France · 13th century
Château de l'Ortenbourg ranks #4,475 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #371 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1262, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,216 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 20 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Colmar, 24 km away. It is one of the 63 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 20 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
Château de l'Ortenbourg or Ortenberg is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Scherwiller in the département of Bas-Rhin of France. It is dated to the 13th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1924.
Text adapted from “Château de l'Ortenbourg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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