The Château de Guirbaden is a ruined castle in the commune of Mollkirch in the Bas-Rhin département of France. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Mollkirch is a Village and commune in the Bas-Rhin département of north-eastern France. Bas-Rhin is a ''département'' of France. The name means "Lower Rhine " In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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. Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Dating from the 11th century, over more than 500 years it suffered several attacks, destructions and reconstructions.
It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Monument historique is a State procedure in France by which heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building a collection of buildings The Minister of Culture is in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments promoting and protecting the arts (visual
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External links
- Ministry of Culture database entry for (French)
- Ministry of Culture photos
- Description and history of the castle on Chateau.over-blog.net (French)
- Unofficial site (French)
- Numerous photos
- This article was initially translated from the Wikipedia article Château de Guirbaden, specifically from this version. This is a list of Castles in France, arranged by Region and Department. The Château de Guirbaden is a ruined Castle in the commune of Mollkirch in the Bas-Rhin département of
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