TERRE ET VINS AU PAYS DE “Terre & Vins au Pays de Colmar” is a unique destination where, THE WINES ROUTE from Saint-Hippolyte to , you can admire a landscape comprised of plains, the Vosges mountains and vineyards. Take A UNIQUE TOURIST TRAIL the time to discover the famous medieval towns of Bergheim, Ribeauvillé, , , and . Every town and village includes a wealth of curiosities such as ’s church tower with its twisted spire, ’s 3 forti ed church and its stork reintroduction centre, and the castle of the Confrérie Saint-Etienne d’Alsace guild which is also home 2 to the wine museum (in Kientzheim). Don’t forget to stop o in Colmar, a town synonymous with art 1 and history and the capital of the Alsatian wine producing area. 4 You can visit the Unterlinden museum famous worldwide as the 5 home of the Isenheim Altarpiece, count the faces at the Maison 6 11 des Têtes, or admire the paintings at the Maison P ster. 7 9 Finally, the “trois châteaux of Husseren-les-Châteaux, or those of 8 10 Ribeauvillé o er an incredible view over the wine producing area 17 and its natural attractions, sheltered by the foothills of the “Ballons 12 15 16 des Vosges Regional Nature Park. 13 14 18 55 SAINTHIPPOLYTE GLOECKELBERG CÔTEAUX DU HAUT KOENIGSBOURG, SAINT HIPPOLYTE ’s most famous wine route o ers a journey 56 RODERN GLOECKELBERG RODERN 19 like no other through picturesque landscapes, CŒUR D’ALSACE to discover the region’s unique architecture, 57 20 21 From to , between Mont Sainte-Odile cuisine and culture. It spans more than 170 km 58 BERGHEIM ALTENBERG DE BERGHEIM & KANZLERBERG BERGHEIM and the castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg, the “Cœur d’Alsace” (Heart at the foot of the Vosges mountain range and Worth visiting: The Witchcraft Museum of Alsace) destination o ers a stunning mosaic of landscapes provides an opportunity to meet the wine- 59 RIBEAUVILLÉ GEISBERG, KIRCHBERG & OSTERBERG BERGHEIM combining vineyards and forests overlooked by the impressive growers who have helped build up this amaz- Worth visiting: Conservatory of graphical arts & techniques, ing tourist trail from generation to generation. ruins of mediaeval castles. The Vineyard and Winemaking Museum 22 23 Whether on foot or by mountain bike, head o to tackle the 24 From Wissembourg to Thann,  ve di erent wine 60 HUNAWIHR ROSACKER producing areas await you, two of which are Landsberg, the Spesbourg, the Haut-, the Bernstein… or Worth visiting: The Stork & otter reintroduction centre / The Butterfly house for a gentler route, explore the vineyards by taking a wine trail covered by the “Vignobles et Découvertes” label. 61 ZELLENBERG FROEHN & SCHOENENBOURG such as that of , where you can also learn to draw. 25 62 RIQUEWIHR SCHOENENBOURG & SPOREN 27 THE “VIGNOBLES ET Are you fond of museums and architecture? Visit the Seigneurie of Andlau, the Museum of Folie Marco, the Worth visiting: The Communication Museum / DÉCOUVERTES” LABEL The Dolder Museum / The The Thieves’ Tower / The House of Uncle Hansi winegrowing Museum of Mittelbergheim, the Haut-Koenigsbourg, 26 28 This national label will help you prepare 63 SONNENGLANZ, MANDELBERG your stay in the wine producing areas or the abbey of Andlau… Explore the narrow streets of the medi- through a selection of high quality ser- aeval villages and admire the beauty of the winegrowers’ homes. 