Haut-Rhin - Haut-Rhin

The department Haut-Rhin (Upper Alsace) with the serial number 68 is the southern part of the French region Alsace (Alsace). It borders the département in the north Bas-Rhin, in the east, across the Rhine Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg), in the south to the Switzerland (Cantons Basel city, Basel-Country, Solothurn and law, in the southwest to the department Territoire de Belfort as well as in the west to the département Vosges.

Regions

• The Haut-Rhin department touches the cross-border regions Upper Rhine Plain and Vosges
• The south of the department is part of the Jura Mountains.

places

• Bergheim
• Colmar is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
• Egisheim · (French: Eguisheim)
• Ensisheim - Regimental building from 1535, approx. 15 km north of Mulhouse
• Gebweiler (French: Guebwiller)
• Hunaweier
• Illzach
• Jebsheim
• Kingersheim
• Kaysersberg
• Mulhouse · (French: Mulhouse)
• Muenster · (French: Munster)
• Neuf-Brisach
• Rappoltsweiler · (French: Ribeauvillé) - on the Alsatian Wine Route
• Reichenweier · (French: Riquewihr) - the most famous wine town on the Alsace Wine Route with its unspoilt cityscape from the 16th century.
• Riedisheim
• Rixheim
• Saint-Louis
• Sennheim (French: Cernay)
• Thann - End of the Alsatian wine route and the Vosges road
• Wittelsheim
• Wittenheim

Other goals

• le Galz
• les 3 Epis
• Belmont rocks
• Hohneck (1366 m)
• Hohrodberg
• Munster Valley
• Kahler Wasen(Petit balloon) (1272 m)
• Big Belchen(Grand Ballon) (1424 m)
• Alsatian Belchen(Ballon d'Alsace) (1247 m)
• Hartmannswillerkopf(Vieil Armand) (956 m)

background

language

getting there

By plane

• EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg with direct flights Vienna, Berlin, Munich and many other European cities.

By train

• TGV stations are Mulhouse and Colmar. The following are easily accessible from Germany and Switzerland: Strasbourg and Basel

By boat

In the street

By bicycle

• Rhine cycle route (Veloroute Rhin)

mobility

Tourist Attractions

• Unterlinden Museum, in Colmar. last change: not specified

• Farmhouse Museumlast change: not specified

activities

kitchen

• The fried carp carpe frite, is the culinary specialty of the Sundgau. The carp is served as fillet, cut into thick slices or immediately deboned. Before it gets into the fat, it is turned in semolina, sesame or poppy seeds. Around 30 innkeepers have chosen Routes de la Carpe Frite (Streets of the Baked Carp) have come together to promote and preserve this local tradition.

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  Carpe frite

nightlife

security

climate

trips

• Strasbourg, in the Lower Alsace. last change: not specified

• Basellast change: not specified

• Belfortlast change: not specified

• Kaiserstuhllast change: not specified

• Freiburg in Breisgaulast change: not specified

literature

Web links

• Alsace tourism - official regional tourism website (in German)
• Tourisme du Haut-Rhin