Philippsbourg

Philippsbourg
View of the village and the valley of the Falkensteinerbach
Coat of arms
Philippsbourg
Location within Lorraine region Philippsbourg
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
Department	Moselle
Arrondissement	Sarreguemines
Canton	fr
Intercommunality	fr
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Paul Droval
Area1	23.71 km2 (9.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	550
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	57541 / 57230
Elevation	205–510 m (673–1,673 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Philippsbourg (German: Philippsburg) is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Sites and monuments

• Château du Falkenstein, 12th-century ruined castle, built for surveillance of the Zinsel valley
• Château de Rothenbourg, castle ruins dating from the 9th century
• Château du Helfenstein, ruins of a castle already destroyed in 1437

See also

• Communes of the Moselle department