Colmar (, ;
Alsatian: ' ;
German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and
commune in the
Haut-Rhin department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
and
Grand Est region of north-eastern
France
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. The third-largest commune in
Alsace (after
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
and
Mulhouse), it is the seat of the
prefecture
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of the Haut-Rhin department and of the
subprefecture of the
Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...
.
The city is renowned for its well-preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks, and its museums, among which is the
Unterlinden Museum, which houses the ''
Isenheim Altarpiece''.
Colmar is situated on the
Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the "capital of Alsatian wine" (').
History
Colmar was first mentioned by
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Em ...
in his chronicle about Saxon wars.
This was the location where the
Carolingian
The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippin ...
Emperor
Charles the Fat held a
diet in 884. Colmar was granted the status of a
free imperial city by Emperor
Frederick II in 1226.
In 1354 it joined the
Décapole
The Décapole (''Dekapolis'' or german: Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. It was disbanded in 1679.
In 1354 Emperor Charles IV of Luxemb ...
city league.
[G. Köbler, ''Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder'', 7th edition, C.H. Beck, Munich, 2007.] The city adopted the
Protestant Reformation in 1575, long after the northern neighbours of
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
and
Sélestat.
During the
Thirty Years' War, it was taken by the
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
army in 1632, which held it for two years. In 1634, the Schoeman family arrived and started the first town library. In 1635, the city's harvest was spoiled by Imperialist forces while the residents shot at them from the walls.
The city was conquered by France under King
Louis XIV
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Ve ...
in 1673 and officially ceded by the 1679
Treaties of Nijmegen. In 1854 a
cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium '' Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting ...
epidemic killed many in the city.
With the rest of Alsace, Colmar was annexed by the newly formed
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
in 1871 as a result of the
Franco-Prussian War and incorporated into the
Alsace-Lorraine province. It returned to France after
World War I according to the 1919
Treaty of Versailles, was annexed by
Nazi Germany in 1940, and then reverted to French control after the battle of the "
Colmar Pocket
The Colmar Pocket (french: Poche de Colmar; de , Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II. ...
" in 1945. Colmar has been continuously governed by conservative parties since 1947, the
Popular Republican Movement (1947–1977), the
Union for French Democracy (1977–1995) and the
Union for a Popular Movement (since 1995), and has had only three mayors during that time.
The
Colmar Treasure
The Colmar Treasure or Colmar hoard is a hoard of precious objects buried by Jews of the Holy Roman Empire at the time of the Black Death pogroms.
The Treasure was found in 1863 in the wall of a house in the medieval ''rue des Juifs,'' in Colma ...
, a hoard of precious objects hidden by Jews during the
Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...
, was discovered here in 1863.
Geography
Colmar is south-southwest of
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, at 48.08°N, 7.36°E, on the Lauch River, a tributary of the
Ill. It is located directly to the east of the
Vosges and connected to the
Rhine in the east by a
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface fl ...
.
In 2017, the city had a municipal population of 69,105,
and the
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
of Colmar had a population of 199,234 in 2018. Colmar is the center of the
arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
The arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé is an arrondissement of France in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region. It has 98 communes. Its population is 211,312 (2017), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement ...
, which had 211,312 inhabitants in 2017.
Climate
Colmar features an
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
(
Köppen: ''Cfb''), but the latter is significantly modified by the city's far inland position with cold, dry winters and warm to hot, wetter summers.
The city has a sunny
microclimate and is one of the driest cities in France, with an annual precipitation of just , making it ideal for
Alsace wine. It is considered the capital of the Alsatian wine region.
The dryness results from the town's location next to mountains, which force clouds arriving from the west to rise, and much of their moisture to condense and fall as
precipitation over the higher ground, leaving the air warmed and dried by the time it reaches Colmar.
The city is therefore closer to a continental climate and winter and summer temperatures can sometimes be the coldest or hottest in France.
Population
Main sights
Mostly spared from the destructions of the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...
and the wars of
1870–1871,
1914–1918 and
1939–1945, the cityscape of old-town Colmar is homogenous and renowned among tourists. An area that is crossed by canals of the river Lauch (which formerly served as the butcher's, tanner's and fishmonger's quarter) is now called "little
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
" (').
Architectural landmarks
Colmar's secular and religious architectural landmarks reflect eight centuries of Germanic and French architecture and the adaptation of their respective stylistic language to the local customs and building materials (pink and yellow
Vosges sandstone,
timber framing).
Secular buildings
*Maison Adolph – 14th century (German
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
)
*
Koïfhus, also known as Ancienne Douane – 1480 (German Gothic)
*Maison Pfister – 1537 (German
Renaissance).
