Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle leads what is near Rothau
Most of what there is to see is museums or galleries: 6 of 8. All of them lie outside Rothau. If you have a day, head to Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, 25 km away.
Just outside Rothau, the best known
Next to Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle, the best known are 3 museums, an attraction and a château.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
The places, mapped
Furthest from the centre is Musée Jean-Frédéric-Oberlin, 4.8 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Rothau; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Museums or galleries lead the count with 6 of 8.
Dark: in Rothau. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit
8 places, all within 5 km of its centre, make the list.
Nothing is mapped in Rothau itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
For a day out
Most famous of the 12 is Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, 25 km from the centre.
ChâteauChâteau de Salm5.1 km west, in La BroqueAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Hohenbourg15 km east, in OttrottMuseumMuseumFort de Mutzig22 km northeast, in DangolsheimChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Andlau16 km east, in AndlauChâteauChâteauChâteau du Landsberg16 km east, in HeiligensteinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Dreistein14 km east, in OttrottChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Roche6.9 km south, in BellefosseAttractionAttractionChâteau de Hohenstein14 km northeast, in OberhaslachChâteauChâteauChâteau du Kagenfels12 km east, in OttrottPlaces within 40 km of Rothau with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Before a day out in Rothau
Are there attractions near Rothau?
Nothing is mapped in Rothau itself, but within 5 km there are Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle, Centre européen du résistant déporté, Musée Jean-Frédéric-Oberlin and Mémorial du camp de concentration de Natzweiler-Struthof.
Are there museums in or near Rothau?
6 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Mémorial de l'Alsace-Moselle, Centre européen du résistant déporté, Musée Jean-Frédéric-Oberlin and Mémorial du camp de concentration de Natzweiler-Struthof.
What well-known places are within a day out of Rothau?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (25 km), Mont Sainte-Odile (15 km), Château de Guirbaden (13 km), Château de Salm (5.1 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Rothau, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Château de Salm: Lybil BER, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.