France · 12th century
Château de Hunebourg (German: Hüneburg or Hünenburg) is a rock castle that lies to the west of Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in the French département of Bas-Rhin on a 425-metre-high sandstone rock outcrop. It is accessible from the valley of the Zinsel du Nord. The original castle was built in the 12th-13th century, but very little remains from this period. The castle was reconstructed in a neo-romanesque style in the 1930s. It is a listed historical monument since 2007.
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Château de Hunebourg ranks #6,180 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #549 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded 1125, it is older than 84% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 41 km away. It is one of the 63 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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