*Ancien Corps de garde – 1575 (German Renaissance)
*Maison des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean – 1608 (German Renaissance)
*Maison des Têtes – 1609 (German Renaissance)
*Poêle des laboureurs – 1626 (German
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires includi ...
)
*Ancien Hôpital – 1736–1744 (French
Classicism)
*Tribunal de grande instance – 1771 (French Classicism)
*Hôtel de ville – 1790 (French Classicism)
*
Colmar prison
Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...
– 1791, formerly a convent built in 1316.
*Cour d'Assises – 1840 (French
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...
)
*
Théâtre municipal – 1849 (French Neoclassicism)
*Marché couvert – 1865 (French
Neo-Baroque). The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today.
*Préfecture – 1866 (French Neo-Baroque)
*Water tower – 1886. Oldest still preserved
water tower in Alsace. Out of use since 1984.
*Gare SNCF – 1905 (German Neo-Baroque)
*Cour d'appel – 1906 (German Neo-Baroque)
Religious buildings
* ' – 1234–1365. The largest church of Colmar and one of the largest in Haut-Rhin. Displays some early stained glass windows, several Gothic and Renaissance sculptures and altars, a grand Baroque organ case. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory opening on a series of Gothic chapels, a unique feature in Alsatian churches.
* ' – 1289–1364. Now disaffected as a church, displays
Martin Schongauer's masterwork ''La Vierge au buisson de roses'' as well as 14th century stained glass windows and baroque choir stalls. The adjacent
convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglic ...
buildings house a section of the municipal library.
* ' – 13th century. Gothic and Renaissance stained glass windows and mural paintings, as well as a wooden and painted ceiling.
* ' – 13th century. Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister. Now housing the Unterlinden Museum (see below).
* ' – 1371. Disaffected church and convent buildings now used as an assembly hall and festival venue (').
* ' – 1742–1750. Classicist chapel of a former
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
college.
* Synagogue – 1843 (Neoclassicism)
Fountains
* ' – 1864 (Statue by
Bartholdi)
* ' – 1888 (Statue by Bartholdi)
* ' – 1898 (Statue by Bartholdi)
Monuments
* ' – 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Statue by Bartholdi, his earliest major work)
* ' – 1894 (Statue by Bartholdi)
* Statue ' − 1902 (in the courtyard of the Bartholdi Museum)
*
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; French: ''La Liberté éclairant le monde'') is a List of colossal sculpture in situ, colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the U ...
(''Liberty Enlightening the World'') replica
Museums
*
Unterlinden Museum – one of the main museums in Alsace. Displays the
Isenheim Altarpiece, a large collection of medieval, Renaissance and baroque
Upper-Rhenish paintings and sculptures, archaeological artefacts, design and international modern art.
*
Musée Bartholdi
The Musée Bartholdi is a museum dedicated to French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and is situated at 30 rue des Marchands in Colmar, at the artist's birthplace. The museum has the "Musée de France" label. In 2011, the building was labeled "Maiso ...
– the birthplace of
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi shows his life and work through paintings, drawings, family objects and furniture as well as numerous plaster, metal and stone sculptures. A section of the museum is further dedicated to the
local Jewish community's heritage.
* ' – the zoological and ethnographic museum of Colmar was founded in 1859. Besides a large collection of taxidermied animals, and artefacts from former French and German colonies in Africa and
Polynesia, it also houses a collection of ancient
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
ian items.
* ' – the town's toy museum, founded 1993.
* ' – industrial and technological museum in a former factory, dedicated to the history of everyday technology.
Library
The Municipal Library of Colmar (') owns one of the richest collections of
incunabula
In the history of printing, an incunable or incunabulum (plural incunables or incunabula, respectively), is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500. Incunabula were pro ...
in France, with more than 2,300 volumes. This is quite an exceptional number for a city that is neither the main seat of a university, nor of a college, and has its explanation in the dissolution of local
monasteries,
abbeys and
convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglic ...
s during the
French Revolution
The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...
and the subsequent gift of their collections to the town.
Transport
The small regional
Colmar Airport
Colmar - Houssen Airport (french: Aéroport de Colmar - Houssen) is an airport in Houssen, north of Colmar, both ''communes'' in the Haut-Rhin department of the Alsace region in France. The airport is along Autoroute A35 and is served by the C ...
serves Colmar.
The railway station
Gare de Colmar offers connections to Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Besançon, Zürich and several regional destinations. Colmar was also once linked to
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
, in Germany and on the other side of the
Rhine, by the
Freiburg–Colmar international railway. However the railway bridge over the Rhine between
Breisach and
Neuf-Brisach was destroyed in 1945 and never replaced.
