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Goetzenbruck

Grand Est, France · Europe

About Goetzenbruck

Goetzenbruck is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Soucht, 30km from Château de Fleckenstein.

Goetzenbruck is in Grand Est, France, with about 1,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Soucht, about 4 km away.

Goetzenbruck or Gœtzenbruck (French pronunciation: [ɡœtsənbʁyk]; German: Götzenbrück; Lorraine Franconian: Getzebrikk) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. The village belongs to the Pays de Bitche and to the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park. As of

Read more the 2013 France census, the village's population is 1,608. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Goetzenbruckois and Goetzenbruckoises. The present municipality of Goetzenbruck was originally divided into three municipalities. They underwent several changes before the two remaining municipalities of Goetzenbruck and Sarreinsberg merged in 1947 (the latter had already merged with the third municipality, Althorn, back in 1837).

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What is there to see near Goetzenbruck?

Within an hour or so of Goetzenbruck: Château de Fleckenstein (30 km), Hunspach (41 km), Cascade du Nideck (45 km), Völklinger Hütte (49 km).

Are there any good drives near Goetzenbruck?

The nearest famous roads are Deutsche Weinstraße, Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500) and Schwarzwaldhochstraße.

Where is Goetzenbruck?

Goetzenbruck is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Soucht.

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Quick Information

Population
1,810
Continent
Europe
Country
France
Region
Grand Est
Timezone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
48.9778, 7.3796

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in France

Police
17
Ambulance
15
Fire
18
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.

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Worth the detour from Goetzenbruck

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

castle

Château de Fleckenstein

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.

30 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Hunspach

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.

41 km · about 45 min drive

waterfall

Cascade du Nideck

A double waterfall plunging through a forested gorge below a ruined castle in the northern Vosges.

45 km · about 50 min drive

museum

Völklinger Hütte

A vast decommissioned ironworks turned UNESCO industrial monument, where you can climb 27 m up the old blast furnaces.

49 km · about 55 min drive

castle

Trifels Castle

A red-sandstone imperial fortress crowning a Palatinate Forest crag once held the crown jewels and Richard the Lionheart.

50 km · about 60 min drive

landmark

Strasbourg Grande Ile

The historic island center of Strasbourg, a UNESCO site featuring the magnificent Gothic cathedral and charming Petite France quarter.

51 km · about 60 min drive

cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

A Gothic sandstone cathedral that was the world's tallest building for over two centuries.

52 km · about 60 min drive

landmark

Petite France, Strasbourg

A canal-laced quarter of half-timbered tanners' houses, the storybook heart of UNESCO-listed Strasbourg.

52 km · about 60 min drive

Driving roads near Goetzenbruck

6 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

  • 60 kmMont Sainte-OdileClifftop abbey at 764 m on a Vosges spur, Alsace's holiest site, with terrace views across the Rhine plain and the mysterious 10-km 'Pagan Wall' megalithic enclosure in the woods below.
  • 69 kmDeutsche WeinstraßeGermany's oldest wine route winds 85 km past vineyards, almond blossoms and half-timbered villages through the Palatinate.
  • 72 kmSchwarzwaldhochstrasse (Black Forest High Road)The B500 ridge road runs 60 km from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt through dense pine forest, passing the Mummelsee lake and spa towns, with sweeping viewpoints over the Rhine plain.
  • 74 kmSchwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500)The Black Forest High Road along the ridge from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt, flowing curves through spruce forest.
  • 76 kmSchwarzwaldhochstraßeThe Black Forest High Road climbs the B500 past pine ridges, moorland lakes and panoramic pull-offs from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt.

Driving in France

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.85/litre
Motorway tolls
~€10.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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