Château de Saint-Ulrich

The Château de Saint-Ulrich (also known as Château de Grand-Ribeaupierre or Ulrichsburg) is one of three castles (with the Girsberg and the Haut-Ribeaupierre) which overlooks the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is situated at an altitude of 528 m.

The present name of the site is from the chapel dedicated to Saint Ulrich of Augsburg which is found in the castle. Medieval texts never gave the present name - the castle had the name of the Rappolstein dynasty (or Ribeaupierre in the French style).

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Château de Saint-Ulrich ranks #2,350 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #173 of the 276 mapped in France. Founded 1200, it is older than 81% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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