Tourist attractions Kientzheim

Housed in a 13C Dominican convent, this museum contains works by Grünewald, Schongauer and Isenmann, in particular. Dedicated in part to Rhineland art, it displays impressive collections of paintings, sculptures and minor arts from the late Middle Ag..

The semi-pedestrianised Grand'Rue, which runs through the town, is renowned for the workmanship of its half-timbered houses. The south and east entrances to the town are marked by two towers on which storks have made their nests. Also worthy of note ..

The square containing the old customs post, the Rue des Marchands and the Rue Mercière form the heart of the old town. The old Alsace dwellings are in abundance there, most picturesque with their flower-covered balconies, corbelled turrets, oriel win..

Built in 1537 by a hatter of Besancon, with its painted facades, its glassed angular oriels, its delicately sculpted Gallery that supports some attractively worked corbels; this is a true jewel of Alsace architecture.

This castle was built by the Hohenstaufen family in the 12C on a promontory overlooking the Alsace plain at an altitude of 800m. This location enabled its occupants to withdraw easily and provided an ideal observation post for the roads leading towar..

Most of Le Brézouard can be explored from the comfort of your car once you have reached the Col des Bagenelles (4km), from where there is a fine view over the Vallée de la Liepvrette. You can see for miles around from the summit of Le Brézouard. To t..

The nature park stretches from the Vallée de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the north to the outskirts of Belfort in the south. It is renowned for the diversity of its landscape: high-altitude pastureland (high stubble fields on the Petit Ballon and the..

The woods and pastureland, high-altitude lakes and fir forests lying at the foot of the "blue line of the Vosges", between Kaysersberg, Munster and the Col du Bonhomme are a great draw for hikers, who can take paths leaving from the Trois-É..

Some capitals of the Romanesque portal are decorated with pelicans and two-tailed sirens, a motif with inspiration from Lombard. The Northern lower side of the church houses a 1514 St-Sepulchre of Jacques Wirt. Christ's breast is pierced with a cut i..

It was built in Renaissance style typical of the Rennes region. It has a beautiful facade, a placid courtyard and a picturesque gallery made of elaborate wood.

It has a crenelated parapet and even a small oratory. As soon as you walk in you will admire the Brief House, also called «the Gourmet House». Its richly sculptured wood panels are outstanding and so is its roofed gallery.

Dating from 1574, the house is surmounted by a pediment with an inscription and a bas-relief showing Death seizing the founder of the house. The door, sculpted on the biais to facilitate the entry of vehicles, leads to a typical courtyard with a spir..

This stone house with scrolled gables and loggia was built in 1610. It is an interesting example of Germanic Renaissance style.

This former Etoile hostelry has remarkable windows framed with cable mouldings, mushrooms and fruit. If you walk through several courtyards, you will come to the house which belonged to the winegrowers' corporation.

Built in 1291, the gateway was strengthened in the 15 and 16C. A «sound and light» show is put on every year, relating the eventful history of the town since this fine gateway was erected.

Dating from 1535, the house has a picturesque courtyard with wooden galleries with balusters, a well dating from 1603 and an enormous winepress (1817). Opposite is Behre House which has a fine oriel window dating from 1514, surmounted by latticewor..

The first sign you see of the museum dedicated to woodwork and heritage is a sculpture of a horse towing wooden logs. On the ground floor you can find out about woodcutting techniques, from the days of pit sawyers up until the machine age, with a saw..

This large house is a fine example of Renaissance architecture. It has a pointed roof partly hidden by scrolled gables intermingled with pinnacles and countless other decorative details (including more than a hundred sculpted heads on the façade).

The inhabitants of Colmar call this the «Cathedral of Colmar». It is built of red sandstone and two towers flank its main portal. The St Nicholas Portal signed by « Maestro Humbert » is decorated with the legend of the Saint. Inside an organ chest fr..

This very attractive Renaissance house is flanked at the corners by octagonal towers. Further on in the Grand'rue is the Schwendi fountain.