Patrimoine architectural

EGUISHEIM

Le Château des Comtes d'Eguisheim

WINTZENHEIM

Les jardins du château du Hohlandsbourg

Discover these gardens of aromatic, medicinal, vegetable and ornamental plants from the Middle Ages, with trussed hadge fences, wood bundles, rock gardens...

COLMAR

Little Venice

The « little Venice » is the name given to the course of the Lauch in Colmar. This name probably came from the original line of the houses on both sides of the river, which serves the southeast of the city. This district starts behind the...

OBERMORSCHWIHR

Marbach Abbey

The Abbey, founded in 1089 by the knight Burckard of Gueberschwihr, was partially destroyed during the Revolution, and completely demolished in 1791. According to legend, in around 1060, tired during a day’s hunting, the knight was resting in a...

COLMAR

Monument dedicated to Bartholdi

Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) created among others the Lion of Belfort (1880) and the Statue of Liberty (1886). He is, with Martin Schongauer, one of the most important artists of Colmar. The hometown of this international artist, Colmar, paid him...

COLMAR

Monument dedicated to Hirn

Gustave Adolphe Hirn, a physician, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher (1815-1890), is the greatest scientist in Colmar's long history. His research into thermodynamics and oil made him a pioneer of modern industry. His statue was made by...

COLMAR

Monument dedicated to Pfeffel

This statue of the poet and teacher Théophile Conrad Pfeffel (1736-1809) who was born in Colmar is a copy of an original work of André Friedrich (1859). Initially placed in front of the Unterlinden Museum, the statue was damaged and was replaced...

COLMAR

Monument to General Rapp

This statue dedicated to General Jean Rapp (1771-1821) was Bartholdi's first public monument. He was only 20 when he made it in 1854. Originally, it was exhibited on the Champs Elysées in Paris and presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1855. In...

COLMAR

Musée Gourmand du Chocolat - Choco-Story

Right in central Colmar, discover the new Chocolate museum and take part to an interactive and immersive walk, with a recreational and educational tour, free samples to taste (all you can eat !), and much more… An original and exciting...

TURCKHEIM

Musée Mémorial des Combats de la Poche de Colmar - Hiver 1944 / 45

This Museum and Memorial, set up in Turckheim, a medieval city, and housed in the vaulted basement of the former presbytery, relates the two months of fierce fighting in the vicinity of Colmar during the harsh winter of 1944-1945. On display are...

COLMAR

Museum of the municipal factories

Located on the site of the former water pumping station for the Colmar basin, this 1884 builded museum preserves the industrial heritage linked to the activities of the city factories (drinking water, gas lighting, electric power and public...

COLMAR

Natural history and ethnography Museum

At the heart of the Little Venice district, in a beautiful historic building, the Colmar Museum of Natural History and Ethnography presents rich collections of regional and exotic naturalized animals, the geology of the planet with precious...

COLMAR

Parc du Champ de Mars

Biggest park of the city center, the Champ de Mars is a privileged place for walking lined with 193 lindens. In the alleys, do not miss the two statues of Bartholdi, General Rapp and Fontaine Bruat.

COLMAR

Parc Méquillet

Old public garden intended for families with children on 5 acres fully enclosed with many games on the theme of the circus.

COLMAR

Parc Saint-François-Xavier

Green area of 10 ares, very dense and shaded by magnificent trees : weeping beech, bald cypress, ginkgo biloba and Sequoia gigantea. There is also a playground and a picturesque house of Alsace in the middle of wild vegetation.

COLMAR

Permanent terroir market - Market hall

Designed in 1865, this building made of bricks, with a metal frame has had several functions until it returns to its original purpose of market hall. About twenty merchants welcome you there and provide you high quality products: fruits and...

COLMAR

Prefecture

The prefecture of Haut-Rhin began the construction of its new building in 1862. Their former building, in the hotel of the Pairis Abbey (now City Hall), where it was installed since its inception in 1800, was too cramped. The new building, built on...

COLMAR

Saint Martin Church

Built between 1235 and 1365 the Saint Martin’s collegiate church is an important example of Gothic architecture in Alsace. Because of a fire in the south tower in 1572 the framework and all the roofs were destroyed. The tower was replaced three...

COLMAR

Saint Matthieu Church

The Franciscans, arrived in Colmar before 1250, started in 1292 the construction of a building which was ended only during the first half of the 14th century. With the Dominicans church, this monument is one of the major achievements of the...

HORBOURG WIHR

Saint-Michel Church

Dating the XIIth century, the Church Holy Michel presents frescoes of the XVIth century. Magnificent murals of 15m, to limp XIVth and XVth centuries and stained glasses of art.