Mur païen · Photo: Dietrich Krieger · CC BY-SA 3.010 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ottrott: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). That’s 62 for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 9 of them.
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Ottrott in 9 photos
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Ruines du château de BirkenfelsClassé
Monastère de Sainte-Odile, au Mont-Saint-OdileClassé
Ruines du château de LutzelbourgInscrit
Château de DreisteinInscrit
Ancien domaine de Windeck, dit Foyer de CharitéInscrit+4See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
How old Ottrott’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
6 of 7 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Mur païen (Prehistory). 3 monuments have no date on the list.
Where Ottrott’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point. 1 monument has no point on the map.
4 classé monuments in Ottrott
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 4 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
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Classé6 inscrit monuments in Ottrott
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
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InscritMost of Ottrott’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 6 of 10 monuments (60%). 2 are religious buildings, 1 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
3 of Ottrott’s monuments were protected in 2025
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
First protected, in 1840: Monastère de Sainte-Odile, au Mont-Saint-Odile and Mur païen. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 3 were protected in 2025 alone. 3 have been added since 2011.
15% of homes in Ottrott were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (36%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Historic monuments in the towns around Ottrott
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottrott | 1,620 | 10 | 4 | — |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 25 | 9 | — |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 11 | 4 | — |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Barr | 7,057 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Dorlisheim | 2,636 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Mutzig | 6,087 | 8 | 1 | — |
Ottrott in brief
The record in Ottrott starts with Mur païen, which dates from prehistory. All told, the list holds 10 historic monuments, 4 of them classé, including Mur païen. Of its homes, 15% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Of the whole list, 60% are houses and homes. Of the 7 with a date, 5 come from the Middle Ages. The rest is about typical: Théodore de Dartein (1852) was born here before 1900.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Ottrott
How many historic monuments are there in Ottrott?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ottrott: 4 classé and 6 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ottrott are classé?
4, among them Mur païen, Monastère de Sainte-Odile, au Mont-Saint-Odile, Ruines du château de Birkenfels and mégalithe dit Pierre druidique.
How old are the monuments of Ottrott?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from prehistory.
When were monuments in Ottrott first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Ottrott?
15% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.