64 MANDELBERG 29 30 vices including reception sta o er- And for the children, don’t forget the Volerie des Aigles (Eagle Park) 65 MARCKRAIN 32 ing a welcome in several languages or and the Montagne des Singes (Monkey Mountain) in . 31 the sharing of local knowledge about 66 SIGOLSHEIM MAMBOURG, MARCKRAIN ET FURSTENTUM 33 wine and heritage using a number of Worth visiting: The National Necropolis of the French educational and authentic approaches. 22 ROSENWILLER 1st Army and the American Monument 34 36 23 BARR 67 KIENTZHEIM SCHLOSSBERG & FURSTENTUM Worth visiting: Romanesque House The headquarters of the Confrérie Saint-Etienne guild 35 24 Worth visiting: The Museum of Alsatian wine & winemaking 37 40 39 38 25 BOERSCHSAINTLEONARD 68 KAYSERSBERG Worth visiting: Albert Schweitzer Museum / History Museum PAYS DE WISSEMBOURG 26 OTTROTT 69 KAEFFERKOPF, WINECK SCHLOSSBERG 41 46 Located in the far north of Alsace, the Wissembourg and 27 OBERNAI OTTROTT, KLEVENER DE 45 region embodies the unique atmosphere of rural Alsace. It’s here 70 WINECK SCHLOSSBERG, SOMMERBERG & FLORIMONT 28 42 in the Outre-Forêt area that you can discover some of the best 71 INGERSHEIM FLORIMONT 47 preserved Alsatian traditions such as half-timbered houses dating 29 SAINTNABOR 72 COLMAR from the 18th and 19th centuries, costumes, folklore and local 30 KLEVENER DE HEILIGENSTEIN dialects, which are still widely spoken. The Alsatian wine capital A city of art and history 43 48 Its wine producing area is the most northerly of those to be dis- 31 HEILIGENSTEIN KLEVENER DE HEILIGENSTEIN Worth visiting: Bartholdi Museum / Unterlinden Museum / Toy Museum / Natural History Museum / Hansi Museum / Municipal utilities museum 44 49 covered on the Alsace Wines Route. It covers the districts of Clee- 32 KLEVENER DE HEILIGENSTEIN bourg, Rott, Oberho en, , and Wissembourg. 73 NIEDERMORSCHWIHR SOMMERBERG The winegrowers here are members of the Coopérative viticole de 33 KLEVENER DE HEILIGENSTEIN 50 Cleebourg (a winegrowing cooperative) which manages around Worth visiting: The Gingerbread Museum 74 BRAND VAL SAINT GREGOIRE 189 hectares of vineyards. Numerous cycle trails and paths enable Worth visiting: The Battle of the Colmar Pocket Memorial Museum 34 BARR KIRCHBERG CÔTES DE BARR you to explore it and discover its many attractions including pic- Worth visiting: The Folie Marco Museum 75 VAL SAINT GREGOIRE turesque towns and villages such as Wissembourg, Hunsbach and 51 Seebach, mediaeval castles, remains from the Second World War 35 MITTELBERGHEIM ZOTZENBERG 76 WALBACH VAL SAINT GREGOIRE (the Maginot Line), or local arts and crafts (pottery from Worth visiting: The Mémoire de vignerons wine museum 77 WIHRAUVAL VAL SAINT GREGOIRE and Sou enheim). Don’t forget to take a detour and explore the 36 52 Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, a World Biosphere Reserve. 