Tourist attractions Orschwiller

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..

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..

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 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 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.

Situated at an altitude of 1 100m, the highest point in the Bas-Rhin département is a perfect location for summer hikes and winter sports. From the observation tower, the extensive view takes in the Vosges mountains, the Alsace plain, the Black Fores..

Note the lovely floral motif (borrowed from churches in Lorraine) of the capitals in the nave of this ancient Benedictine priory. The porch is decorated with arcades, cornices and historiated capitals.

It contains two collections: the Latin library established in 1542 and the «Rhenanus library,» which contains 500 volumes that belonged to the humanist Baetus Rhenanus. There you can see 450 manuscripts, 530 incunabula, and the famous Cosmographiae I..

Featured is the original, very long narthex, which extends along the entire width of the facade and opens onto Saint-Jacques square through an elegant door. Three doors still have their original leaves. The pulpit of sculpted, gilded stone dates from..

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..

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.

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

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..

Many people think this is the finest example of Baroque style in Alsace. The church has a fine, luminous, gay setting, with painted, sculpted decoration and elegant furnishings.

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 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.

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.

A fire destroyed the first building in 1045. It was rebuilt in the 12C and only a few parts remain today: the portal, the crypt and an historiated frieze on the left side. The massive portico (17C) houses a portal decorated with remarkable Romanesq..