Drachenbronn Air Base, Drachenbronn-Birlenbach

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Drachenbronn Air Base of the French Air and Space Force is located in the community of Drachenbronn-Birlenbach in the Bas-Rhin département. It houses the Centre de détection et de contrôle 05/901. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°59'48"N, 7°52'24"E

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Drachenbronn Air Base – 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.

4.2 miNE
City hall, Baroque architecture, Neoclassical architecture
Town Hall of Wissembourg, Wissembourg
109 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...
2.7 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
70 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...
4.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Sacred and religious sites
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Wissembourg
107 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.
4.3 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Town
St John's Church, Wissembourg
109 min walk • St. John's Church is a historical monument in the city of Wissembourg in northeastern France.
4.5 miW
Museum
Ouvrage Lembach, Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
115 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.
3.7 miSW
Area
Lampertsloch, Merkwiller-Pechelbronn
96 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.
4.3 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Dominican Church, Wissembourg
110 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.
3.8 miE
Forts and castles
Château du Geisberg
98 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.
4.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Weissenburg Abbey, Wissembourg
107 min walk • Weissemburg Abbey, also Wissembourg Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Wissembourg in Alsace, France.
3.4 miW
Museum
Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, Lembach
88 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.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Mundat Forest, Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
87 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.