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| department | Haut-Rhin | |
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| Tourist info | 33 (0)3 89 73 23 23 http://www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com | |
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Cell Mountain is a small winemaking village in FrenchAlsace and member of the association of Pays de Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr. The village is in the 3rd section of the Alsatian wine route (Terre et Vins au Pays de Colmar) and in the immediate vicinity too Riquewihr and Hunawihr. The winegrowers have 15 hectares of vineyards in the municipality of the village. The wine is that Grand Cru Froehn.
background
location
The village is picturesquely situated on a hill in a strategic position above the Alsatian Rhenish Plain. It is surrounded by vineyards all around. The almost rectangular historic village center is crossed by two parallel streets, the Rue de la Fontaine and the Rue du Schlossberg.
Something about the story
The area on which cells mountain stands today was occupied by the Alemanni as early as 564. At the beginning of the 9th century the village was called Celeberch ("Mountain of the monastery cell") mentioned. In the 10th century, the monks of the Luxeuil Monastery here a chapel. In 1252 the place received a fortification wall in the course of the conversion of an estate to a castle at the southern end and highest point of the place. Originally the monk cell of a hermit was also here, which gave the place its name. At each of the four corners of the rectangular village there was a tower, two of which, the north-east and south-east towers, have been preserved to this day. Two more towers were located in the west, of which nothing can be seen on the engravings by Matthäus Merian as early as 1640.
Nothing is left of the wall and the castle today. At the end of the 18th century the castle had become uninhabitable. They were sold to a brickworks owner Ribeauvilléwho resold the stones as building material.
The crest
Blazon: (Source: Book of arms of the municipalities in Haut-Rhin from 1981)
- D'argent à l'écusson d'azur chargé d'un mont de trois coupeaux d'or accompagné de trois merlettes de sable
- Prose translation (not exactly heraldic): "On silver a blue shield with a mountain of three golden hills, accompanied by three small black blackbirds"
getting there
By plane
The nearest commercial airports are the Strasbourg airport
(IATA: SXB), 63 km, and EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg(IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP), 76 km.
The Colmar-Houssen airfield (11 km away) allows the landing of small private planes.
In the street
The journey takes place by car
- from north and south over the
Alsacienne auto route, N 83, 
22 Ostheim, then about the D 3 in the center of Ostheim, continue over the D 416 Direction Ribeauvillé, after the end of the village left onto the D 3 (Rue d'Ostheim) in the direction of Bebblenheim, in the vineyards turn right directly to cellsberg. - from the west from inland (Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines) about the N 59 to Lièpvre and D 481 to the department border, then on the one that is now called D 42 and the D 1bis via Ribeauvillé to cells mountain.
- from the east: The next Rhine crossing to Germany is at Marckolsheim (27 km)
By train
The place does not have a train station. The nearest train station with a TGV stop is in Sélestat.
By bus
A 106 bus connects the town with Beblenheim or Ribeauvillé every 3 hours. There is no bus connection to Sélestat, you take the same bus line to Colmar and then the train to Selestat.
mobility
Like many others in the region, the place is surrounded by vineyards. The location is divided into two parts: There is the old town, in which the sights described can be found, and a newer residential area in the north and northeast of the city center. The two main streets Rue du Schlossberg and Rue de la Fontaine have from Schlossberg to the church in the north from about 15 m to about 350 m.
Tourist Attractions
Saint-Ulrich church
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A possible walk through the place can be at the church, resp. begin on the church square: (The numbers in brackets indicate the picture number in the adjacent gallery "Church of Saint-Ulrich".)
- 1 Église - Church of Saint-Ulrich: The place already had a church on the site of today's cemetery, so far outside of the place. This church was abandoned after the Thirty Years War. In 1760, today's parish church was built around outside the fortified city wall. It stands on the filled moat. The octagonal church tower houses the choir of the church. (2) Inside there is a multi-colored, wooden pieta from the 15th century. Three paintings from the end of the 18th century adorn the altar. (1) The church windows are from the second half of the 19th century. The organ dates from 1842.
Roads and structures
The numbers in brackets indicate where the corresponding image is in the "Images" gallery Cell Mountain" stands.
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When visiting the place, one should pay attention to the many guild signs, years of construction and initials of the house owner, which can usually be seen on the lintel of the house entrance or in the zenith of archways, but which are not discussed in detail here. It means: a hammer, crossed with two clamps: the cooper (cooper); the merchant shows a 4 representing the 4 sails of a ship transporting goods; the winemaker has a vine knife (Cerpette) as a guild mark; a star is the symbol of the sworn "wine connoisseur", a mediator between winemakers and wine merchants or consumers.
- 2 Puits à balancier - Well, possibly earlier equipped with a handle. It is said to have been 9 m deep and had a water column of 6 m at all times.
- The fountain stands in front of Madame Tichkewa's house: this house was the first to be built outside the city fortifications in 1785. The inscription on the gable identifies a wig maker François Antoine Muller as the builder who had returned with his Russian wife Eudokia Anna Tichkewa from Moscow, where he had probably made some fortune with his craft, as wigs had gone out of fashion in Alsace, France . After the French Revolution, Muller became the village's first mayor. (On No. 4 the left white house with the inscription plaque on the gable)
- 3 Christ cross - The figure of Christ on the cross was carved out of wood in 1508. The artist was probably Paul Windecker from Sélestat. The passion figure has been restored several times. (3)
- 4 Tour d'angle Nord-Est - Northeast corner tower from 1315 with stork's nest (5)
- 5 11 rue du Schlossberg - 11 rue du Schlossberg, The wax house from 1722 was used to monitor the entrance to the town. The turret with a bell from 1445 originally stood on the city gate, which spanned the Rue du Schlossberg between the northeast corner tower and the guard house. The bell was used for alarm purposes, but also to announce important events such as auctions, weddings, elections, etc.
