Saint Peter's Chapel

On the site of the Oberhof, one of Colmar's ancient centers, stood from the 10th century the priory of Saint Peter, dependent on the Benedictine Abbey of Payerne in Switzerland. A Romanesque church with two towers, documented in the oldest depictions of the city, was built there in the 12th century before being replaced by the Jesuit chapel. This building, constructed between 1742 and 1750 by the Strasbourg architect Jean-Paul Sarger, uses stones from the dismantling of Colmar's fortifications in 1673. Its sober architecture is distinguished by an elegant and discreet stucco interior decoration.

Before being assigned to the Jesuits in 1698, the chapel served as a place of worship for Colmar's Protestant community between 1658 and 1679.

After the Jesuits left in 1765, it was incorporated into the royal college, successor to the Jesuit college, thus becoming the chapel of this institution.