Château du Petit-Arnsberg

The Château du Petit-Arnsberg is a castle situated in the commune of Obersteinbach in the Bas-Rhin département of Alsace, France. It is dated to the 14th-century.

It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

The castle was a fief of the Abbey of Wissembourg, held by the Wasigenstein family. Its first mention in records dates from 1316. The castle is semi-troglodytic. The corps de logis follows the rocky contours and is protected by a strong surrounding wall.

A small doorway cut into the rock is dated 1494. On the eastern side of the castle, long cavities in the ground were the foundations for wooden buildings which enlarged the habitable area.

The castle may be reached from the village of Obersteinbach. From the sports ground, a path marked by red-white-red rectangular markers leads to the site.

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Château du Petit-Arnsberg ranks #6,073 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #447 of the 525 mapped in France. Founded 1316, it is older than 62% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 23 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaiserslautern, 46 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 5 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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