List of monuments historiques in Riquewihr

The list of the Monument historique in Riquewihr shows all the Monuments historiques in the Alsatian town of Riquewihr .

List of structures

designation	description	Location	Labelling	Protection status	date	image
Courtyard of the Autrey Monastery	A house of the Autrey Monastery is said to have stood on this site as early as 1320 . The current building was built in 1510 and sold to the rich winemaker Melchior Strauss in 1579. He had the building rebuilt by the Milanese architect Anthoni Mutzat until 1581. The three-winged building forms an inner courtyard, which is protected by a wall with a round arched gate. In the inner courtyard there is a yoke well from 1587. In one of the corners there is a polygonal tower with a stone tracery parapet as the end of the building. Two coats of arms can be seen in the lintel of the tower portal, the year 1581 and the initials IF. These stand for Ioannes Fehr , a church attendant who rented the building here for a few years and then bought the building. On the two upper floors of the outer facade of the right wing of the building there is a rectangular bay window on brackets with half-timbering on the upper floor.	5 rue du Cheval ( location )	PA00085608	Classé	1994	more pictures
Bilstein Castle	The exact founding date of the castle is unknown; the castle was first mentioned in 1217. The keep and mantle wall were built at the beginning of the 13th century at the latest. At that time, the facility was owned by the von Horburg family. In 1324 the castle went to Count Ulrich III. of Württemberg. In the 16th century the castle was expanded and strengthened. During the Thirty Years War, imperial soldiers captured the castle in 1636 and razed it. As a result, the buildings fell into disrepair and were used as a quarry by the local population. The complex consisted of an upper castle with a keep and a lower castle with commercial and residential buildings, which were surrounded by a double curtain wall. Parts of the square keep are still preserved today from both of the upper castle's buildings, which were built from humpback ashlars. In the area of ​​the lower castle, remnants of the two ring walls can still be seen. The economic buildings have disappeared, only a wall of the hall has been preserved.	northwest of the city ( location )	PA00085599	Classé	1898	more pictures
Castle of the Counts of Württemberg-Mömpelgard	The renaissance palace was built in 1539/40 by Georg I von Württemberg-Mömpelgard . The counts rarely lived here, which is why the castle mainly served as the administrative seat. In 1861 the main building came into the possession of the city, which established a school. When the school moved out in 1970, a museum on the history of the post office in Alsace was established here. The rear facade is preceded by a polygonal stair tower. In the gable of the portal the coat of arms of the Counts of Württemberg-Mömpelgard. Staggered gables decorate the narrow sides of the three-story plastered building.	3 cour du Château ( location )	PA00085598	Classé	1900	more pictures
Reichenstein Castle	The castle was first mentioned in 1255. In 1269, the troops of Emperor Rudolf I destroyed the castle as a robber baron's nest. The castle was not renewed. In 1356 an earthquake destroyed other parts of the castle. Today only remnants of the five-sided, 15-meter-high keep are preserved.	northwest of the city ( location )	PA00085761	Inscrit	1990	more pictures
Court of the Bishops of Strasbourg	The tenth court of the bishops of Strasbourg existed before 1460. The current building complex was built in 1506. In 1585 a wealthy bourgeois bought the court and had it generously expanded until 1611. The main building is a three-storey plastered building that is connected via a gallery to a stone and half-timbered rear building. In the inner courtyard there is a round stair tower. The Renaissance portal in the tower is adorned with a gable field with the year 1597 and the initials MS (for Martin Schmidt) in a coat of arms. The facade is adorned here by a two-storey bay window.	15 cour de Strasbourg ( location )	PA00085600	Inscrit	1988	more pictures
Notre-Dame church	Notre-Dame was built in 1337 by Ulrich von Württemberg to store a miraculous image of Mary from Bilstein Castle. Until the Reformation the church was a place of pilgrimage, then the picture was destroyed. The church tower and choir were also destroyed during the French Revolution. The church, now profaned, is hardly recognizable as a house of God. A tracery window is still preserved on the west side of the three-aisled basilica . The central nave can still be recognized by three ogival arcades, the southern aisle was demolished, the northern aisle is still partially preserved. The window walls still show remains of painting.	16, 17 rue des Trois-Églises ( location )	PA00085601	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Well of meaning	The Sinnbrunnen was built in 1560. Its main purpose was to measure and clean barrels, vessels, boxes and tubs. In a round well basin stands a round column on which a lion with the coats of arms of those of Horburg and von Riquewihr is enthroned.	Rue du Général de Gaulle ( location )	PA00085602	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