Education
Senior high schools in Colmar include:
*
*
Lycée Camille Sée
*
Lycée polyvalent Blaise Pascal
*
Lycée polyvalent Martin Schongauer
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
*
Lycée privé Saint-André
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
*
Lycée professionnel privé Saint-Jean
*
École privée Mathias Grunewald
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Sa ...
Colmar shares the (
Upper Alsace University) with the neighbouring, larger city of
Mulhouse. Of the approximately 8,000 students of the UHA, around 1,500 study at the ' (IUT) Colmar, at the Colmar branch of the ' and at the ' (UFR PEPS).
The ''École Compleméntaire Pour L'Enseignement Japonaise à Colmar'' (コルマール補習授業校 ''Korumāru Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a
part-time supplementary Japanese school, is held in Colmar.
[欧州の補習授業校一覧(平成25年4月15日現在)]
(). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
The , also known as MEXT or Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community ...
(MEXT). Retrieved on 10 May 2014. "Chateau Kiener 24, rue de Verdun, 68000 Colmar, FRANCE" At one time classes were held at the ''Centre Cultural de Seijo''.
Music
Since 1980, Colmar is home to an
international summer festival of classical music ' (also known as '). In its first version (1980 to 1989), it was placed under the artistic direction of the German conductor
Karl Münchinger. Since 1989, it is helmed by the Russian violinist and conductor
Vladimir Spivakov.
Economy
Colmar is an affluent city whose primary economic strength lies in the flourishing tourist industry. But it is also the seat of several large companies:
Timken (European seat),
Liebherr (French seat),
Leitz (French seat), Capsugel France (A division of
Pfizer).
Every year since 1947, Colmar is host to what is now considered as the biggest annual commercial event as well as the largest festival in Alsace, the ''Foire aux vins d'Alsace'' (Alsacian wine fair).
When
Air Alsace existed, its head office was on the grounds of
Colmar Airport
Colmar - Houssen Airport (french: Aéroport de Colmar - Houssen) is an airport in Houssen, north of Colmar, both ''communes'' in the Haut-Rhin department of the Alsace region in France. The airport is along Autoroute A35 and is served by the C ...
.
Parks and recreation
By 1991 ''
Lycée Seijo'', a Japanese boarding high school in
Kientzheim
Kientzheim (; ; Alsatian: ''Kientza'') is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg Vignoble.
Population
Education
Previously the local elementary ...
, had established a Japanese cultural center. It housed books and printed materials in Japan and hosted lectures and film screenings.
[Iwasaki, Toshio. "Japanese Schools Take Root Overseas." '' Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry''. ]Japan Economic Foundation
The Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, 国際経済交流財団 ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan'') is an organization which describes itself as promoting economic and technological exchanges between Japan and other countries. (JEF, ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan''), No. 5, 1991. Contributed to Google Books by the JEF. p. 25. "Seijo Gakuen has established a cultural center in the nearby city of Colmar which is used to hold lectures introducing aspects of Japan, to show movies, and to keep books and printed materials oii Japan."
Notable people
*
Caspar Isenmann (1410? – 1484?), painter
*
Martin Schongauer (1450–1491), painter and engraver
*
Georg Wickram
Georg (or Jörg) Wickram (c.1505 – before 1562) was a German poet and novelist.
Life
Wickram was born at Colmar in Alsace; the exact date of his birth and death are unknown. He founded a Meistersinger school in Colmar in 1549, and has left ...
(1502–1562), poet and novelist
*
Jean-François Rewbell (1747–1807), diplomat and revolutionist
*
Jean Rapp (1771–1821), lieutenant general
*
Conrad Berg Conrad Mathias Berg (25 or 27 April 1785 – 13 or 14 December 1852) was a French composer, writer on music, and piano teacher from Alsace.
Life
Berg was born in Colmar. After learning music and violin in his hometown, he spent the years 1804 and 1 ...
(1785–1852), composer
*
Charles Xavier Thomas (1785–1870), inventor
*
Marie Bigot (1786–1820), musician, pianist and composer, friend of
Haydn and
Beethoven
*
Armand Joseph Bruat (1796–1855), admiral
*
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812–1895), politician, killer of
Alexander Pushkin in a duel
*
Auguste Nefftzer
Auguste Nefftzer (3 February 1820 – 20 August 1876) was a French journalist, who was known for founding the publications ''Revue Germanique'' in 1858 and ''Le Temps'' 1861, as well as his translation of ''Life of Jesus'' and ''L'ami Fritz''. Nef ...
(1820–1876), journalist
*
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834–1904), sculptor, created ''Liberty Enlightening the World'' (the
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; French: ''La Liberté éclairant le monde'') is a List of colossal sculpture in situ, colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the U ...
)
*
Camille Sée
Camille Sée (10 March 1847 – 20 January 1919) was a French politician who was born in Colmar.