78 HENGST SÉLESTAT 37 SAINTPIERRE 79 STEINGRUBLER & PFERSIGBERG WISSEMBOURG 38 Worth visiting: Museum Westercamp 80 ÉGUISHEIM PFERSIGBERG & EICHBERG 53 CLEEBOURG 39 MOENCHBERG 81 HUSSERENLESCHATEAUX 40 ANDLAU KASTELBERG, MOENCHBERG & WIEBELSBERG 54 82 VOEGTLINSHOFFEN HATSCHBOURG Worth visiting: The Ateliers de de la Seigneurie 41 BERNARDVILLÉ 83 55 84 56 42 57 85 HATSCHBOURG VIGNOBLE DE STRASBOURG 43 ALBÉ The mountain vineyard 86 GOLDERT 58 Just a few kilometres from Strasbourg, the European capital Worth visiting: The Museum of popular arts and traditions / The Val de Villé Centre RIBEAUVILLÉ whose city centre is listed as “Unesco world heritage”, we  nd 87 STEINERT CÔTE DE 59 44 VILLÉ the vineyards of Kochersberg, the Couronne d’or and Molsheim. 88 ROUFFACH VORBOURG CÔTE DE ROUFFACH Easily accessible by car, you can also reach them by bike via the 45 Worth visiting: The Bailiwick Museum Véloroute du canal de la (the Bruche canal cycle trail) 46 89 WESTHALTEN ZINNKOEPFLÉ, VORBOURG & STEINERT CÔTE DE ROUFFACH linking Strasbourg to Soultz-les-Bains and to the Véloroute du 60 vignoble d’Alsace (Alsace vineyard cycle trail). Just like the Alsace 47 MUENCHBERG Located near the entrance to the “Vallée Noble” VALLÉE NOBLE 61 Wines Route, this starts at Marlenheim, in the heart of the Cou- 48 WINZENBERG BLIENSCHWILLER 62 ronne d’or, where the vines grow alongside cereal and fruit crops. 63 49 DAMBACHLAVILLE FRANKSTEIN By travelling along the wine trails (, , 64 Marlenheim Wangen, …) or heading up the leg- 50 65 endary Scharrach hill, you can admire the panoramic view 51 SCHERWILLER over the Vosges, the Alsatian plains and . ROUTE DES VINS SUD-ALSACE 68 67 66 Thematic trails such as the Bacchus trail will help you discover 52 CHATENOIS CÔTEAUX DU HAUT KOENIGSBOURG the region’s extensive architectural, religious and cultural heri- Worth visiting: The Distiller’s House The wine producing area’s terrain becomes somewhat steeper between 69 tage: The church of Le Dompeter in , the Chartreuse 53 KINTZHEIM PRAELATENBERG CÔTEAUX DU HAUT KOENIGSBOURG and Thann. The vineyards are chie y located on the hill- (charterhouse) in Molsheim, the Fort, and much more. Worth visiting: The Eagle park / Monkey Mountain / Haut-Koenigsbourg / Amuse- sides and are grown on terraced plots in and Thann. Some- ment park Cigoland times, the slopes are so steeps that the winegrowers need to use ropes! 70 71 1 MARLENHEIM STEINKLOTZ 54 ORSCHWILLER SAINT HIPPOLYTE CÔTEAUX DU HAUT KOENIGSBOURG A number of towns and villages o er many possibilities for discov- 73 The northern gateway to the Alsace Wines Route Worth visiting: Haut-Koenigsbourg eries and visits including: the collegiate church of Saint-Thiébaut 72 2 NORDHEIM and l’oeil de la Sorcière in Thann, the former forti cations of 74 COLMAR 3 Cernay, the monastery of the Dominicans in Guebwiller (a town 78 4 WANGEN of art and history), the abbey church of , or the Espace 5 KIRCHHEIM des Sources in Soultzmatt… 75 79 The museums around the southern edge of the Alsace Wines 6 Route (Thann) and the winegrowers’ museum in will 76 80 7 help you better understand the geological diversity of the Alsatian 8 TRAENHEIM vineyards and the work of the winegrowers. 