City fortifications	Riquewihr was founded in the 8th century. In 10./11. In the 17th century the place passed from the Counts of Egisheim-Dabo to the Counts of Horburg. These surrounded the place in 1291 with a first fortress wall. Remnants of the wall and the 25-meter-high Dolder , a gate tower with a half-timbered bay on the city side, have been preserved from this period . In addition, the thief tower was preserved, a five-sided tower made of humpback blocks. Large parts of the northern city wall with the leaning houses and latrines from the 16th century have also been preserved. In 1615 a second was added to the south and west sides of the fortification wall and two bastions with cannons were placed in front. In addition, a round tower with three cannons was built on the northeast side.	( Location )	PA00085603	Classé Inscrit Inscrit Inscrit	1900 1986 1996 2000	more pictures
Chapel of St-Erard	St-Erard (St. Erhard) is the former chapel of the city's old hospital. It was built in the 14th century. After the Reformation the church was profaned. In 1539 a boys' school moved into the building. In 1930 the building was sold to the city, which uses it for their own purposes. The building leans against the old city wall and the former hospital as well as the Notre-Dame church. It no longer reminds much of its use as a church. Gothic door and window reveals have been preserved. Much was changed in the 16th century when it was used as a school in the Renaissance style. Remains of a wall painting depicting the Last Judgment are preserved from the 15th century.	14 rue des Trois-Églises ( location )	PA00085604	Inscrit Inscrit	1930 1987	more pictures
Cour de Berckheim	The house was built in 1523 for the knight Oswald Kruss and acquired in 1550 by the Baili Hans Hamann Truchsess von Rheinfelden. In 1628 the Counts of Mömpelgard-Württemberg bought the property, and Wilhelm von Berckheim finally acquired the building. It remained in the family's possession until 1827. The two-storey plastered eaves building was built in the Renaissance style. In front of the facade there is a polygonal stair tower with an entrance portal.	38 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085605	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Hotel de Ville	The town hall was built between 1808 and 1810 based on a design by Colmar entrepreneur Xavier Molly instead of an old city gate. The classicistic two-story plastered building has new window axes on the long sides and three on the narrow sides. The middle three are united in a central projectile with a triangular gable. There is a gate passage on the ground floor. In front of it is a portico with a sill . A toothed frieze completes the structure. A roof turret with a bell sits in the center of the hipped roof. Sandstone corner pilasters structure the building. On the back there is a central projectile with a cladding of sandstone strips on the ground floor.	2 place Voltaire ( location )	PA00085606	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Le Gratte-Ciel	The building called Le Gratte-Ciel (Skyscraper) was probably built in 1561. The gable, three-storey building has a stone ground floor and two half-timbered storeys that protrude above the slightly polygonal ground floor. The gable area was also built with half-timbering. A round column carries the upper floors at the front. A Renaissance portal with arched gable forms the entrance to the house. In the chamfered corner of the building there is a mighty arched gate on the ground floor.	14 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085618	Inscrit	1937	more pictures
Residential building	Dendrochronological investigations date the house to 1480. It is first mentioned in 1510. The date 1727 in a lintel suggests a renovation in that year. In the 19th century there was a bakery on the ground floor. The long, narrow corner house has a stone ground floor and two cantilevered upper floors in half-timbered construction. You enter the ground floor on the narrow side via a high flight of stairs.	1 rue des Trois-Églises ( location )	PA00085633	Inscrit	1984	more pictures
Residential building	The two-storey building is set back in an inner courtyard, which is protected on the street side by a wall with a gate. Wooden galleries sit in front of the side buildings. On the facade of the main house there is a stone canyon with an inscription (Psalm 121, 4) and Renaissance jewelry. The house was built in 1572 for Commander Hans Baltz.	10, 11, 12 rue Latérale ( location )	PA00085628	Inscrit	1997	more pictures
Residential building	The three-storey plastered building was built in 1581 for a winemaker. The corner building has a round arched gate with profiled walls. Corner blocks made of sandstone structure the building. In the facade there is a two-story bay window with heavily damaged sandstone figures in the window posts.	11 rue Saint-Nicolas ( location )	PA00085632	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	House number 13 on Rue du Général-de-Gaulle consists of two buildings. The left part of the building was built in 1565. The three-storey plastered building has a high ground floor with round arches. The top floor was built in half-timbered construction. The building on the right is also a three-storey building, although it is slightly higher than the neighboring building. It was built in 1496 and, according to the inscription in the bay window, changed in 1514. In 1709 it was increased by the married couple Hans Jacob Schultz and Maria Suzanna Binder, as shown by inscriptions and coats of arms in the bay window. The renaissance bay window rests on mighty consoles, still inspired by the Gothic style. The lower window parapet is plastered, the original with sandstone decorations.	