Colmar, France

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October 3rd 2019

Published: May 25th 2022

While Viking Sigrun remained at Breisach, there was an afternoon coach tour to Colmar across the border in France. Colmar is in the Alsace region of France. It is one of those cities that has been contested between France and Germany over time. Germany occupied Colmar and the surrounding territory in 1871–1918 and 1940–1945. The Rhine forms the border of France and Germany today, but with the ... Read Full Entry

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"I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list." I've traveled for a long time and have many memories of places and people. I enjoy travel, especially to new places I haven't seen before. Every journey, whether brief or extended, provides the opportunity for a new experience or a different way to see things. I like travel photography, too, and always have my camera with me. I look to the "4Hs of Tourism" as a guide when traveling: understanding the Habitat; Heritage; History and Handicrafts. Member of the TravBuddy travel blogging community from 2007 until its demise in 2018. [world... full info

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Église Saint-Martin

Collégiale Saint-Martin de Colmar. Carving of the Last Supper. DSC_0861

Église Saint-Martin

Collégiale Saint-Martin de Colmar. Interior. DSC_0863

Église Saint-Martin

Collégiale Saint-Martin de Colmar. Altarpiece. "The Holy Family of Jesus. (Polychrome wood, neo-Gothic, late 19th century). In the center the infant Jesus. On the left, Mary and Joseph, his parents, on the right, Anne and Joachim, his grandparents". DSC_0865

Corps de garde de Colmar

Corps de garde de Colmar. The guardhouse was built in 1575. The loggia, added between 1577 and 1582, allowed the Magistrate to take an oath and pronounce sentences. 17, Place de la Cathédrale. IMG_1093

Corps de garde de Colmar

Corps de garde de Colmar. Balcony. The guardhouse was built in 1575. The loggia, added between 1577 and 1582, allowed the Magistrate to take an oath and pronounce sentences. 17, Place de la Cathédrale. DSC_0847

Musée Bartholdi

Musée Bartholdi. Museum dedicated to French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904). Bartholdi is most famous for the La Liberté éclairant le monde (1870-1886), the Statue of Liberty. The family lived at this house, now the museum until 1843. 30 rue des Marchands. IMG_1077

Statue of Liberty Paving Stone

Colmar paving stone with an impression of La Liberté éclairant le monde (1870-1886), the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was designed by Colmar native Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904). IMG_1074

General Kleber

General Kleber - Enseigne de Hansi Jean-Jacques Waltz). Kleber Pub sign by Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz). The site is La Sommelière today. Installed in 1954. The sign depicts an equestrian Jean-Baptiste Kléber, a general of Napoleon's army in Egypt. In the background are pyramids, palms and sphinxes representing Egypt where the general campaigned and was killed in 1800. The central panel, surrounded with laurels, is surmounted by a grenade, symbol of the infantry, and is decorated of a tricolor ribbon at its base. The six-pointed star is the emblem of brewers and innkeepers. DSC_0835

Maison zum Kragen

Carved figure on Maison zum Kragen, Colmar. Built in 1419, rebuilt in the 16th century. The figure represents a draper holding an alder. It was added in 1609. 9, rue des Marchands. DSC_0848

Ancienne Douane

Koïfhus (Altes Kaufhaus) - Ancienne Douane. Customs house. The ground floor served as a warehouse and a place of taxation for imported and exported goods. The upstairs hall housed the meetings of the deputies of the Décapole, a federation of the ten Alsatian imperial cities, from 1354 to 16792. It served as the town hall in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. 29, Grand-Rue IMG_1085

Fontaine Schwendi

Fontaine Schwendi - Schwendi Fountain. The statue represents Lazarus von Schwendi (1522 - 1583), general of the Holy Roman Empire and lord of the Hohlandsbourg. The statue was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Installed in 1898, restored after World War II. Place de l'Ancienne-Douane. DSC_0855

Restaurant Au Vieux Pignon

Restaurant Au Vieux Pignon. 52, Rue des Marchands. DSC_0851

Gewerbelaube

Presbytère protestant de Colmar - Protestant Rectory. (Once known as the Gewerbelaube - Commercial arcade.) Built in 1606 to serve as a residence for the Protestant ministers of the adjacent Église Saint-Matthieu Evangelical church.This function was maintained for two centuries. Note the oriel window, one of two at either end of the building. Adaptive reuse as arcaded shops. 11-19, Grand-Rue. DSC_0856

Église des Dominicains

Église des Dominicains - Dominican Church. Begun in 1283 and completed during heh 14th century. The Dominicans had arrived in Colmar in 1278, but were temporarily driven out in 1330. IMG_1071

Quai de la Sinn

Quai de la Sinn, Colmar. The Sinnbach canal flows through the square. DSC_0871p1

Haystack

Serious haystack near Neuf-Brisach. DSC_0798

Maginot Line

Ligne de Maginot . Algolsheim - Abbatucci- Blockhaus pour arme infanterie. A concrete pillbox at Algolsheim is a remnant of the French Maginot Line near Neuf-Brisach in Alsace. Third line (village line). DSC_0878

Grand Canal d'Alsace

Grand Canal d'Alsace at Neuf-Brisach. The Grand Canal d'Alsace runs 30 miles (50 km) between Kembs and Vogelgrun allowing larger barges to navigate the Rhine to Basel. DSC_0795

Grand Canal d'Alsace

Grand Canal d'Alsace at Neuf-Brisach. The Grand Canal d'Alsace runs 30 miles (50 km) between Kembs and Vogelgrun allowing larger barges to navigate the Rhine to Basel. DSC_0883

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