Château de Spesbourg

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The Château de Spesbourg is a ruined castle that dominates the valley above the village of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. ()

Local name: Château du Spesbourg Coordinates: 48°24'7"N, 7°23'50"E

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

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

2.5 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Mont Sainte-Odile Abbey, Ottrott
64 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.
2.6 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château de Dreistein, Ottrott
68 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.
1.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Château du Landsberg
45 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.
0.7 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Château d'Andlau
18 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.
1.9 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Château du Birkenfels, Ottrott
50 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.
1.3 miSE
Monastery, Romanesque architecture, Baroque architecture
Andlau Abbey, Andlau
33 min walk • Andlau Abbey was a women's collegiate foundation for secular canonesses located at Andlau in Alsace, eastern France.
2.5 miE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Musée de la Folie Marco, Barr
65 min walk • Musée de la Folie Marco is a museum in Barr in the Bas-Rhin department of France.
2.2 miN
Church
Mont Sainte-Odile
56 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.
2.3 miN
Monastery
Niedermunster Abbey
60 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.
1.3 miSE
Church
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Paul, Andlau
33 min walk • The Saint-Pierre-et-Paul church is a Catholic church located in Andlau, in France.
2.4 miE
Church
St. Martin's Church, Barr
61 min walk • The Protestant church Saint-Martin de Barr is a building that belongs to the Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine in Barr in the French department of Bas-Rhin.