Guémar - Guémar

Guémar, Hôtel de ville.jpg
Guémar
regionGrand Est
Residents
1.411 (2018)
height
172 m, 193 m
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Guémar

Guémar is a community in the east Of France in the department Haut-Rhin (No. 68) and member of the community network Pays de Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr.

Guémar is one Ville fleurie, a "flower-adorned city" and carries im Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("Competition of cities and towns decorated with flowers") 2 out of 4 roses.

background

Guémar is an old fishing and farming village. It is not for nothing that the town's coat of arms includes a harrow and a fish.

location

The place is between Sélestat and Colmar, 10 and 14 km away from both cities. The capital of the canton, Ribeauvillé, is located a few kilometers to the west.

history

The first documentary mention of the place as Ghermari took place in 768. At that time there were still two districts: Oberg-Gemar with its own, the Saint-Denis church, the priory of Lièpvre subordinated, this in turn to the abbey of Saint-Denis subordinated to, and the larger Nieder-Gemar with the church Saint-Léger, which belonged to the rich and influential abbey of Murbach belonged to. Significant for the development of the village was the location on the Fecht, where a port ("Ladhof") is proven as early as 1298, through which goods such as wine and grain were transported to the Ill. In 1479 the now outdated port was given up in favor of a new landing stage on the Ill. There soon became the village Illhaeusern Founded by fishermen, merchants and ferrymen. During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) the church in Ober-Gemar was destroyed and the two districts merged. In the 14th century, the place was fortified because it was located in a strategically important place, the crossing of the Strasbourg-Colmar road over the Fecht. In 1369 the place received city rights. At that time owned by the lords of Ribeauvillé, the Ribeaupierres, the old wooden castle from 1287 received a successor to the castle in 1291, which was called "Molkenburg" in 1572 and became a summer residence of the Ribeaupierres. After being damaged in the Thirty Years' War and afterwards, it was finally demolished shortly before the French Revolution, and the demolition material was sold. From 1871 to 1918, when Alsace was German territory, the place was called as it is pronounced: Gemar. This was also the case in the Middle Ages (see photo in the gallery). Towards the end of World War II, 70% of Guémar was destroyed.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Guémar

Blazon: (Source: Book of Arms of the Municipalities of Haut-Rhin from 1981)

De sinople à une herse sommée d'une croix pattée d'or et soutenue d'un poisson contourné d'argent, le tout accompagné de trois écussons d'or, deux en chef et un en pointe. ("On a green background a harrow, crowned by a gold-colored cross of paws, underneath a silver-colored fish looking to the left, all accompanied by three golden shields, two above and one below.")

Fish and harrow stand for the two guilds of the place, the farmers and the fishermen, who determined economic life in the Middle Ages.

See also: Description of the arms of Illhaeusern

getting there

By plane

  • 1 Aéroport de Strasbourg The nearest international airport is in Strasbourg-Entzheim, about 10 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg. 47 km from Guémar.
  • 2 Aérodrome de Strasbourg-Neuhof A smaller airfield is that of Strasbourg-Neuhof, about 3 kilometers south of the center. 60 km from Guémar.
  • 3 Euroairport The second major international airport is that of Basel-Mulhouse 75 km away.

By train

  • An old train station on the road to Ribeauvillé has been closed.
  • The next train stations are in
  • 4 Gare de Colmar Colmar, 15 km away, and in
  • 5 Gare de Sélestat, Sélestat, 12 km away

By bus

  • Bus route 109, every 4 hours in 24 minutes to Colmar

In the street

From the north-south connection running through eastern Alsace, the N 83, branches the D 106 which leads directly into the place. Further east it goes into the D 10 over that the Rhine at Marckolsheim crossed (16 km).

By boat

Guémar has no connection to a shipping network.

mobility

Map of Guémar

The sights of the place can be explored quite easily on foot. There are hardly any notable differences in altitude in the whole place.

