Château de Hohbarr
The Château de Hohbarr is a medieval castle, first built in 1100, above the city of Saverne in what is now the French département of Bas-Rhin. It was built on sandstone rock 460m above the valley of Zorn and the plain of Alsace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: rock castle
- Also known as: “Chateau de Hohbarr”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saverne semaphore tower and Château du Grand-Geroldseck.
Saverne semaphore tower
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saverne semaphore tower is situated 240 metres southwest of Château de Hohbarr.
Château du Grand-Geroldseck
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château du Grand-Geroldseck is a ruined medieval castle situated in the commune of Haegen in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France. It was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture in 1898. Château du Grand-Geroldseck is situated 770 metres southwest of Château de Hohbarr.
Château du Petit-Geroldseck
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château du Petit-Geroldseck is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Haegen in the département of Bas-Rhin in Alsace, France. It is dated to the 13th century. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Château du Petit-Geroldseck is situated 1¼ km south of Château de Hohbarr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saverne and Ottersthal.
Saverne
Town
Photo: Edelseider, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km northwest of Strasbourg. Saverne is situated 2½ km northeast of Château de Hohbarr.
Ottersthal
Village
Photo: Didivo67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ottersthal is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Ottersthal is situated 3½ km north of Château de Hohbarr.
Monswiller
Village
Photo: Laurent Jerry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monswiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Monswiller is situated 4½ km northeast of Château de Hohbarr.
Château de Hohbarr
- Categories: rock castle, peak, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Saverne, Arrondissement of Saverne, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.7245° or 48° 43′ 28″ northLongitude
7.33797° or 7° 20′ 17″ eastElevation
477 metres (1,565 feet)Open location code
8FW9P8FQ+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1734335697OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
10235442Wikidata ID
Q1012393
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Château de Hohbarr” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Hohbarr”
- Chinese: “上巴尔城堡”
- Chinese: “上巴爾城堡”
- Dutch: “Château de Hohbarr”
- Esperanto: “Haut-Barr”
- Esperanto: “Hoch-Barr”
- French: “château de Haut-Barr”
- French: “château de Hohbarr et chapelle”
- French: “chateau du Haut-Barr”
- French: “château du Haut-Barr”
- French: “Château du Haut-Barr”
- French: “Haut barr”
- French: “Haut-barr”
- French: “Haut-Barr”
- French: “Hoch-Barr”
- German: “Burg Haut-Barr”
- German: “Burg Hohbarr”
- German: “Chateau du Haut-Barr”
- German: “Château du Haut-Barr”
- German: “Château du Haut”
- German: “Haut-Barr”
- German: “Hohbarr”
- German: “Schloß Hohbarr”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Hohbarr”
- Portuguese: “Château de Hohbarr”
- Western Panjabi: “شتو ہوہبار”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Château de Hohbarr”. Photo: Geak, Public domain.