Monuments to visit Colmar

This emblematic house for its architecture and its frescoes dates from the ^16th century. It owes its name to the family that occupied it from 1841 to 1892. With a turret, a wooden gallery and biblical paintings, it leaves people speechless when they come to admire it. The first floor is a store and the upper floors are not open to the public. But no matter, Christian Vacksterffer, the painter, offers us a visual beauty of several centuries, right before our eyes. It's like being in a movie set!

The Koifhus is the oldest building in Colmar (1480). Originally surrounded by a salt store and a large butcher shop, it was part of the economic life of Colmar. On the first floor, it housed the city's administrative services and the court, while the first floor housed warehouses and customs services. On the second floor, admire the magnificent stained glass windows decorated with the arms of the cities of the Decapolis: this powerful league united, from 1354 to 1679, ten free Alsatian cities within the Holy Roman Empire.

Inaugurated in 1865, this hall made of brick, iron and cast iron is the work of the architect Louis-Michel Boltz. A market was held there, hence its position on the banks of the Lauch River, making it easier for market gardeners to unload their produce from their boats. In the south-western corner of the building, a fountain sculpted by Auguste Bartholdi in 1869 depicts a young winegrower drinking from a barrel. Since 2010, the Covered Market has been home to around twenty traders: butcher, baker, cheese maker, fishmonger, greengrocers, pastry chef, caterers, florist...