France · 13th century
The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges at the end of the village of Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The castle was first mentioned in 1206 and is most well known as the home of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. It was left in ruins in 1870 after bombardment by Württemberg troops during the Franco-Prussian War, but was restored in the 1990s and is open to the public.
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Château de Lichtenberg ranks #3,466 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #271 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded 1206, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,274 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 43 km away. It is one of the 63 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 7 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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