Lichtenberg (Bas-Rhin)

Lichtenberg is a municipality with 566 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the canton of La Petite- Pierre in the department of Bas- Rhin in Alsace region of France. She is a member of the Association of Municipalities Pays de La Petite- Pierre.

Geography

Lichtenberg is located in the northern Vosges 1.5 km southeast of Reipertswiller close to the border with Lorraine in the Northern Vosges Natural Park.

Attractions

  • The Lichtenberg Castle created at the beginning of the 13th century. The imposing fortress represents the power of the former rule Lichtenberg, which belonged by inheritance to the county of Hanau -Lichtenberg since 1473.
  • A Way of the Cross in the Catholic Church, drawn by the painter Marie -Louis Sorg and dated to 1829.

Demographics

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