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Castle Attractions In Bas-Rhin

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Bas-Rhin is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means Lower Rhine, however, geographically speaking it belongs to the Upper Rhine region. It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the traditional Alsace region, with 1,112,815 inhabitants in 2014. The prefecture and the General Council are based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67. The inhabitants of the department are known as Bas-Rhinois or Bas-Rhinoises.
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Castle Attractions In Bas-Rhin

  • 1. Chateau des Rohan Saverne
    The Château des Rohan is a former castle and weapons factory now serving as a museum and cultural centre in the French town of Mutzig, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. The castle, whose structure goes back to the 13th century, belonged to several families of noblemen and bishops of Strasbourg before being turned into a rifle factory after the French Revolution. The castle is most famously associated with the House of Rohan and the Chassepot rifle.
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  • 2. Chateau de Birkenfels Ottrott
    The Château du Birkenfels is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the French département of Bas-Rhin. Originally constructed in the 13th century, it was burned down in the 14th century and restored in the 15th. It is surrounded by the Obernai Forest.
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  • 3. Chateau du Haut-Barr Saverne
    The Château de Greifenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Saverne in the Bas-Rhin département of France. Property of the state, it has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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  • 4. Chateau du Hagelschloss Ottrott
    The Château du Hagelschloss is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It was constructed in the 13th century.Hagelschloss is probably named because of its position dominating the Hagelthal valley. In the 19th century, it was known as Waldberg and is mentioned as such in certain historic documents. The castle appears on the French Ministry of Culture database and is described as being in a poor state, but has no official protection as a monument historique.
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  • 5. Chateau d'Andlau Andlau
    The Château d'Andlau is a medieval ruined castle in the commune of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is a recognized historical monument since 1926.
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  • 6. Château de La Petite-Pierre La Petite Pierre
    The Château de la Petite-Pierre, Burg Lützelstein is a castle in the commune of La Petite-Pierre in the Bas-Rhin département of France, in Alsace . All the names of the place are related to small stone , and come from Old Franconian Lítzelstäin, with the French name as a translation. It is the headquarters of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. It has been listed as monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since April 1922.
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  • 7. Chateau du Spesbourg Andlau
    The Château d'Andlau is a medieval ruined castle in the commune of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is a recognized historical monument since 1926.
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  • 8. Ortenbourg Castle Scherwiller
    Château de l'Ortenbourg or Ortenberg is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Scherwiller in the département of Bas-Rhin of France. It is dated to the 13th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1924.
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  • 10. Chateau du Wangenbourg Wangenbourg
    The Château de Wangenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin département of France. In 1504, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilien I, having vanquished the Prince-elector, Philipp, in the war of succession of Bavaria, confiscated the castle from the cousins Hans and Stephan von Wangen for the count Tiestein, who himself gave it to the Archbishop of Strasbourg, Wilhelm III von Hohnstein, in 1516. Nevertheless, a branch of descendants of the von Wangens, Georg and Hartmann, continued to occupy the castle. Between 1535 and 1550, they reconstructed their logis in the Renaissance style . From 1578, the Archbishop of Strasbourg and the lords of Wangen disputed property rights concerning the castle. The Wangens were expelled in 1578, but re-established their rig...
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  • 11. Chateau de Lichtenberg Lichtenberg
    The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges at the end of the village of Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The castle was first mentioned in 1206 and is most well known as the home of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. It was left in ruins in 1870 after bombardment by Württemberg troops during the Franco-Prussian War, but was restored in the 1990s and is open to the public.
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  • 12. Chateau du Wasigenstein Niedersteinbach
    The Château du Wasigenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Niedersteinbach in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
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  • 13. Chateau de Guirbaden Mollkirch
    The Château de Guirbaden is a ruined castle in the commune of Mollkirch in the Bas-Rhin département of France.It is situated in the Guirbaden forest, near the village of Mollkirch on the left bank of the Magel River, at an altitude of 565 m. The castle covers a larger area than any other in Alsace. Dating from the 11th century, over more than 500 years it suffered several attacks, destructions and reconstructions. Privately owned, it has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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  • 15. Chateau de Landsberg Heiligenstein
    The Château du Landsberg is a castle in the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France. Construction dates from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries. The land belonged to the Abbey of Niedersmunster.The castle is privately owned. It has been listed since 1965 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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