France · 12th century
The Château de Frankenbourg is a ruined 12th century castle in the commune of Neubois in the Bas-Rhin département in Alsace, France.
The castle is state-owned. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
Text adapted from “Château du Frankenbourg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château du Frankenbourg ranks #4,532 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #379 of the 787 mapped in France. Founded 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 20 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Colmar, 24 km away. It is one of the 63 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 21 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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