What makes this farmhouse historically significant?

It represents a rare complex where agriculture, mineral extraction and scientific research operated in parallel during the 19th and 20th centuries. The work of chemist Achille Le Bel on bituminous sand properties made it a founding site of French petroleum industry.

Can visitors enter the buildings?

The entire complex is registered as a historic monument, including structures, courtyard, grounds and soil. Visit conditions are not specified in available information.

When was the site protected?

The historic monument registration dates from 30 January 2008.

Ferme-château Le Bel

Lampertsloch

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Where: Lampertsloch

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Ferme-château Le Bel stands in Lampertsloch (Bas-Rhin), in the Grand Est region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first quarter of the 19th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Built from 1805 in Lampertsloch, the Bel farmhouse originated from Antoine Le Bel's initiative to work the bituminous deposits on his land. Beyond its agricultural function, this estate became a centre for pioneering research in chemistry and oil extraction, representing a distinctive scientific and industrial venture in Alsace. The preserved complex includes a square-plan residence, a timber-framed building that served as a laboratory, and farm buildings dating from the early nineteenth century.

What to know

The property comprises several distinct buildings: the main house, an adjoining structure, the timber-framed laboratory building, barns and agricultural outbuildings, as well as the courtyard and grounds.
The residence displays regional architectural characteristics typical of its period, with construction and expansion phases spanning from 1805 to 1835.
For over a century, the Le Bel family operated simultaneously an agricultural estate, bituminous extraction, and pioneering studies in agricultural chemistry and oil production.

Where this château is

Lampertsloch · Bas-Rhin · Grand Est

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Address

67250 Lampertsloch

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA67000075
Period of construction: first quarter of the 19th century

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What makes this farmhouse historically significant?: It represents a rare complex where agriculture, mineral extraction and scientific research operated in parallel during the 19th and 20th centuries. The work of chemist Achille Le Bel on bituminous sand properties made it a founding site of French petroleum industry.
Can visitors enter the buildings?: The entire complex is registered as a historic monument, including structures, courtyard, grounds and soil. Visit conditions are not specified in available information.
When was the site protected?: The historic monument registration dates from 30 January 2008.