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Husseren-les-Châteaux () is a commune in the
Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...
department in
Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...
in north-eastern
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. The village lies on the edge of the
Ballons des Vosges Nature Park The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges'') is a protected area of woodland, pasture, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the regions of Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in ...
, where the
Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...
meet the
Upper Rhine Plain The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben ( German: ''Oberrheinische Tiefebene'', ''Oberrheinisches Tiefland'' or ''Oberrheingraben'', French: ''Vallée du Rhin'') is a major rift, about and on average , between Basel in the ...
. The village is overlooked by the ruins of three castles which stand in close proximity to each other: Dagsbourg, Wahlenbourg and Weckmund. They are known locally as ''Les Trois Châteaux''. Although the ruins can be reached by car they are a popular hiking destination. This village is one of the many villages along 'La Route des Vins d'Alsace', close to
Eguisheim Eguisheim (; ; Alsatian: ''Egsa'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical region of Alsace (). The village lies on the edge of the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, where the Vo ...
and is in the middle of vineyards. The village is connected to Eguisheim by the Route du Vin (D14).


See also

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Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haut-Rhin. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):


References

Communes of Haut-Rhin Enclaves and exclaves {{HautRhin-geo-stub