Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, Ottrott

Name: Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey
Address: Mont Sainte-Odile, Ottrott, 67530, France
Telephone: +33 3 88 95 80 53

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Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, also known as Hohenburg Abbey, is a nunnery, situated on Mont Sainte-Odile, one of the most famous peaks of the Vosges mountain range in the French region of Alsace. ()

Local name: Abbaye de Hohenbourg Coordinates: 48°26'15"N, 7°24'16"E

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Mont Sainte-OdileOttrott 67530 France

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+33 3 88 95 80 53

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Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Dreistein, Château du Landsberg, Château du Birkenfels, Château du Hagelschloss.

0.6 miW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Dreistein, Ottrott
16 min walk • The Château de Dreistein is a ruined castle in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is, in fact, three separate castles built on rocky promontories, hence the name drei Stein, "three stones" in medieval German.
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Château du Landsberg
37 min walk • The Château du Landsberg is a castle in the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France. The castle includes a Zwinger with two sets of defensive walls. Construction dates from the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries. The land belonged to the Abbey of Niedersmunster. The castle is privately owned.
1.1 miSW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château du Birkenfels, Ottrott
28 min walk • 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.
1.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Château du Hagelschloss, Ottrott
27 min walk • 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.
~1880 ftSW
Church
Mont Sainte-Odile
10 min walk • Mont Sainte-Odile is a 764-metre-high peak in the Vosges Mountains in Alsace in France, immediately west of Barr. The mountain is named after Saint Odile.
~1300 ftSE
Monastery
Niedermunster Abbey
7 min walk • Niedermunster Abbey, situated at the foot of Mount Saint Odile at an altitude of 511 metres, was founded around 700 A.D. to cater for the overflow of pilgrims to the Saint Odile Abbey, formerly known as the Hohenbourg.
0.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Grotte des Druides
21 min walk • The cave of the Druids is a small natural cavity located in the commune of Barr, in the Vosges mountains, department of Bas-Rhin.
0.8 miS
Memorial
Stèle Souvenir du Crash Air Inter le 20 janvier 1992
22 min walk • Air Inter Flight 148 was a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg Airport in France. On 20 January 1992, the Airbus A320 operating the flight crashed in the Vosges Mountains, France, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.