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Grand-Est - France

Normandie-Niemen

The Normandie-Niemen Regiment was a fighter squadron, later regiment (of three squadrons) of the French Air Force. It served on the Eastern Front of the European Theatre of World War II with the 1st Air Army. The regiment is notable for being one of only two air combat units from an Allied western European country to participate on the Eastern Front during World War II, the other being the British No.

Located at 47.9219, 7.39972 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Sélestat

Sélestat is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. In 2006, Sélestat had a total population of 19,459. The Communauté de communes de Sélestat et environs had a total population of 35,397.

Located at 48.2511, 7.42444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Sélestat

Colmar Pocket

The Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar); is the term for a containment operation in Alsace, France, during the Second World War by the U.S. 6th Army Group of the German Nineteenth Army following the collapse of the Nazi Operation Nordwind. A joint U.S. -French force of the French First Army reinforced by the U.S.

Located at 48.0806, 7.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg

The château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg (German Hohkönigsburg) is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. In 1900 it was restored under the direction of Emperor Wilhelm II. Today it is a major tourist attraction, located on the Alsace wine route.

Located at 48.2494, 7.34417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Unterlinden Museum

The Unterlinden Museum (officially Musée d'Unterlinden, also cited in English as Musée Unterlinden) is located in Colmar, France, in the Alsace region. The museum, housed in a 13th century Dominican religious sisters' convent, is home to the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald and features a large collection of local and international artworks and manufactured artifacts from prehistorical to contemporary times.

Located at 48.0797, 7.35556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Jose F. Valdez

Private First Class Jose F. Valdez (January 3, 1925 - February 17, 1945) was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions near Rosenkranz, France, in the Battle of the Colmar Pocket during World War II.

Located at 48.1303, 7.3562 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Murbach Abbey

Murbach Abbey (French: Abbaye de Murbach) was a famous Benedictine monastery in Murbach, southern Alsace, in a valley at the foot of the Grand Ballon in the Vosges. The monastery was founded in 727 by Eberhard, Count of Alsace, and established as a Benedictine house by Saint Pirmin. Its territory once comprised three towns and thirty villages.

Located at 47.9233, 7.15806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 15 miles away.
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Château de Kaysersberg

The Château de Kaysersberg is a ruined castle in the commune of Kaysersberg in the Haut-Rhin département of France.

Located at 48.1403, 7.26222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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St. Marx Abbey

St. Marx Abbey or St. Mark's Abbey was a Benedictine nunnery in Gueberschwihr (Geberschweier) in Alsace, founded in about 1105. Since 1845 it has been the principal house of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Marc, rebuilt in 1852 after a disastrous fire.

Located at 48.0072, 7.25028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Château de Pflixbourg

The Château du Pflixbourg (from the German Blicksburg = “castle with a view”) is a castle in the commune of Wintzenheim, in the Haut-Rhin département of France. The castle has been listed as a Monument historique since 1968 by the French Ministry of Culture.

Located at 48.0672, 7.25444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Château de Kintzheim

The Château de Kintzheim is a castle in the commune of Kintzheim in the Bas-Rhin département of France dating from the 12th century. The ruin of the castle dominate the village of Kintzheim.

Located at 48.2564, 7.38667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Gare de Colmar

Gare de Colmar is a railway station located in Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. The same design was used in the construction of Gdansk's principal railway station in Poland. Thus the buildings are 'twins' of one another.

Located at 48.0724, 7.34694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Région Est, TER Alsace, Buildings and structures in Haut-Rhin, Railway stations in Alsace

Gare de Bennwihr

Gare de Bennwihr is a former railway station in Bennwihr, Alsace, eastern France. It was on the rail line from Strasbourg to Colmar.

Located at 48.1306, 7.35611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Defunct railway stations in Alsace

Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach

The Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Our Lady of the Assumption Church) is the parish church of the town of Rouffach in southern Alsace and one of the largest medieval churches in the Haut-Rhin département of France. The church is also known as Saint-Arbogast Church (Église Saint-Arbogast). It lies on the "Route Romane d'Alsace". Although work started in the 11th century and was carried on with interruptions until 1870, the building remains unfinished.

Located at 47.9567, 7.30028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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St Martin's Church, Colmar

The Église Saint-Martin is the main church and principal Gothic monument of Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France. Because of its past as a collegiate church, is also known als Collégiale Saint-Martin, and because of its large dimensions, as Cathédrale Saint-Martin, although Colmar had never been the seat of a bishopric.

Located at 48.0772, 7.35833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Château du Girsberg

The Château du Girsberg (formerly named Petit-Ribeaupierre) is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It stands at an altitude of 528 m. It was the Lords of Ribeaupierre who built the castle in the 13th century, then named Stein (La Roche). They rebuilt it after a fire caused by lightning in 1288. In 1304, they gave it to their vassals, the knights of Girsberg, from whom the castle took its name.

Located at 48.2036, 7.30722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Castles in Alsace, Haut-Rhin, Official historical monuments of France, Ruins in Alsace

Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre

The Château du Haut-Ribeaupierre (Hohrappolstein) is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. Situated at an altitude of 642 m, it dominates the other two.

Located at 48.2064, 7.30556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Château de Saint-Ulrich

The Château de Saint-Ulrich (also known as the Château de Grand-Ribeaupierre) is one of three castles which dominates the commune of Ribeauvillé in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is situated at an altitude of 528 m. The present name of the site is from the chapel dedicated to Saint Ulrich of Augsburg which is found in the castle. Medieval texts never gave the present name - the castle had the name of the Rappolstein dynasty (or Ribeaupierre in the French style).

Located at 48.2028, 7.30528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Château du Hohlandsbourg

The Château de du Hohlandsbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wintzenheim, near Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin département of France. It is open to the public between Easter and 11 November.

Located at 48.06, 7.26917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Château du Hugstein

The Château du Hugstein is a ruined castle on the borders of the communes of Buhl and Guebwiller in the Haut-Rhin département of France.

Located at 47.9208, 7.19194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Embranchement de Colmar

The Embranchement de Colmar is a canal in eastern France. It connects Colmar to the Rhin. It is 22.6 km long with three locks.

Located at 48.1, 7.38333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Schoenenbourg (grand cru)

The Alsatian Grand Cru vineyard Schoenenbourg is situated north of the village Riquewihr. The vineyard faces south and south-east on the steep hill Schoenenbourg. The altitude of the vines are between 265 and 380 meters and covers 53.4 ha og Keuper subsoil with marl, gypsum and dolomite.

Located at 48.1692, 7.30556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Audie Murphy honors and awards

Audie Murphy was America's most decorated combat soldier of World War II, according to President Barack Obama. He was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, as well as other awards and commemorations bestowed by the United States government and by other countries. After his military service ended, Murphy became a film actor and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Audie L.

Located at 48.1225, 7.42056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Château Saint-Léon

The Château Saint-Léon is a former castle in the commune of Eguisheim in the Haut-Rhin département of France.

Located at 48.0436, 7.30667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Castles in Alsace, Official historical monuments of France, Haut-Rhin