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 #2,724 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #210 of the 524 mapped in France. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,874 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Colmar, 14 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 26 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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