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The Château de Guirbaden (or Girbaden) is a ruined
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
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the '' commune'' of Mollkirch
Mollkirch () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France.
The communes cooper ...
in the Bas-Rhin
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''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
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. 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 viney ...
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