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| Colmar is the home town of the painter and engraver [[Martin Schongauer]] and the sculptor [[Frédéric Bartholdi]], who designed the [[Statue of Liberty]]. The city is renowned for its well preserved [[old town]], its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which the [[Unterlinden Museum]]. | Colmar is the home town of the painter and engraver [[Martin Schongauer]] and the sculptor [[Frédéric Bartholdi]], who designed the [[Statue of Liberty]]. The city is renowned for its well preserved [[old town]], its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which the [[Unterlinden Museum]]. | ||
| + | ==Main sights== | ||
| + | Mostly spared from the destructions of the [[French Revolution]] and the wars of [[Franco-Prussian War|1870–1871]], [[World War I|1914–1918]] and [[World War II|1939–1945]], the cityscape of old-town Colmar is homogenous and renowned among tourists. An area that is crossed by canals of the river Lauch (which formerly served as the butcher's, tanner's and fishmonger's quarter) is now called "little [[Venice]]" (''{{lang|fr|la Petite Venise}}''). Colmar's cityscape (and neighbouring [[Riquewihr]]'s) served for the design of the Japanese animated film ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''. | ||
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| + | ===Architectural landmarks=== | ||
| + | Colmar's secular and religious architectural landmarks reflect eight centuries of Germanic and French architecture and the adaptation of their respective stylistic language to the local customs and building materials (pink and yellow [[Vosges mountains|Vosges]] [[sandstone]], [[timber framing]]). | ||
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| + | ====Secular buildings==== | ||
| + | *Maison Adolph – 14th century (German [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]) | ||
| + | *Koifhus, also known as Ancienne Douane – 1480 (German Gothic) | ||
| + | *Maison Pfister – 1537 (German [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]). | ||
| + | *Ancien Corps de garde – 1575 (German Renaissance) | ||
| + | *Maison des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean – 1608 (German Renaissance) | ||
| + | *Maison des Têtes – 1609 (German Renaissance) | ||
| + | *Poêle des laboureurs – 1626 (German [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]]) | ||
| + | *Ancien Hôpital – 1736–1744 (French [[Classicism]]) | ||
| + | *Tribunal de grande instance – 1771 (French Classicism) | ||
| + | *Hôtel de ville – 1790 (French Classicism) | ||
| + | *Cour d'Assises – 1840 (French [[Neoclassicism]]) | ||
| + | *[[Théâtre municipal de Colmar|Théâtre municipal]] – 1849 (French Neoclassicism) | ||
| + | *Marché couvert – 1865 (French [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-Baroque]]). The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today. | ||
| + | *Préfecture – 1866 (French Neo-Baroque) | ||
| + | *Water tower – 1886. Oldest still preserved [[water tower]] in Alsace. Out of use since 1984. | ||
| + | *Gare SNCF – 1905 (German Neo-Baroque) | ||
| + | *Cour d'appel – 1906 (German Neo-Baroque) | ||
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| + | ====Religious buildings==== | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|[[St Martin's Church, Colmar|Église Saint-Martin]]}}'' – 1234–1365. The largest church of Colmar and one of the largest in Haut-Rhin. Displays some early stained glass windows, several Gothic and Renaissance sculptures and altars, a grand Baroque organ case. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory opening on a series of Gothic chapels, a unique feature in Alsatian churches. | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Église des [[Dominican Order|Dominicains]]}}'' – 1289–1364. Now disaffected as a church, displays [[Martin Schongauer]]'s masterwork ''La Vierge au buisson de roses'' as well as 14th century stained glass windows and baroque choir stalls. The adjacent [[convent]] buildings house a section of the municipal library. | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Église Saint-Matthieu}}'' – 13th century. Gothic and Renaissance stained glass windows and mural paintings, as well as a wooden and painted ceiling. | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Couvent des [[Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony|Antonins]]}}'' – 13th century. Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister. Now housing the Unterlinden Museum (see below). | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Église Sainte-Catherine}}'' – 1371. Disaffected church and convent buildings now used as an assembly hall and festival venue (''{{lang|fr|Salle des [[Catherinette]]s}}''). | ||
| + | *''{{lang|fr|Chapelle Saint-Pierre}}'' – 1742–1750. Classicist chapel of a former [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] college. | ||
| + | * Synagogue – 1843 (Neoclassicism) | ||
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| + | ====Fountains==== | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine de l'Amiral Bruat}}'' – 1864 (Statue by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi|Bartholdi]]) | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine Roeselmann}}'' – 1888 (Statue by Bartholdi) | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine Schwendi}}'' – 1898 (Statue by Bartholdi) | ||
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| + | ====Monuments==== | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Monument du Général Rapp}}'' – 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Statue by Bartholdi, his earliest major work) | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Monument Hirn}}'' – 1894 (Statue by Bartholdi) | ||
| + | * Statue ''{{lang|fr|Les grands soutiens du monde}}'' − 1902 (in the courtyard of the Bartholdi Museum) | ||
| + | * Statue of Liberty replica | ||
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| + | ===Museums=== | ||
| + | * [[Unterlinden Museum]] – one of the main museums in Alsace. Displays the [[Isenheim Altarpiece]], a large collection of medieval, Renaissance and baroque [[Upper Rhine|Upper-Rhenish]] paintings and sculptures, archaeological artefacts, design and international modern art. | ||
| + | * [[Musée Bartholdi]] – the birthplace of [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]] shows his life and work through paintings, drawings, family objects and furniture as well as numerous plaster, metal and stone sculptures. A section of the museum is further dedicated to the [[History of the Jews in Alsace|local Jewish community's heritage]]. | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Musée d'histoire naturelle et d'ethnographie}}'' – the zoological and ethnographic museum of Colmar was founded in 1859. Besides a large collection of stuffed animals and artefacts from former French and German colonies in Africa and [[Polynesia]], it also houses a collection of ancient [[Egypt]]ian items. | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Musée du jouet}}'' – the town's toy museum, founded 1993 | ||
| + | * ''{{lang|fr|Musée des usines municipales}}'' – industrial and technological museum in a former factory, dedicated to the history of everyday technology. | ||
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| + | ===Library=== | ||
| + | The Municipal Library of Colmar (''{{lang|fr|Bibliothèque municipale de Colmar}}'') owns one of the richest collections of [[Incunable|incunabula]] in France, with more than 2,300 volumes. This is quite an exceptional number for a city that is neither the main seat of a university, nor of a college, and has its explanation in the disowning of local [[monastery|monasteries]], [[abbey]]s and [[convent]]s during the [[French Revolution]] and the subsequent gift of their collections to the town. | ||
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Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
It is situated along the Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the "Capital of Alsatian Wine" (capitale des vins d'Alsace).
