Château du Birkenfels, Ottrott

Name: Château du Birkenfels
Address: Ottrott, France

#3 among attractions in Ottrott

Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°25'43"N, 7°23'5"E

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Ottrott France

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Château du Birkenfels – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, Château de Dreistein, Château du Kagenfels, Mont Sainte-Odile.

1.1 miNE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, Ottrott
28 min walk • 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.
0.8 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Dreistein, Ottrott
22 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 miNW
Forts and castles
Château du Kagenfels
36 min walk • The Château du Kagenfels is a ruined castle situated in the Forest of Obernai, in the commune of Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It was constructed in the 12th century.
0.8 miNE
Church
Mont Sainte-Odile
20 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.
1.2 miNE
Monastery
Niedermunster Abbey
30 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 miE
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.
1 miE
Memorial
Stèle Souvenir du Crash Air Inter le 20 janvier 1992
25 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.