77 81 9 SCHARRACHBERGHEIM ENGELBERG 83 10 DAHLENHEIM ENGELBERG 90 SOULTZMATT ZINNKOEPFLÉ VALLÉE NOBLE 82 84 11 Located in the heart of the “Vallée Noble” 85 Worth visiting: Centre d’interprétation de l’eau (Water discovery & visitor centre) 12 86 91 PFINGSTBERG 13 BERGBIETEN ALTENBERG DE BERGBIETEN 92 BERGHOLTZZELL 14 87 15 SOULTZ LES BAINS 93 BERGHOLTZ SPIEGEL 94 GUEBWILLER KESSLER, KITTERLÉ, SAERING & SPIEGEL 16 WOLXHEIM ALTENBERG DE WOLXHEIM WOLXHEIM Worth visiting: The Théodore Deck Museum and the Florival local museum. 17 ERGERSHEIM 88 95 SOULTZ 18 AVOLSHEIM Worth visiting: Nef des Jouets / Musée du Bucheneck. 90 89 19 MOLSHEIM BRUDERTHAL Worth visiting: Musée historique de la Chartreuse 96 WUENHEIM OLLWILLER Worth visiting: Musée du vigneron. 20 MUTZIG Worth visiting: The Mutzig Fort 97 Worth visiting: Musée mémorial du Viel Armand 21 92 Fondation François Schneider 93 98 Worth visiting: abri mémoire guerre 1914-18 94 78 HENGST 68 WINTZENHEIM 60 ROSACKER 68 HUNAWIHR 99 CERNAY Worth visiting: History Museum. GRANDS CRUS 69 KAEFFERKOPF 68 AMMERSCHWIHR 94 SAERING 68 GUEBWILLER GUEBWILLER 100 ALTENBERG 58 KANZLERBERG 68 BERGHEIM 67 SCHLOSSBERG 68 KIENTZHEIM STEINBACH 95 13 DE BERGBIETEN 67 BERGBIETEN 40 KASTELBERG 67 ANDLAU 61-62 SCHOENENBOURG 68 RIQUEWIHR & ZELLENBERG 101 VIEUX THANN ALTENBERG 94 KESSLER 68 GUEBWILLER 96 58 68 BERGHEIM 68 NIEDERMORSCHWIHR 102 LEIMBACH DE BERGHEIM KIRCHBERG 70-73 SOMMERBERG 34 67 BARR & KATZENTHAL ALTENBERG DE BARR 103 THANN RANGEN 16 67 WOLXHEIM 63 SONNENGLANZ 68 BEBLENHEIM DE WOLXHEIM KIRCHBERG Southern gateway to the Alsace Wines Route. 74 BRAND 68 TURCKHEIM 59 DE RIBEAUVILLE 68 RIBEAUVILLÉ 93-94 SPIEGEL 68 BERGHOLTZ & GUEBWILLER Worth visiting: The Tour des Sorcières: Discover the producing area / the Musée des Amis de Thann (the “Friends of Thann Museum”) 19 BRUDERTHAL 67 MOLSHEIM 94 KITTERLE 68 GUEBWILLER 62 SPOREN 68 RIQUEWIHR 80 EICHBERG 68 EGUISHEIM 66 MAMBOURG 68 SIGOLSHEIM 87-89 STEINERT 68 PFAFFENHEIM & WESTHALTEN 97 67 DAHLENHEIM & 63-64 MANDELBERG 68 MITTELWIHR & BEBLENHEIM 9 - 10 ENGELBERG SCHARRACHBERGHEIM 79 STEINGRUBLER 68 WETTOLSHEIM 65-66 MARCKRAIN 68 BENNWIHR & SIGOLSHEIM 70-71 FLORIMONT 68 INGERSHEIM & KATZENTHAL 1 STEINKLOTZ 67 MARLENHEIM SIGNS AND SYMBOLS 98 39-40 MOENCHBERG 67 ANDLAU & EICHHOFFEN 49 FRANKSTEIN 67 DAMBACHLAVILLE 100 47 MUENCHBERG 67 NOTHALTEN 88-89 VORBOURG 68 ROUFFACH & WESTHALTEN Noteworthy and public 61 FROEHN 68 ZELLENBERG 99 96 OLLWILLER 68 WUENHEIM 40 WIEBELSBERG 67 ANDLAU castle or fotification Wine Route 66-67 FURSTENTUM 68 KIENTZHEIM & SIGOLSHEIM WINECK 68 KATZENTHAL 103 59 GEISBERG 68 RIBEAUVILLÉ 59 OSTERBERG 68 RIBEAUVILLÉ 69-70 Noteworthy church or chapel Wineyard cycle Route 101 68 EGUISHEIM & SCHLOSSBERG & AMMERSCHWIHR THANN 68 RODERN & 79-80 PFERSIGBERG Wine or discovery trail Expressway 55-56 GLOECKELBERG WETTOLSHEIM 48 WINZENBERG 67 BLIENSCHWILLER SAINTHIPPOLYTE Highway 102 91 PFINGSTBERG 68 ORSCHWIHR 68 SOULTZMATT & Viewpoint Museum 86 GOLDERT 68 GUEBERSCHWIHR 89-90 ZINNKOEPFLE 68 HATTSTATT & 53 PRAELATENBERG 67 KINTZHEIM WESTHALTEN AOC Alsace Grand Cru AOC Alsace area 82-85 HATSCHBOURG VOEGTLINSHOFFEN 101-103 RANGEN 68 THANN & VIEUXTHANN 35 ZOTZENBERG 67 MITTELBERGHEIM Communal names in the AOC ALsace AOC Alsace Grands Crus area THE VINEYARDS & THE ALSACE WINES ROUTE A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GARDEN

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