France · 13th century
The Château du Pflixbourg (from the German Blicksburg = “castle with a view”) is a castle in the commune of Wintzenheim, in the Haut-Rhin département of France.
The castle has been listed as a Monument historique since 1968 by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Château de Pflixbourg ranks #6,794 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #628 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 1210, it is older than 74% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Colmar, 8 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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