Château du Fleckenstein

Château de Fleckenstein is a ruined castle in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. This fortress, built in the shape of a 52 m-long (171 ft) boat, has a long history. The castle was built on a sandstone summit in the Middle Ages. An ingenious system for collecting rainwater fed a cistern and a hoist allowed water and other loads to be moved to the upper floors.

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Château du Fleckenstein ranks #2,097 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #154 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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