Château du Kagenfels

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°26'42"N, 7°21'59"E

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

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

1.8 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, Ottrott
47 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.
1.2 miE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Dreistein, Ottrott
31 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.
3.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Château du Landsberg
79 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.
3.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Château de Spesbourg
84 min walk • The Château de Spesbourg is a ruined castle that dominates the valley above the village of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. The castle was constructed between 1246 and 1250 by Alexander of Stahleck-Dicka, Vogt to Andlau Abbey. In 1386 it became the property of the family von Andlau.
3.7 miSE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Château d'Andlau
94 min walk • 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.
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château du Birkenfels, Ottrott
36 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.
2.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Château de Lutzelbourg
57 min walk • The château du Lutzelbourg is a château founded by Pierre de Lutzelbourg in the 11th century on a rocky promontory overlooking the Zorn valley in France at an altitude of 322m, in Lutzelbourg.
3.4 miN
Forts and castles
Château de Guirbaden
86 min walk • 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.
1.1 miE
Forts and castles
Château du Hagelschloss, Ottrott
28 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.
1.7 miSE
Church
Mont Sainte-Odile
45 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.
3.9 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Domaine de la Léonardsau, Bœrsch
100 min walk • Domaine de la Léonardsau is a château in the commune of Obernai, in the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is a listed historical monument since 1986.