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| Eguisheim | ||
| region | Haut-Rhin | |
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| Residents | 1.723 (2018) | |
| height | 210 | |
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| Tourist info web | http://www.ot-eguisheim.fr | |
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Eguisheim (Ger. "Egisheim", Alsatian Egsa) is a french Half-timbered town with picturesque streets in the department Haut-Rhin, in the Alsace at the Alsatian wine route (Route des vins d'Alsace). Eguisheim is the hometown of Aurélie Schneider, the Alsatian wine queen from 2013.
background
Today the municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Colmar and the canton of Wintzenheim.
history
A fort must have been here in Roman times. The moated castle, which has been rebuilt and still exists today, was built by Duke Eberhard in 720. It was named after his cousin Egeno. It got its octagonal appearance in the times of the Stauffer. Unfortunately, large parts of the castle buildings were demolished in the 19th century, including the octagonal keep. A neo-Romanesque-Byzantine chapel was built in its place in 1889 in memory of Pope Leo IX. built.
Pope Leo IX, who ascended the Holy See in 1048, was born here in the castle as Count Bruno von Egisheim (1002-1054).
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airports are the Strasbourg airport
(IATA: SXB) and EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP).
By train
The next train station is Colmar
By bus
In the street
- D 14, exit from the D 83
- Alsatian wine route (Route des vins d'Alsace)
mobility
The town has hardly any height differences and is easy to explore on foot.
Tourist Attractions
The city with its preserved concentric streets is worth seeing as a whole.
- Chateau. The Palatinate.
- 1 The Chapel of St-Léon houses the relics of the canonized Pope Leo IX.
- 2 Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul church
- 3 Fountain in the market square (1557)
- Fontaine de la Vierge. 1563.
- Fontaine de la Porte Basse. 1841.
- Fontaine St-Léon. 1834.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Hotel du Château, 2, rue du Château, Place du Château, 68420 Eguisheim. Tel.: 33 3 89 23 72 00, Mobile: 33 6 68 26 00 01, Fax: 33 3 89 41 63 93, Email: [email protected]. The hotel is a magnificent old residential building with stylishly renovated rooms, none of which are the same. The house is a member of the "Logis de France" association, in which privately run hotels have come together.Price: double room from € 76.Accepted payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express.
security
health
Practical advice
- Office de Tourisme d'Eguisheim and environs, 22A, Grand 'Rue, 68420 Eguisheim. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 23 40 33, Fax: 33 (0)3 89 41 86 20, Email: [email protected].
trips
- Gebweiler. Guebwiller.
literature
Web links
- http://www.ville-eguisheim.fr/ - Official website of Eguisheim