Tourist Attractions

Pictures from Guémar
Guémar (then "Gemar") on an engraving by M. Merian (1663)
  • 1 Église Saint-Léger - Apart from the upper gate, the baroque church of Saint-Léger is the town's most important attraction. It was built in 1741, while the Romanesque base of the tower dates back to the 12th century and is the only remnant of an older church building. The tower dome dates from 1772. The church contains a three-part nave and an apse from 1739/40. The slightly higher position of the church compared to the surrounding land suggests that it was once surrounded by a fortified cemetery.
The church was mentioned as the property of the Abbey of Murbach (near Colmar) as early as 1278.
  • 2 Presbytère catholique(Catholic Rectory) - The building was erected in 1831 on the city wall, next to the Burgerturm, the city prison, of which only the foundation walls have been preserved.
  • 3 Monument des morts (War memorial) - The bronze statue of Joan of Arc, inaugurated on November 8, 1925, was dismantled by the German occupiers and found again in 1946 near Barr, 30 km north of Guémar. It was revised and set up again, in 1973 at its current location.
  • 4 - Molkenburg Castle dates from the 10th century.
  • 5 - Here, in the place of the Fontaine aux armesThe old town hall, built in 1859/60, used to stand, of which only the gable field, which was worked into the fountain, is preserved today. It shows the coat of arms of Guémar.
  • 6 The upper gate from 1400 is part of the medieval city fortifications. It was restored from the beginning of the 21st century until August 2009. The city wall was built as a defense between 1363 and 1369. The Obertor has been preserved as the main entrance to the medieval city. During the Thirty Years' War, the northern and eastern parts of the city wall and three watchtowers were destroyed. The following are also preserved:
7 - The Porte des Pêcheurs ("Fischertor") forms the southern end of the old market, significantly towards the river Fencingthat prior to the construction of the Canal du Logelbach near Turckheim carried considerably more water in the 18th century. The fishermen formed one of two guilds in local history at that time. At the beginning of 1980 the Fischertor was restored.
8 - This nameless tower was restored by a private person in 1995-1996.
  • 9 - The area where the town hall with the community hall stands today was formerly an agricultural property that was completely destroyed in December 1944 by the effects of the war. In the years 1954-56 the new town hall complex was built.
  • 10 - Maison des Châtelaines ("House of the Lady of the Castle"): The ladies of the aristocratic family traditionally stayed here Ribeaupierreswhen their husbands come to Guémar for important celebrations.
  • 11 - Ancienne école des filles ("Former girls' school"): The building, built in 1727/28, initially contained the offices of the parish clerk, then the bakery, after 1831 the parsonage and from 1832 to 2000 a girls' school (girls' high school).
  • 12 - Pavilion de chasse des Ribeaupierre ("Hunting lodge of the [family of the] Robespierre"): This building from the 16th century served the lords of Ribeaupierre as a hunting lodge.
  • 13 - Poste aux chevaux aux Quatre-Vents ("Horse post station to the four winds"): This and the following rest station for horses date from the 19th century.
  • 14 - Poste aux chevaux aux Boeuf-Roge ("Horse Post Station for the Red Ox")
  • 15 - Etang de la Canardière ("Entenkoog"): The 4 hectare duck koog was used in the 18th century for the masters of Ribeaupierre to hunt wild ducks during the winter hunting season. Up until the beginning of the 20th century, around 8,000 ducks were caught here each year, the only meat allowed during Lent.
  • 16 - Séchoirs à tabac ("Tobacco drying houses"): The four former tobacco drying houses were destroyed after the bombing of the last years of the war. In 1950 five were rebuilt, four of which are preserved and still in use.

activities

Celebrations and events

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

Tourist Information - Tourist Office

Emergency numbers

Please refer Emergency numbers in France

  • Postal code: 68970
  • Code Insee: 68113

trips

From Guémar you can make nice trips to the surrounding wine country and its villages as well as to the Vosges. The tourist information provides advice here, also in German, as required.

literature

Individual references and sources

  • Tourist information brochure (also in German)

Web links

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