- 6 10 rue du Schlossberg - 10 rue du Schlossberg: From 1490 to 1791 the community parlor and the schoolmaster's apartment with a classroom were housed here. The hostel is here today Au Nid de Cigogne ("To the stork's nest").
- 7 14 rue du Schlossberg - 14 rue du Schlossberg: Backhaus, one of the oldest houses in the city. Bread and cakes were baked here from 1490 to 1694, including the famous one Baeckaoffa. (6)
- 8 Fontaine - The sandstone fountain dates from the 13th century and is therefore the oldest in the village. The engraved year 1876 indicates the year of a renovation. The small statue shows a child with grapes. (7)
- 9 Mairie - This building has been used in a variety of ways: the only one built on the city wall, it was a hospital from 1490, a parsonage in the 17th century, a winegrower's house from 1791, a parsonage again from 1912 and a town hall and rectory since 1994. Behind the outer staircase there is a spacious cellar with a vaulted ceiling. (10)
- Opposite the town hall (house number 25) is a building that served as an inn for the villagers from 1635 to 1757 and then became a winery. The architectural style is typical for not particularly well-heeled citizens: brick cellar with ground floor, on top of it a half-timbered floor with large St. Large volutes and masks adorn the carved corner pillars.
- 10 27 rue du Schlossberg - The lintel of the house 27 rue du Schlossberg bears the initials of Hans Schaller (HS), to the right of it you can see the coat of arms of Zellberg with the three little blackbirds and the guild symbol of Schaller ("Ausrufer").
- 11 24-28 rue du Schlossberg - This property from 24 to 28 rue du Schlossberg served as a tax yard until 1791.
- 12 32 rue du Schlossberg - The house, built entirely of stone in 1580 (see lintel on the ground floor) must have belonged to a wealthy winemaker, as it is made entirely of stone. The bailiff of cells mountain, Claus Debus, had it rebuilt in 1621 and immortalized his initials and his coat of arms with even three guild symbols (dealer, vintner and wine commissioner) in the lintel of the entrance gate. In 1742, the cooper Mathias Ruhlmann had it rebuilt. His initials and his guild mark can be seen in a small decorative strip in the facade of the house.
- 13 Fontaine - Place du 19 décembre 1944: Two weeks after the liberation and occupation of the village by the Americans, the place was bombed by the German Wehrmacht, where a phosphorus ammunition depot was hit on the square and seven houses were reduced to rubble. The fountain is from the 19th century. (8th)
- 14 Tour d'angle Sud-Est - South-east corner tower with (empty) stork's nest. The tower is one of the only two remaining towers in the fortification. It is the birthplace of the freedom fighter François-René Roeckel (1909-1944) who lived in Mont Valérien was shot. (9)
- 15 Schlossberg - Here, at the end of Rue du Schlossberg, the castle once stood at the highest point of the village. The castle with its square floor plan and the four towers towering above everything lay outside the city walls and was the seat of the bailiwick for the towns of Zellberg, Bennwihr, Wihr-en-Plaine and Houssen. The castle was the safest place in Zellberg and could only be entered via a pull bridge with a gate. It fell into disrepair from 1782, was no longer restored and used to construct other buildings.
- 16 63 rue de la Fontaine - From 1635 to 1757 the horses of the community were housed in the house 63 rue de la Fontaine.
- 17 69 rue de la Fontaine - 69 rue de la Fontaine: House of the bailiff from 1653. During a restoration, a scale was engraved in the lintel as a sign of jurisdiction.
activities
- The place is ideal as a starting point for trips to Strasbourg, Sélestat, Haut-Koenigsbourg and in the other places of the Community association.
- From mid-July to mid-September, walks on the Grands Crus wine-growing trail followed by a cellar tour and Degustation ("Tasting"), accompanied by a French-speaking winemaker.
- You can take the walk all year round without a guide, a leaflet is available from the tourist office.
- Some hiking trails are signposted.
shop
There is little or no shopping opportunity for everyday goods, everything is available in the larger neighboring towns, mainly in the nearby one Sélestat.
kitchen
There are many in a typical Alsatian wine town like this one Winstubswhich offer small, regional dishes in addition to wine. You can also find restaurants, but also in the neighboring communities.
Here is a selection of local restaurants:
- 1 Auberge du Froehn, 5 route d'Ostheim, 68340 cells mountain. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 47 81 57, Fax: 33 (0)3 89 47 80 28, Email: [email protected]. Open: lunchtime and evening, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- 2 Au Nid de Cigogne, Marijo and Alain Berlenbach, 10 rue du Schlossberg, 68340 cell mountain. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 49 05 15, (0)6 85 208 115. You can also spend the night in this house. Well-behaved dogs allowed! Nice beer garden.Price: DR including FS 85-95 €.
Upscale
- 3 Maximilien restaurant, 19a route d'Ostheim, 68340 cells mountain. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 47 99 69. Open: Noon to 1.30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the evening. Closed on Sunday evening, Monday lunchtime and evening and Friday.
accommodation
- 1 Clos Froehn, 46 Rue du Schlossberg, 68340 Nahrungsmittelberg. Tel.: 33 (0)3 89 47 95 68. Very nice B&B establishment.
Work
security
health
Emergency numbers
Please refer Emergency numbers in France
Practical advice
The place does not have its own post office.
trips
The place is an ideal starting point in the other very beautiful villages of the community association, in the Vosges, to the nearby castle ruins Haut-Koenigsbourg and to Colmar.
literature
- Zellberg, historical tour, ed. from Regional Natural Park of the Ballons des Vosges, available at the tourist office.
Individual references and sources
- Tourist information brochure (also in German)
Web links
- An official website is not known. Please open Wikidata add.
