Grand Est, France · Europe
Bitche is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Lemberg, 25km from Château de Fleckenstein.
Bitche is a town located in Grand Est, France. With a population of 5,668, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bitche sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bitche to your route.
Bitche (English pronunciation: BEECH, French: [bitʃ]; German and Lorraine Franconian: Bitsch) is a commune in Moselle department, in the region of Grand Est in northeastern France. It is the Pays de Bitche's capital city, and the seat of the Canton of Bitche and the Pays de Bitche community of communes.
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belongs to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park and is rated four-flowers in the towns and villages in bloom competition. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bitchois and Bitchoises.
The town is known for its large citadel originating from a castle built at the beginning of the 13th century. The fortress is noted for its resistance during the Franco-Prussian War. Its commander Louis-Casimir Teyssier held it for about eight months, with 3,000 men against about 20,000 Prussian and Bavarian soldiers, until the French government ordered him to surrender after the 1871 ceasefire. The town became part of Germany from that date until the end of the First World War, when it was given back to France. During the Second World War it was annexed by the Third German Reich (1940–1944).
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Bitche is located in Grand Est, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.0523 latitude, 7.4299 longitude.
Bitche has a population of approximately 5,668 people, making it a town in France.
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castle
Ruined 12th-century castle carved directly into a 43-metre sandstone bar on the German border of the Northern Vosges, with rock-hewn stairways, chambers and forest views from the summit platform.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Immaculate northern-Alsace village of white half-timbered farmhouses with curved bull's-eye window panes, voted France's favourite village in 2020 yet still bypassed by the Colmar crowds.
39 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A red-sandstone imperial fortress crowning a Palatinate Forest crag once held the crown jewels and Richard the Lionheart.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
A vast decommissioned ironworks turned UNESCO industrial monument, where you can climb 27 m up the old blast furnaces.
48 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A Gothic sandstone cathedral that was the world's tallest building for over two centuries.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
The historic island center of Strasbourg, a UNESCO site featuring the magnificent Gothic cathedral and charming Petite France quarter.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A canal-laced quarter of half-timbered tanners' houses, the storybook heart of UNESCO-listed Strasbourg.
57 km · about 65 min drive
waterfall
A double waterfall plunging through a forested gorge below a ruined castle in the northern Vosges.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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