Fortifications · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY 3.038 historic monuments, more per resident than almost any compared French town
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1991. The Culture ministry lists 38 historic monuments in Phalsbourg: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 37 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 16th century. We have photos of 17 of them.
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Phalsbourg in 17 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
ImmeubleInscrit
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Hôtel de villeInscrit
Château d'Einartzhausen (ancien)Inscrit+12See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Phalsbourg has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,700 to 4,700 residents, by historic monuments.
The median town of these has 1. 10 of the 41 have none.
Where Phalsbourg’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. 26 monuments have no point on the map.
One classé monument in Phalsbourg
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé37 inscrit monuments in Phalsbourg
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 37, A to Z
33 more, named only by their kind
33 more are named in the list only by their kind: 31 buildings (immeubles) and 2 others. The 33 with an address are in the list above, by it.
Most of Phalsbourg’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes: 33 of 38 monuments (87%). 2 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old Phalsbourg’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
The oldest dated: Château d'Einartzhausen (ancien) (16th c.). 32 monuments have no date on the list.
Phalsbourg has had a protected historic area since 1991
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR44-36 | ZPPAUP August 23, 1991 | AVAP (heritage area rules) August 23, 1991 |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Over half of Phalsbourg’s monuments were protected in 1936
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
The first was protected in 1927. 32 were protected in 1936 alone. None has been added since 2011.
11% of homes in Phalsbourg were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
11% 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 (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
11 people born in Phalsbourg before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Everyone born in Phalsbourg Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Historic monuments in the towns around Phalsbourg
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 38 | 1 | Yes |
| Saverne Bas-Rhin | 11,460 | 18 | 5 | — |
| Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 2,699 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Dettwiller Bas-Rhin | 2,558 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sarrebourg | 12,170 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,754 | 19 | 0 | Yes |
| Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 5,780 | 7 | 0 | — |
Phalsbourg in brief
For its size, Phalsbourg has more historic monuments than 99% of compared French towns. In all there are 38 historic monuments, 1 of them classé. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Of its homes, 11% were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1991. Of the whole list, 87% are houses and homes. Of the 6 with a date, 5 come from the 16th to 18th centuries.
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 Phalsbourg
How many historic monuments are there in Phalsbourg?
The Culture ministry lists 38 historic monuments in Phalsbourg: 1 classé and 37 inscrit.
How old are the monuments of Phalsbourg?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 16th century.
Is Phalsbourg a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Phalsbourg has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 1991.
When were monuments in Phalsbourg first protected?
The first in 1927, the latest in 1996.
How old are the homes in Phalsbourg?
11% 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 8, 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.