Musée Pierre-Jost, Drachenbronn-Birlenbach

#2 among attractions in Drachenbronn-Birlenbach

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The Musée Pierre-Jost is situated near the Ouvrage Hochwald, one of the major fortifications of the Maginot Line in France, near to the village of Drachenbronn in the commune of Drachenbronn-Birlenbach, Alsace. It documents the story of the fortification before, during and after World War II. ()

Established: 1972 (52 years ago)Coordinates: 48°58'60"N, 7°51'44"E

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Drachenbronn-Birlenbach France

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Musée Pierre-Jost – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Town Hall of Wissembourg, Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, St John's Church.

5.2 miNE
City hall, Baroque architecture, Neoclassical architecture
Town Hall of Wissembourg, Wissembourg
134 min walk • The Town Hall of Wissembourg, nestled in the picturesque city of Wissembourg in France, is a historic landmark that beckons travelers with its rich heritage and remarkable architecture. This elegant building, which serves as the city's administrative headquarters, is...
2.5 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
65 min walk • Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, nestled in the picturesque region of Alsace, France, stands as a testament to the country's storied military past. This historical fortification is part of the Maginot Line, a series of defensive structures built along the French border in the...
5.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Sacred and religious sites
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Wissembourg
133 min walk • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church of Wissembourg is frequently, but incorrectly, referred to as the second largest Gothic church of Alsace after Strasbourg Cathedral.
5.3 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Town
St John's Church, Wissembourg
135 min walk • St. John's Church is a historical monument in the city of Wissembourg in northeastern France.
4.1 miW
Museum
Ouvrage Lembach, Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
105 min walk • Ouvrage Lembach is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line. Lembach is adjoined by petit ouvrage Grand Hohekirkel at some distance to its west and gros ouvrage Four-à-Chaux immediately to its east.
2.7 miSW
Area
Lampertsloch, Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
70 min walk • Lampertsloch is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located less than nine kilometres from the French–German border. The commune is part of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. Lampersloch was historically a German-speaking town.
5.3 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Dominican Church, Wissembourg
136 min walk • The Dominican Church, Wissembourg, is a church in Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, formerly the church of a dissolved Dominican priory. Built in 1288, it became a registered monument historique in 1982. It was rebuilt and since 1981 has served as the cultural center "La Nef" housing a mediathèque and a concert hall.
4.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Château du Geisberg
119 min walk • The Château du Geisberg is a 17th/18th century residential chateau at Wissembourg, at the northern tip of Alsace. The Château du Geisberg has been officially listed as a "Historic Edifice" since 1990: it is currently a private house.
5.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Weissenburg Abbey, Wissembourg
132 min walk • Weissemburg Abbey, also Wissembourg Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Wissembourg in Alsace, France.
3.1 miW
Museum
Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, Lembach
79 min walk • Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the community of Lembach, France, in the Bas-Rhin département.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Mundat Forest, Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
114 min walk • The term 'Mundat Forest' refers to two forests that overlie the modern border between Germany and France near Wissembourg, Alsace. The Upper Mundat Forest is a small part of the mountainous Palatinate Forest. The smaller Lower Mundat Forest forms a fraction of the Bienwald in the Upper Rhine valley.