Ouvrage Simserhof
Ouvrage Simserhof is a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the French commune of Siersthal in the Moselle department. It faces the German border and is adjoined by the petit ouvrage Rohrbach and the gros ouvrage Schiesseck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line
- Also known as: “Fort de Simserhof”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle des Tuileries des Tuileries and Église Saint-Pierre d’Hottviller.
Chapelle des Tuileries des Tuileries
Church
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Chapelle des Tuileries des Tuileries is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Église Saint-Pierre d’Hottviller
Church
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Église Saint-Pierre d’Hottviller is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Chapelle Saints-Roch-et-Wendelin de Rodenbach
Church
Photo: Didivo67, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Saints-Roch-et-Wendelin de Rodenbach is a church, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schorbach and Bitche.
Schorbach
Village
Photo: Kapipelmo, Public domain.
Schorbach is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche. Schorbach is situated 3 km northeast of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Bitche
Town
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bitche is a commune in Moselle department, in the region of Grand Est in northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city, and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the Pays de Bitche community of communes. Bitche is situated 4 km east of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Loechersbach mill
Locality
Photo: ThePierrasse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Loechersbach mill is a locality, which is situated 5 km south of Ouvrage Simserhof.
Ouvrage Simserhof
- Categories: gros ouvrage, military museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.06333° or 49° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
7.37268° or 7° 22′ 22″ eastElevation
384 metres (1,260 feet)Open location code
8FX9397F+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 292602354OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Ouvrage Simserhof” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ouvrage Simserhof”
- French: “Fort du Simserhof”
- French: “ouvrage du Simserhof”
- French: “Ouvrage du simserhof”
- French: “Ouvrage du Simserhof”
- French: “Simserhof”
- German: “Artilleriewerk Simserhof”
- German: “Fort Simserhof”
- German: “Ouvrage Simserhof”
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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 “Ouvrage Simserhof”. Photo: Martial75, CC BY-SA 3.0.