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Bellefosse Bellefosse (; german: Schöngrund) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France, historically and culturally part of Alsace. Geography The village is located on a mountain terrace on the west slope of the in ...

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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 ...

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. The site was recorded as fortified in 1180, but the present castle ruins are from a later period, most likely from 1284.

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* Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century Ruined castles in Bas-Rhin {{France-castle-stub