Château de Birkenwald, Birkenwald

Name: Château de Birkenwald
Address: Birkenwald, France

#1 among attractions in Birkenwald

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Château de Birkenwald is a château in Birkenwald, in the department of Bas-Rhin, France. Construction began in 1562 in the Renaissance style. It became a listed monument historique on 16 October 1930. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°39'31"N, 7°20'38"E

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Château de Birkenwald – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Wangenbourg, Château du Haut-Barr, Château d'Ochsenstein, Marmoutier Abbey.

2.9 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Wangenbourg, Wangenbourg-Engenthal
76 min walk • The Château de Wangenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
4.6 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château du Haut-Barr, Saverne
117 min walk • The Château de Hohbarr is a medieval castle, first built in 1100, above the city of Saverne in what is now the French département of Bas-Rhin. It was built on sandstone rock 460m above the valley of Zorn and the plain of Alsace. Because of this, it has been called the eye of Alsace.
2.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Château d'Ochsenstein
67 min walk • The Château d'Ochsenstein is a ruined castle located in the commune of Reinhardsmunster, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It was home to the Ochsensteins, a powerful family from medieval Alsace.
2.8 miNE
Church, Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Marmoutier Abbey, Marmoutier
73 min walk • Marmoutier Abbey, otherwise Maursmünster Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Marmoutier in Alsace. The former abbey church now serves as the village's parish church.
3.9 miN
Romanesque architecture, Forts and castles
Château du Petit-Geroldseck, Haegen
100 min walk • The Château du Petit-Geroldseck is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Haegen in the département of Bas-Rhin in Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
4.2 miN
Romanesque architecture, Forts and castles
Château du Grand-Geroldseck, Haegen
107 min walk • The Château du Grand-Geroldseck is a ruined medieval castle situated in the commune of Haegen in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France. It was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture in 1898.
4.9 miE
Forts and castles, Baroque architecture
Château de Wasselonne, Wasselonne
125 min walk • Château de Wasselonne is a castle in the commune of Wasselonne, in the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Of the original medieval castle, only the entrance gate and the big artillery tower and some walls remain. It is a listed historical monument since 1932.
2.4 miS
Forts and castles
Château du Freudeneck
62 min walk • The Château du Freudeneck is a ruined medieval castle situated in the commune of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France.
2.9 miN
Church
Église Saint-Blaise de Sindelsberg
74 min walk • Église Saint-Blaise de Sindelsberg is a church in Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Originally dated to the 12th century, it was built in 1584 and underwent renovation work in 1872. It became a registered Monument historique in 1935.
4.4 miN
Historical place, Tower
Tour Chappe, Haegen
114 min walk • The Chappe telegraph tower of Saverne is one of the relays of the old Chappe telegraph line, between the French cities of Paris and Strasbourg, inaugurated on May 31, 1798. During its operation, the tower was moved to the commune of Haegen in the...
~200 ftNE
Church
St. Louis Church, Birkenwald
1 min walk • The Saint-Louis church is a historical monument located in Birkenwald, in the French department of Bas-Rhin.