Impressions from…Alsace…or: It’s not only Strasbourg…

It’s all a dolls house (Colmar, old town)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there’s place for one chruch, there’s always place for a second (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always be sure to posess a nice oriel! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colmar at it’s best!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impress your visitors! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a splendid balcony! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flea market! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And always when you’re thinking, there couldn’t be a more picturesque spot…be ensured in Colmar there’s one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Krutenau (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spick and span! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTF! What a strange green vehicle to do a city tour! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simply stroll around! (Colmar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s always another chruch from the 12th century! (Haguenau, St. George)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modern enlightning! (St. George, Haguenau)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The red city hall, with it’s Astronomic Clock (Haguenau)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visiting a French Coffeehouse & Ice Cream Shop – The best thing to do at 39° Celsius!(Haguenau)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like a gothic fortress: The Historical Museum in Haguenau!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s all a fake – but a picturesque one! The Hautekoenigsbourg near Selestat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up over the mountains! (View from the Hautekoenigsburg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The famous 12th century church of the ex-monastery in Marmoutier (founded in 590!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some more Monastery (Marmoutier)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have to built a 3rd tower (Marmoutier, Monastery Church)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You permit: The Rohan-Castle in Savergne!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old “Stiegenherrenschloss” in Savergne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haus Katz, the most beautiful timbered house in the Alsace region! (Savergne)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City gates! (Selestat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanquish the demon with a baguette! (Selestat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The minster of Selestat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stories in coloured glass (Minster, Selestat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The famous humanistic library in Selestat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Games of pure light within the Prostestant Church of Selestat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s always some space for another red painted house! (Selestat)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortifications (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Venice (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The only “real” Cathedral! (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lazy dog! (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angels (Strasbourg, Minster)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…and the devil himself! (Stasbourg, Cathedral)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the Aquarium-boat! (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let roses bloom! (Strasburg, Cathedral, 1000th-aniversary light show)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goudy colorful – that’s exactly how medieval Cathedrals looked once! (Strasbourg Cathedral, Light show)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More gaudy buildings (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The European Parliament (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alsace’s Emblem: The Stork! (Strasbourg, Orangerie)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strasbourgs city park: The Orangerie!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the “German” Quater (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the palace of a German Emperor – now Palais de la Republique (Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are always some more timbered houses…(Strasbourg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Thomas, the church of Albert Schweizer (Strasbourg)