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Having been early and always densely populated, Alsace is famous for its high number of picturesque villages, churches and castles and for the various beauties of its three main towns. Alsace is furthermore famous for its vineyards and the Vosges mountains with their thick and green forests and picturesque lakes.
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Discover COLMARColmar is the home town of the painter and engraver Martin Schongauer and the sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. The city is renowned for its well preserved old town, numerous architectural landmarks and museums, among which the Unterlinden Museum. Colmar was founded in the 9th century. This was the location where Charles the Fat held a diet in 884 ... |
Discover MULHOUSELegends mention the origin of the town in 58 BC, but the first written records of Mulhouse date from the twelfth century. It was part of the southern Alsatian county of Sundgau in the Holy Roman Empire. From 1354-1515 Mulhouse was part of the Décapole, an association of ten Free Imperial Cities in Alsace. The city joined the Swiss Confederation as an associate in 1515 ... |
Discover OBERNAIThe Obernai region, which was the property of the dukes of Alsace in the 7th century, is the birthplace of St. Odile, daughter of the Duke, who would become the Patron Saint of Alsace. The Obernai name first appears in 1240, when the village acquires the status of town under the tutelage of the Hohenstaufen family. The town then prospered ... |
Discover RIQUEWIHRHistorically, Reichenweiher served as a Winzerdorf or wine village as a trading hub for Alsatian and German wine. Riquewhir is surrounded by its medieval fortifications and is overlooked by a castle from the same period that is today a museum. It was one of the few towns in the area not to be badly damaged during World War II ... |
Discover SAVERNESaverne (Tres Tabernae Cesaris or Caesar's three taverns, so called because in the older days there were three taverns on the way to the Lorraine plateau where they would change oxen) was an important place in the time of the Roman Empire, and, after being destroyed by the Alamanni, was rebuilt by the emperor Julian ... |
Discover SELESTATSelestat is one of the richest and most varied in terms of architecture among the smaller cities of Alsace. Most remarkable are the Romanesque St. Faith's Church and the Gothic St. George's Church, the Baroque clock tower (1618) and the Neo-Mediaeval water tower. Buildings like the town hall (1788), the railway station (1880s) and the synagogue (1890s) ... |
Discover STRASBOURGStrasbourg is chiefly known for its sandstone Gothic Cathedral with its famous astronomical clock, and for its medieval cityscape of Rhineland black and white timber-framed buildings, particularly in the Petite-France district alongside the Ill and in the streets and squares surrounding the cathedral, where the renowned Maison Kammerzell stands out ... |
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CHATEAU DE HAUT KOENIGSBOURGThe château du Haut-Koenigsbourg is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned ... |
CHATEAU DU FLECKENSTEINChâteau du Fleckenstein is a castle in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. This fortress, built in the shape of 52 m long boat, has a long history. The castle was built on a sandstone summit in the Middle Ages. An ingenious system for collecting rainwater fed a cistern and a hoist allowed water and other loads to be moved to the upper floors ... |
WINE OF ALSACEAlsace wine or Alsatian wine is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white. These wines, which for historical reasons have a strong Germanic influence, are produced under three different Appellation d'Origine Contrôlées: Alsace AOC for white, rosé and red wines, Alsace Grand Cru AOC for white wines from certain classified vineyards ... |
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