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Château de l'Engelbourg

France · 12th century

Founded
1200
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Thann
Coordinates
47.8149°, 7.10119°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Château de l'Engelbourg in France
Photo: Florival fr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Château d'Engelbourg (familiarly nicknamed "the Witch's Eye" by locals) is a historic monument located in Thann, in the French department of Haut-Rhin.

Machine-translated from “Château d'Engelbourg” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château de l'Engelbourg ranks #6,859 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #632 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 971 times in the last 60 days, more than 54% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Mulhouse, 19 km away. It is stop 32 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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