Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin
Encyclopedia
Lichtenberg is a commune
in the Bas-Rhin
department in Alsace
in north-eastern France
.
The village forms a part of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord.
in the neighbouring Moselle
département to the north-east, Offwiller
et Rothbach
to the south-east, Ingwiller
in the south, Wimmenau
in the south-west and Reipertswiller
to the north-west.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
The village forms a part of the Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord.
Geography
Surrounding communes are BaerenthalBaerenthal
Baerenthal is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.The village forms a part of the natural park of the northern Vosges.-Geography:...
in the neighbouring Moselle
Moselle
Moselle is a department in the east of France named after the river Moselle.- History :Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
département to the north-east, Offwiller
Offwiller
Offwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
et Rothbach
Rothbach
Rothbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
to the south-east, Ingwiller
Ingwiller
Ingwiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.The commune lies within the North-Vosges natural park.-History:The first known mention of Ingwiller dates from the year 742 a.C...
in the south, Wimmenau
Wimmenau
Wimmenau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
in the south-west and Reipertswiller
Reipertswiller
Reipertswiller is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
to the north-west.
Landmarks
- Château de LichtenbergChâteau de LichtenbergThe Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France....
- The Catholic Church contains Stations of the CrossStations of the CrossStations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St...
by Marie-Louis Sorg.