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Neuf-Brisach
Neuf-Brisach is 18km south-east of Colmar in the Haut-Rhin department of the Alsace region, and on the bank of the Rhine River.
The town was designed by the renowned war engineer Vauban, under Louis XIV, in order to defend the border from Hapsburg, and built starting in 1699.
The town follows an octagonal layout, with its borders heavily fortified - as seen in the photo below, the town has further fortifications beyond the main defensive wall.
It is this unusual, carefully planned, design that is of foremost interest in the town - it is unusual to see a town so completely planned unless we look back to the 13th century bastide towns of south-west France. Consequently Neuf-Brisach is a magnet for historians and engineers as much as tourists.
(Note: the neighbouring town, across the border in Germany, is called Alt-Breisach.)
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Places to visit - Neuf-Brisach
Some of the closer places are listed below (distances from Neuf-Brisach are approximate and direct - as the crow flies. Only places listed on the france this way site are shown!)
- Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg Alsace castle at 32 km
- Colmar Alsace town at 20 km
- Eguisheim Most beautiful village at 25 km
- Ribeauville Town at 30 km
- Riquewihr Most beautiful village at 30 km
- Selestat Town at 28 km
- Ottmarsheim Town at 25 km
- Kintzheim Town at 30 km
- Ungersheim Town at 29 km
- Turckheim Important town at 28 km
- Hunawihr Classified beautiful village at 30 km
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