13 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085617	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The date 1562 is emblazoned on the door to the wine press. At this time the house was built or significantly changed. In 1563 city documents it appears as the seat of the city butcher. The polygonal stair tower in the back yard was probably not built until the 19th century. In 1833 the building was split into two. The three-storey plastered eaves building with nine different window axes is kept simple on the facade. The back is dominated by wooden galleries from the 17th century.	13 rue Latérale ( location )	PA00085629	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The building, built in 1563 for the stonemason Friedrich Seybolt, leans against the city wall and the thief tower in the west. It actually consists of three buildings, the oldest of which probably served as a guardhouse. A parapet walk has also been preserved here. Two cantilevered storeys in half-timbered construction were built over a stone ground floor. On the ground floor there is the wine press as a mezzanine to the basement a storage. In the arched gate there is a chisel as a symbol of the stone cutters.	14 rue des Juifs ( location )	PA00085625	Inscrit	1981	more pictures
Residential building	The three-storey plastered building was built for Claus Flach in 1566, as indicated by the date and initials above the cellar door, entrance to the stair tower and above a window. It later came to be known as "To the Golden Button". The corner house still has the original windows from the time it was built. A bay window with sculptural consoles sits on the facade. There is a stair tower at the southeast corner. Above the entrance portal is a relief with an angel bearing the coat of arms and initials of Claus Fach. In the roof there is a dwelling that was used to lift firewood onto the attic. The paneled wooden ceiling has been preserved on the first floor. The gable end of the building forms the entrance to the former tithe courtyard of the bishops of Strasbourg.	16 rue de la Première-Armée ( location )	PA00085630	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The winegrower's house dates back to 1527 and was comprehensively renovated in 1683 by the married couple Felix Haussmann and Ursula Maria Baumeister, as an inscription in the portal shows. The building was built from stone on the ground floor, the upper floor in half-timbered construction. The northern part of the upper floor is supported by only one wall with a round arched gate, in the south the building is leaning against the city wall. The middle entrance of the house leads into a small laundry room, the southern one leads into a small hall with a staircase and bread oven. On the upper floor there is a bay window in the facade that is richly decorated with figural carvings.	18 rue de la Couronne ( location )	PA00085611	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The gable, two-storey building was built in 1595 for the cooper Hans Binder. The house was plastered in the 19th century. The figurative decorations on the post got lost. The stone ground floor is dominated by two mighty round arches and a round arched window. The two cantilevered upper floors were built in half-timbered construction.	18 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085615	Inscrit	1960	more pictures
Residential building	The three-storey plastered façade building was built in 1577 by the Milanese stonemason Anthoni Mutzat for Dominik auf der Bruck. During the Second World War, the building was badly damaged and then rebuilt in a modified form for the operation of a hotel-restaurant. The entrance on the ground floor still has a late Gothic keel arch. A mighty arch leads to the hotel's recessed entrance. On the two upper floors there is a slightly protruding rectangular bay window on consoles.	3 rue des Écuries ( location )	PA00085612	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	According to the inscription in the entrance doors, the building was built in 1609 for the city councilor and mayor Wolfgang Baldner. Coats of arms adorn the entrance portal. In the 19th century, the three-storey plastered building was combined with the northern building, but was separated again and modernized after the Second World War. The mezzanine floor is entered via a profiled arched portal. Mighty sandstone blocks sit on the corners of the building.	30 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085621	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The three-story house was built in 1600. In 1667 the nail smith Hans Brickler had it rebuilt. The building was changed in the 18th century and finally rebuilt in the 20th century with a shop facade on the ground floor. The gable-facing building has a typical appearance for the region and the period of construction with a stone ground floor and cantilevered upper floors in half-timbered construction. The figuratively carved posts on the corners of the building and the windows, which show a bearded blacksmith, are striking.	45 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085614	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building (Schoppenhof, Kegelannhof)	Today's house connects several buildings from different eras directly on the northern city wall. The original core of the house belonged to Conrad von Kaysersberg and was acquired by the Count of Württemberg in 1444. At the beginning of the 17th century it was owned by Andreas Staedelin, who added a stair tower in 1616 and rebuilt the main building in 1618 and added a wing to it. The right wing of the building was built in half-timbered construction. In 1645 it was acquired by Colmar's city master Hans-Heinrich Moog. In 1830 it came into the possession of the mayor Kaercher. In 1870 the building was rebuilt and expanded again. Two neighboring buildings were included.	