Colmar is the home town of the painter and engraver Martin Schongauer and the sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. The city is renowned for its well preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which the Unterlinden Museum.
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Main sights
Mostly spared from the destructions of the French Revolution and the wars of 1870–1871, 1914–1918 and 1939–1945, the cityscape of old-town Colmar is homogenous and renowned among tourists. An area that is crossed by canals of the river Lauch (which formerly served as the butcher's, tanner's and fishmonger's quarter) is now called "little Venice" (Template:Lang). Colmar's cityscape (and neighbouring Riquewihr's) served for the design of the Japanese animated film Howl's Moving Castle.
Architectural landmarks
Colmar's secular and religious architectural landmarks reflect eight centuries of Germanic and French architecture and the adaptation of their respective stylistic language to the local customs and building materials (pink and yellow Vosges sandstone, timber framing).
Secular buildings
- Maison Adolph – 14th century (German Gothic)
- Koifhus, also known as Ancienne Douane – 1480 (German Gothic)
- Maison Pfister – 1537 (German Renaissance).
- Ancien Corps de garde – 1575 (German Renaissance)
- Maison des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean – 1608 (German Renaissance)
- Maison des Têtes – 1609 (German Renaissance)
- Poêle des laboureurs – 1626 (German Baroque)
- Ancien Hôpital – 1736–1744 (French Classicism)
- Tribunal de grande instance – 1771 (French Classicism)
- Hôtel de ville – 1790 (French Classicism)
- Cour d'Assises – 1840 (French Neoclassicism)
- Théâtre municipal – 1849 (French Neoclassicism)
- Marché couvert – 1865 (French Neo-Baroque). The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today.
- Préfecture – 1866 (French Neo-Baroque)
- Water tower – 1886. Oldest still preserved water tower in Alsace. Out of use since 1984.
- Gare SNCF – 1905 (German Neo-Baroque)
- Cour d'appel – 1906 (German Neo-Baroque)
Religious buildings
- Template:Lang – 1234–1365. The largest church of Colmar and one of the largest in Haut-Rhin. Displays some early stained glass windows, several Gothic and Renaissance sculptures and altars, a grand Baroque organ case. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory opening on a series of Gothic chapels, a unique feature in Alsatian churches.
- Template:Lang – 1289–1364. Now disaffected as a church, displays Martin Schongauer's masterwork La Vierge au buisson de roses as well as 14th century stained glass windows and baroque choir stalls. The adjacent convent buildings house a section of the municipal library.
- Template:Lang – 13th century. Gothic and Renaissance stained glass windows and mural paintings, as well as a wooden and painted ceiling.
- Template:Lang – 13th century. Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister. Now housing the Unterlinden Museum (see below).
- Template:Lang – 1371. Disaffected church and convent buildings now used as an assembly hall and festival venue (Template:Lang).
- Template:Lang – 1742–1750. Classicist chapel of a former Jesuit college.
- Synagogue – 1843 (Neoclassicism)
Fountains
- Template:Lang – 1864 (Statue by Bartholdi)
- Template:Lang – 1888 (Statue by Bartholdi)
- Template:Lang – 1898 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Monuments
- Template:Lang – 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Statue by Bartholdi, his earliest major work)
- Template:Lang – 1894 (Statue by Bartholdi)
- Statue Template:Lang − 1902 (in the courtyard of the Bartholdi Museum)
- Statue of Liberty replica
Museums
- Unterlinden Museum – one of the main museums in Alsace. Displays the Isenheim Altarpiece, a large collection of medieval, Renaissance and baroque Upper-Rhenish paintings and sculptures, archaeological artefacts, design and international modern art.
- Musée Bartholdi – the birthplace of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi shows his life and work through paintings, drawings, family objects and furniture as well as numerous plaster, metal and stone sculptures. A section of the museum is further dedicated to the local Jewish community's heritage.
- Template:Lang – the zoological and ethnographic museum of Colmar was founded in 1859. Besides a large collection of stuffed animals and artefacts from former French and German colonies in Africa and Polynesia, it also houses a collection of ancient Egyptian items.
- Template:Lang – the town's toy museum, founded 1993
- Template:Lang – industrial and technological museum in a former factory, dedicated to the history of everyday technology.
Library
The Municipal Library of Colmar (Template:Lang) owns one of the richest collections of incunabula in France, with more than 2,300 volumes. This is quite an exceptional number for a city that is neither the main seat of a university, nor of a college, and has its explanation in the disowning of local monasteries, abbeys and convents during the French Revolution and the subsequent gift of their collections to the town.
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