats and tower bases preserved.
His son, Jean de Longaunay, military intendant of Saint-Lô, joined the League. In the second half of the 17th century, the fief was elevated to a marquisate.
During the Revolution, the main residence was destroyed, as were the outbuildings located to the south and north of the courtyard.
In the 19th century, the castle was owned by the Marquis de Briges, an old family from Lozère, who owned numerous properties in Lower Normandy. In 1891, upon the death of the last heiress, Marie-Barbe de Briges-Longaunay, the estate passed to her nephew, François Doynel de Sausserie, who from 1924 to 1927 dismembered it.
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann. It is located in the foothills of the Alps in the municipality of Steingaden.
The sanctuary of Wies is a pilgrimage church extraordinarily well-preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, and is a perfect masterpiece of Rococo art and creative genius, as well as an exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
The hamlet of Wies, in 1738, is said to have been the setting of a miracle in which tears were seen on a simple wooden figure of Christ mounted on a column that was no longer venerated by the Premonstratensian monks of the Abbey. A wooden chapel constructed in the fields housed the miraculous statue for some time. However, pilgrims from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and even Italy became so numerous that the Abbot of the Premonstratensians of Steingaden decided to construct a splendid sanctuary.