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Reinhardsmunster · 67
Ochsenstein Castle, perched at 585 meters in the Saverne forest, is a group of three medieval sandstone castles. Only the Grand Ochsenstein is accessible, but the remains of the castle chapel are still visible.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This building, erected in 1904 under German administration, was converted into housing starting in 1999.
Discover this placeBischwiller · 67
Bischwiller, a former garrison town, still houses a Wilhelminian-style building constructed between 1890 and 1918 to accommodate the troops of the 67th Artillery Regiment.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
At the end of a dead-end street stands a Gothic house adorned with a butcher's coat of arms, housing a courtyard community and a beguine confraternity—devout women dedicated to educating young girls and caring for the sick.
Discover this placeGeispolsheim · 67
Geispolsheim, a preserved Alsatian village, charms with its streets lined by 18th and 19th-century half-timbered farms. Its wooden gallery houses and decorated beams, including one from the 15th century, make it a place rich in history to explore.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
The Old Grain Hall, built in the 16th century, once hosted grain trade and a boys' school from 1819 to 1960. Its upper floor now houses the Baillage Museum of Rouffach.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This hotel from 1838, owned by Daniel Roth, was the largest in the city before closing in 1859. Once a hub for industrialists and Parisian couriers, it is now being repurposed.
Discover this placeLampertheim · 67
Lampertheim features beautiful half-timbered houses from the 17th to 19th centuries, including the Schweitzer farm (1683) and a 1896 town hall decorated with a 1911 painting by Léon Schnug. The Catholic and Protestant churches are also worth visiting.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
Built in 1544, this building served as a slaughterhouse until after World War II. Its gable features windows with ogee-shaped carvings and faces a war memorial.
Discover this placeBischwiller · 67
This 17th-century historic monument, recognizable by its half-timbering and oriel window, was built in 1681 for Duvernois, the first pharmacist at the court of Count Palatine Christian II.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
The local hospital, renamed Maison Saint-Jacques in 2000, continues the legacy of an old hospital first mentioned in 1304. Its current buildings combine an early 20th-century structure with a retirement home added in 1984.
Discover this placeSchiltigheim · 67
Schiltigheim preserves 17th and 18th-century half-timbered houses, including the Auberge du Cheval Blanc and the villa Wenger-Valentin, a former bankers' residence built in 1882 in a historic park.
Discover this placeRixheim · 68
This area of the Hardt forest, used as a military training ground by the Germans from 1871 until the 1970s, still has concrete remains. Eight Alsatian civilians were shot here during World War I.
Discover this placeSouffelweyersheim · 67
Souffelweyersheim boasts a rich heritage of half-timbered houses rebuilt after 1815, like the Lorentz Farm with its chapel adorned with stained glass. Saint George Church, rebuilt in 1820, and the 1890 Joséphine Villa complete this varied architectural landscape.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This historic building in Mulhouse, built in 1564, features murals with tailor's scissors, symbols of the powerful tailors' guild that dominated the city before 1798.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
The 16th-century House of the Winemakers' Guild features a facade decorated with murals and a door topped with three pruning hooks, symbols of viticultural work. Once vital to Mulhouse, vineyards dominated the city until the 13th century.
Discover this placeStrasbourg · 67
Located on the border between the communes of Strasbourg and Eckbolsheim, the old toll house was used to collect a tax on goods entering the city.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
This historic building, made up of two wings of different styles (15th and 16th centuries), housed a college then an agricultural school before being restored for sociocultural activities. Its rear facade reveals defensive elements like gunports.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
Mulhouse's Town Hall, rebuilt in 1552 after a fire, combines Rhenish Renaissance style with Jean Gabriel's 1698 trompe-l'œil. It still hosts the City Council, civil weddings, and the Historical Museum.
Discover this placeBischwiller · 67
The town's last covered washhouse, located on the Rothbaechel stream, recalls the activity of washerwomen and the lively meeting places of the past.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
This Renaissance well, dating from 1578, is located on the site of the former noble Knechtlin/Kirtz property at 50 rue Poincaré. Its lintel is decorated with coats of arms.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
Rouffach features several notable oriel houses, including a 1663 one on rue des Bouchers, a former Teutonic commandery from 1533 with an oriel and coat of arms on rue de la Gendarmerie, and a 1620 inn on rue de la Demi-Lune.
Discover this placeMorsbronn-les-Bains · 67
This painted cast iron cross, erected in 1870, commemorates O Fabre, a volunteer in the 94th Regiment of the Grand Duke of Saxony, who died in combat on August 6, 1870.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
The town hall decorations, painted in 1698 in the Rhenish Renaissance style by Jean Gabriel, depict allegorical figures and Swiss coats of arms. The south facade houses the "Klapperstein," a symbol of punishments for gossip.
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