Tourist attractions Burkheim

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 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.

A small volcanic massif rising from the Baden plain, the Kaiserstuhl enjoys a hot and dry climate, particularly suitable for orchards and vineyards. The wines of Ihringen, Bickensohl, and Oberrotweil are considered among the finest in the region.

The church, standing on a lofty site , retains the nave, the transept and two towers of a Romanesque sanctuary, while the chancel is Gothic. The most remarkable features of the interior decoration are the reredos of the high altar (1526) and Ma..

From the cathedral square there is a fine view of the heights of the Black Forest to the south, the Sundgau and Lomont peaks, the Vosges (from the Grand Ballon to Upper Koenigsburg castle), and the nearby Kaiserstuhl.

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

Following the Rue des Tanneurs which runs alongside the canal and the Tanners quarter, and having crossed a bridge over the River Lauch, you will enter into the Krutenau quarter which used to be a fortified suburb, populated by market gardeners. It h..

In this building roofed with varnished tiles, the merchandise subject to communal tax used to be stored in the ground floor of the main building. On the other floor used to sit the representatives of the Decapole, the league of ten free Alsace villag..

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..

Formerly a fortified town inhabited by market gardeners who travelled around the watercourses on board flat-bottomed boat.

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).

Surrounded by a 600-meter-diameter octagonal wall, the city is laid out in a grid of 48 plots containing housing and official buildings. In the centre is the square-shaped Place d’Armes, with a well at each corner and flanked by St-Louis Church built..

In an old cinema, dolls, horses, airplanes, sewing-machines, wagons and locomotives, an 800 m railway track circuit and animated showcases on the subject of the funfair.

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This old Franciscan Church (13 and 14 C) has recovered all its harmony thanks to a restoration carried out with taste. Above the right collateral aisle, do not miss the stained-glass window of the Great Crucifixion attributed to Pierre d'Andiau (15..

Flanked by colourful fishermen's houses, it abuts the old Krutenau vegetable market. From there you can get to the San Pierre Bridge following the riverbank of the Lauch, StPeter's bridge ; there is a remarkable viewpoint over Little Venice and old C..

The restoration works have done nothing to remove the authenticity of this quarter where the tanners worked up to the 19 C. The half-timbered houses are narrow and high there since the storehouses were needed for drying out of the skins.

With its many half-timbered houses (including the house of Red Iron) this is one of the most attractive squares in Colmar. It is dominated by the Koiffhus (Old Customs House).

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