Château d’Ortenbourg
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Recommended by 361 out of 363 hikers
Location: Scherweiler, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France
Best Hikes to Château d’Ortenbourg
- Easy
5.0
(7)
50
Château d’Ortenbourg – Ramstein Castle Ruins loop from Dieffenthal01:16
3.76km
200m
Intermediate4.6
(88)
453
The castles of l'Ortenbourg and Bernstein and the rock of Falkenstein — loop from Scherwiller04:10
13.3km
520m
Expert4.8
(10)
69
Château du Bernstein – Château d’Ortenbourg loop from Dambach-la-Ville05:55
19.0km
690m
Tips
The castle Ortenberg (French Château de l'Ortenbourg) is a medieval castle ruin near Scherwiller in Alsace ...
Ortenberg is considered the highlight and ideal type of early Gothic castle construction in Alsace. The Kernburg rises on a granite rock, which is separated by a deep neck trench from the massif of the Knights Mountain. Directly above the ditch are the 18-meter-high, multi-kinked and pierced by loopholes mantle wall and the immediately behind it placed 30-meter-high, pentagonal keep the potential attacker against ...
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•July 10, 2018
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Description
Location: Scherweiler, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France
Best Hikes to Château d’Ortenbourg
- Easy
5.0
(7)
50
Château d’Ortenbourg – Ramstein Castle Ruins loop from Dieffenthal01:16
3.76km
200m
Intermediate4.6
(88)
453
The castles of l'Ortenbourg and Bernstein and the rock of Falkenstein — loop from Scherwiller04:10
13.3km
520m
Expert4.8
(10)
69
Château du Bernstein – Château d’Ortenbourg loop from Dambach-la-Ville05:55
19.0km
690m
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