Philippsbourg (; german: Philippsburg, link=no ;
Lorraine Franconian
Lorraine Franconian (Lorraine Franconian: ''Plàtt'' or ''lottrìnger Plàtt''; french: francique lorrain or ''platt lorrain''; german: Lothringisch) is an ambiguous designation for dialects of West Central German (german: Westmitteldeutsch), ...
: ''Phillipsburch''; gsw-FR, Phillipsbueri) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
in the
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
,
administrative region
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of
Grand Est
Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten;
Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administrat ...
, northeastern
France
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.
The village belongs to the
Pays de Bitche
The Pays de Bitche (, literally ''Land of Bitche'', german: Bitscherland or ) is a natural region located in the Moselle department of the Grand Est region of France. It corresponds to the present French part of the former principality of Zweibrü ...
and to the
Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park
The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park ( French: ''Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord'') is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the region Grand Est in northeastern France. The area was officially de ...
.
Sites and monuments
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Château du Falkenstein
The château du Falkenstein or Falkenstein Castle (, literally "falconstone's castle") is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Philippsbourg in the Moselle ''département'' of France, at the heart of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. ...
, 12th-century ruined castle, built for surveillance of the Zinsel valley
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Château de Rothenbourg
The Château de Rothenbourg or Rothenburg Castle (, literally "red castle") is a ruined castle in the ''commune'' of Philippsbourg in the Moselle ''département'' of France.
History
The castle, built on a hill called ''Rothenberg'' or ''Rodenbe ...
, castle ruins dating from the 9th century
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Château de Helfenstein, ruins of a castle already destroyed in 1437
See also
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Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 725 Communes of France, communes of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as ...
References
External links
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Communes of Moselle (department)
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