Places to discover in Alsace

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Colmar · 68

Historic architecture

Former Hospital - Media Library

Former Franciscan convent turned hospital after 1543, rebuilt in the 18th century in a restrained neoclassical style. Now Colmar's media library after hosting various public services.

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Strasbourg · 67

Opera housesRemarkable historic buildings

Former Napoléon Theater, now Opera House

Strasbourg's opera house, built in 1821, features a neoclassical facade with six Ionic columns topped by statues of muses. A circular projection added in 1888 connects the historic center to the Neustadt district.

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Mundolsheim · 67

Military fortsRemembrance sites

Fort Ducrot

Fort Ducrot in Mundolsheim, built between 1879-1882 by the Germans and later integrated into the Maginot Line, offers free guided tours for children under 16. Open Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 PM, and the last Sunday of each month.

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Oberhausbergen · 67

Military forts

Fort Frère

This late 19th-century military fort, restored by volunteers since 2000, is the best-preserved of its kind in Europe. Located near Strasbourg, it showcases German military architecture of the era and offers a comprehensive visitor circuit.

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Strasbourg · 67

Remembrance sites

Fort Hoche

Built between 1876 and 1878, this small Biehler-type fort with a water-filled ditch was successively named Fort Ixa, Fort am Altenheimerhof, and Schwartzhoff until 1919.

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La Wantzenau · 67

Remembrance sites

Fort Neu-Empert

Military fortification in Strasbourg's defensive ring, built between 1887 and 1888, part of the city's intermediate fortifications.

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Mittlach · 68

Remembrance sites

French Incinerator

This incinerator, located along the Langenwasen road, was used by the French army to burn kitchen waste and other materials.

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Sondernach · 68

Monuments and remembrance sites

French Military Cemetery

This cemetery, created in the 1920s in the Maettle woods, gathers the French graves from the areas around Sondernach and Hilsenfirst.

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Stosswihr · 68

Monuments and remembrance sites

French Steles and Battlefield

The Reichackerkopf battlefield and the French steles at Sattel Pass commemorate a historic World War I site, marked by intense fighting and monuments honoring fallen soldiers.

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Lembach · 67

Castles and fortifications

Froensbourg Castle

This 13th-century semi-troglodyte medieval castle, rebuilt in 1389, was besieged in 1348 and dismantled in 1677. Now closed for safety, it can be visited via a marked trail starting from Niedersteinbach.

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Soultzeren · 68

Remembrance sites

Front Marker 1915 - 1918

This marker, installed by the Touring Club of France after 1918 on RN 417 at the village entrance, marks the furthest advance of the front during the First World War.

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Niederbronn-les-Bains · 67

Remarkable historic buildings

Gallo-Roman Columns

Two Corinthian columns of Gallo-Roman origin, from an ancient peristyle, once adorned the catchment basin of a Roman spring. Restored in 1592, they were moved in 1949 to the gate of a villa on Avenue Foch.

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Biesheim · 68

Archaeological sitesMuseums

Gallo-Roman Museum

Since 1990, this contemporary museum displays Gallo-Roman remains from Oedenburg, a vanished medieval village north of the commune, through collections from excavations and explanatory panels.

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Mulhouse · 68

Remarkable historic buildings

Gangloff Building

Built in 1905-1906 by Henri Gangloff from Louis Schwartz's designs, this building features a facade adorned with an allegory attributed to sculptor Bartholdi. Converted into a hotel in 1920 by the Schlumpf brothers, it blends history and architectural charm today.

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Bergheim · 68

Monuments and remembrance sites

German Military Cemetery 39/45

The German military cemetery at Grasberg, inaugurated in 1975, holds 5,308 soldiers who died during World War II. Located in Haut-Rhin, it gathers remains initially scattered across more than 225 municipalities.

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Hartmannswiller · 68

Monuments and remembrance sites

German Military Cemetery of the Uhlans

This German military cemetery from World War I, nestled in the forest at Hartmannswiller, contains 36 graves surrounded by a stone wall. It is located near the Zeller canteen, on the east side of Hartmannswillerkopf.

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