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Country
  
France

Department
  
Moselle

Canton
  
Bitche

Area
  
23.71 km²

Population
  
531 (1999)

Region
  
Grand Est

Arrondissement
  
Sarreguemines

Intercommunality
  
CC du Pays de Bitche

Local time
  
Thursday 12:37 PM

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 47% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Étang de Hanau, Château du Falkenstein, Réserve naturelle nationale, Château de Rothenbourg

Philippsbourg (German: Philippsburg, Lorraine Franconian: Phillipsburch, Alsatian: Phillipsbueri) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

Contents

Map of 57230 Philippsbourg, France

The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

Sites and monuments

  • Château du Falkenstein, 12th-century ruined castle, built for surveillance of the Zinsel valley
  • Château de Rothenbourg, castle ruins dating from the 9th century
  • Château du Helfenstein, ruins of a castle already destroyed in 1437

    • References

    Philippsbourg Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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