As the pioneer of the 1880 French law which established Lycées for girls, he also created the École normale supérieure in Sèvres in 1881.
He ...
, (1847–1919), politician
*
Jean-Baptiste Lemire
Jean-Baptiste Lemire (8 June 1867 – 2 March 1945) was a French composer.
Biography
Lemire was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste (1844–1909), a mason, and Anne-Marie Sarter (1848–1924), a dressmaker. In 1871, France ...
(1867–1945), composer
*
Jean-Jacques Waltz
Jean-Jacques Waltz (23 February 1873, Colmar – 10 June 1951), also known as "''Oncle Hansi''", or simply "Hansi" ("little John") was a French artist of Alsatian origin. He was a staunch pro-French activist, and is famous for his quaint drawings, ...
(1873–1951), drawer and caricaturist
*
Ernst Stadler (1883–1914), Alsatian poet
*
Paul Wormser (1905–1944), Olympic epee fencer
*
Hans Loewald
Hans Loewald (1906–1993) was a German-American psychoanalyst and theorist. While apparently a traditional Freudian, Loewald in his thinking is both elegant and quietly revisionist - a radical conservatist.
Background and education
Loewald was b ...
(1906–1993), psychoanalyst and theorist
*
Jean-Pierre Muller (1924–2008), Olympic epee fencer
*
Bernard Schmitt (economist) Bernard Schmitt (1929 in Colmar, France – 2014 in Beaune, France) was a French economist, founder of the school of economic thought known as 'quantum macroeconomics'.
During his doctoral research (Paris, 1958) he studies at the University ...
(1929–2014), economist and founder of the "Quantum Economics"
*
Guy Roux (born 1938), football coach
*
Pierre Moerlen (1952–2005), musician, drummer and composer
*
Pierre Hermé (born 1961), confectioner, entrepreneur and pastry chef
*
Thomas Bloch (born 1962), musician
*
Éric Straumann
Éric Straumann (born 17 August 1964 in Colmar) is a French politician of the Republicans who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2020, representing the Haut-Rhin department.
Political career
Straumann was a member of ...
(born 1964), politician
*
Pascal Elbé (born 1967), actor, director and screenwriter
*
Marc Keller (born 1968), football player
*
Cendrine Wolf (born 1969), children's author
*
Pascal Johansen
Pascal Johansen (born 28 April 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Pascal Johansen was born in Colmar, Alsace. He is a younger brother to Frédéric Johansen, former player of FC Mulhouse and one ...
(born 1979), football player
*
Amaury Bischoff
Amaury Armindo Bischoff (born 31 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for French club SR Colmar as a central midfielder. Born in France, he has represented both France and Portugal at youth level.
After starting out at Werder Bre ...
(born 1987), football player
*
Fabien Schmidt
Fabien Schmidt (born 23 March 1989 in Colmar) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team UC Briochine. He won the Paris–Tours Espoirs in 2011 and was a stagiaire at at the end of 2011.
After folded at the end of the 20 ...
(born 1989), professional cyclist
*
Ryad Boudebouz (born 1990), Algerian-French footballer
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Colmar is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Schongau, Bavaria
Schongau is a town in Bavaria, near the Alps. It is located along the Lech, between Landsberg am Lech and Füssen. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Schongau has a well-preserved old wall around the center.
Local history
The origin of Schongau ...
, Germany (1962)
*
Lucca, Italy (1962)
*
Princeton, United States (1986)
*
Győr,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
(1993)
*
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (1962)
*
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom (1978)
*
Eisenstadt
Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074.
In the Habsburg ...
, Austria (1983)
Replicas of historical buildings in Malaysia
Bukit Tinggi Resort Colmar Tropicale which is situated in
Bentong
Bentong (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ﺑﻨﺘﻮڠ), the seat of Bentong District, is a town located in western Pahang, Malaysia, at the border with the state of Selangor in the west and the state of Negeri Sembilan in the south.
Government
Benton ...
district, State of
Pahang,
Malaysia is a resort-theme historical village inspires from the original Colmar commune in France. Colmar Tropicale located 60 km north-east of
Kuala Lumpur.
North of it, a rebuild of
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg is in the Berjaya Hills, hosting an organic resort hotel.
In popular culture
Colmar's cityscape (and that of neighbouring
Riquewihr) served as inspiration for the design of the Japanese animated film ''
Howl's Moving Castle''. Scenes in the anime ''
Is the Order a Rabbit?'' are also based on this location.
See also
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List of mayors of Colmar
References
External links
Official website of the city of ColmarWine domain of the city of ColmarTourist office of ColmarColmar Music Festival
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Communes of Haut-Rhin
Décapole
Free imperial cities
Populated places established in the 9th century
Prefectures in France