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The Château de Guirbaden (or Girbaden) is a ruined castle in the ''
Description and history of the castle on Chateau.over-blog.net
Unofficial site
Numerous photos
Ruined castles in Bas-Rhin Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin Imperial castles Girbaden {{France-castle-stub
The Château de Guirbaden (or Girbaden) is a ruined castle in the ''commune
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'' of Mollkirch in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
''département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...
'' of France
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.
It is situated in the Guirbaden forest, near the village of Mollkirch on the left bank of the Magel River, at an altitude of 565 m. The castle covers a larger area than any other in Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
. Dating from the 11th century, over more than 500 years it suffered several attacks, destructions and reconstructions.
Privately owned, it has been listed since 1898 as a '' monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture
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.
See also
*List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
Notes and references
External links
*Description and history of the castle on Chateau.over-blog.net
Unofficial site
Numerous photos
Ruined castles in Bas-Rhin Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin Imperial castles Girbaden {{France-castle-stub