Highlight • Castle
Ortenbourg Castle
Recommended for
Hiking
Mountain biking
by 443 explorers out of 447
Cycling is not permitted at this location
You'll need to dismount and push your bike.
Add komoot as a preferred source in your Google results
Add now
Location: Scherweiler, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France
Tips
August 21, 2025
Hiking
•July 10, 2018
Hiking
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 ...
Source: Wikipedia
•July 26, 2020
Hiking
•Sign up for a free komoot account to get 12 more insider tips and takes.
Sign up for free
Routes here
Best Hikes to Ortenbourg Castle
Details
Informations
Elevation 410 m
Weather
Powered by Foreca
Friday 23 January
5°C
-1°C
0 %
Additional weather tips
Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h
Most visited during
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Add komoot as a preferred source in your Google results
Add now
Location: Scherweiler, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France