The Kastelberg is the fourth highest summit of the

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. It is located on the former border between the French regions of

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and

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Etymology

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''Kastelberg'' means ''mountain of the castle''.

Geography

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The mountain is divided between the French

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of La Bresse ( dep. of

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) and

Metzeral Metzeral () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune is located in the historical and cultural region of Alsace. History Founded in 817 it is the oldes ...

( dep. of

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). Nearby the mountain, on its Lorraine side, there is the

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of ''La Bresse'', which offers an area served by skilifts ranging from 650 metres to 1350 metres as well as 50 km of cross country ski trails. A locality of the Kastelberg named ''Wormsawald-Ammelthal'' (literally ''swallow's nest'') harbours the most sturdy snowfield of the Vosges, which usually lasts up to July or, remarkably, to August.''Vosges, Alsace'', pag.385; Mutuelle assurance automobile des instituteurs de France, 1959)

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Etymology

Geography

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