Château de Hohenbourg
The Château de Hohenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wingen, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: rock castle
- Also known as: “Chateau de Hohenbourg” and “Chateau du Hohenbourg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Château de Lœwenstein and Wegelnburg.
Château de Lœwenstein
Ruins
Photo: Steffen 962, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château de Lœwenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Wingen in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France. It is dated to the 12th century and was destroyed in 1387. Château de Lœwenstein is situated 280 metres southeast of Château de Hohenbourg.
Wegelnburg
Castle
Photo: Dokape, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wegelnburg is a ruined castle near Schönau in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. Its location is at a height of 572m, making it the highest ruined castle in the Palatinate Forest. Wegelnburg is situated 710 metres north of Château de Hohenbourg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nothweiler and Hirschthal.
Nothweiler
Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nothweiler is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. The mayor is Nicole Grüny. As of December 2020 the population was 132. It is situated 268 metres above sea level and has an area of 3.68 km2.
Hirschthal
Village
Photo: Lokilech, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hirschthal is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Schönau
Village
Photo: LoKiLeCh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schönau is a village in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany on the French border. It has a population of roughly 400. A former monastic yard grew into the village near the end of the Middle Ages, due to the establishment of an iron ore smelting plant by the Dukes of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Schönau is situated 2½ km west of Château de Hohenbourg.
Château de Hohenbourg
- Categories: rock castle, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Grand Est, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.0554° or 49° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
7.7838° or 7° 47′ 2″ eastElevation
540 metres (1,772 feet)Inception
16th centuryOpen location code
8FX93Q4M+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 222133435OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Château de Hohenbourg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Heerlijkheid Hohenbourg”
- French: “château de Hohenbourg”
- French: “château de la Hohenbourg”
- French: “chateau du Hohenbourg”
- French: “château du Hohenbourg”
- French: “Château du Hohenbourg”
- German: “Burgruine Hohenbourg”
- German: “Château du Hohenbourg”
- German: “Hohenburg”
- Vietnamese: “Chateau de Hohenbourg”
- Vietnamese: “Château de Hohenbourg”
- Western Panjabi: “شتو ہوہنبورگ”
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