4 rue Kilian ( location )	PA00085626	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The building was partially acquired by the married couple Jeremias Liechtenauer and Margaretha Schmidt in 1592 and finally in 1607 completely. In 1613 the house was rebuilt and received a stair tower. The painted ceiling, which was discovered during restoration work in 1985, also dates from this period. The three-story plastered building on the eaves has four regular window axes. The ground floor is now used as a shop. An arched passage leads into the back yard.	44 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085623	Classé Inscrit	1989 1989	more pictures
Residential building	The house originally consists of three buildings, which were built by Muntschi Deutsch in 1551. It consists of a gatehouse with a passage and a residential building, as well as another wing of the building. The living area is determined by large square windows on the mezzanine floor. On the second floor of the plastered building there is a bay window with remains of Renaissance motifs and a stepped console with the year 1551 and a coat of arms. The entrance portal is framed by narrow pilasters that carry an entablature with the year 1608.	6 rue Latérale ( location )	PA00085627	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The three-storey main house was built around 1604/05 for the cooper Hans Schmidt. The entrance is marked with the year 1604. The year 1605 can be found at the entrance to the stair tower, where stonemason's marks have also been preserved. The upper floors of the three buildings were built in half-timbered construction, wooden galleries surround the inner courtyard on this floor. A renaissance portal has been preserved at the entrance to the wine press.	6, 8 rue Saint-Nicolas ( location )	PA00085631	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Residential building	The house was built in 1672 for the winemaker Hans Ulrich Hugelin. The year and initials can be found on two windows and with a coat of arms on the door. The gable, three-storey building has a stone ground floor and two upper floors in half-timbered construction. The windows are decorated with carvings of grotesque figures and garlands of fruit.	7 rue des Cordiers ( Lage )	PA00085609	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Maison Dieffenbach	The Renaissance building was built from 1605 to 1607 by the architect Heinrich Schickhardt for Ambrosius Dieffenbach. The three-storey plastered building has a portal with a blown triangular gable and Renaissance jewelry. Sill cornices divide the building horizontally. At one corner of the building sits a rectangular bay window with masked heads.	12 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085616	Inscrit Inscrit Inscrit	1996 1996 1996	more pictures
Maison Dissler	The Renaissance building was built at the beginning of the 17th century by the architect Heinrich Schickhardt for the winegrower, city councilor and mayor Peter Müller. The gable-independent four-storey plastered building is structured by sill cornices. A striking volute gable decorates the house. In the facade of the two upper floors there is a rectangular bay window above a stepped console. Masks decorate the cornices, a triangular gable closes the bay window at the top.	6 rue de la Couronne ( location )	PA00085610	Inscrit Classé	1930 1964	more pictures
Maison à l'Étoile	The former house "Zum Stern" was built by the municipality in 1686 and sold in 1721. From 1890 the building was empty and deteriorated. It was not restored until 1928. The two-storey plastered eaves building with a hipped roof was made of stone on the ground floor, above it with half-timbering. Elaborate carvings adorn the posts and windows as well as the parapets. A round-arched passage leads to an inner courtyard, in which the vine guild had their drinking room.	42 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085622	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Maison Kiener	The house was built in 1574 by the master builder Conrad Ortlieb for his own needs. The three-storey plastered eaves building with sill cornices has a large arched gate, the keystone of which is cranked with a large rectangular cartridge. This has an edicle- like structure. In the central field with an inscription above the builder there is a smaller field with figurative representation and text on the dance of death . In the triangular gable there is a medallion with a bearded man.	2 rue du Cerf ( location )	PA00085607	Inscrit	1999	more pictures
Maison du Maire Eberlin	The farm was built in 1528 by the stonemasons Hans Schneider and Martin Hutter for the future mayor Georg Eberlin and expanded in 1597. The main building is a two-storey plastered façade building with sill cornices above a high basement. This is followed by another building at a right angle. a polygonal stair tower sits in the inner corner. The second building is made of stone on the ground floor, with a half-timbered floor above. A porch with a gate protrudes into the inner courtyard. The half-timbering was lined with red bricks, the gable area is clad with wood.	5 rue des Trois-Églises ( location )	PA00135159	Inscrit	1995	more pictures
Maison Méquillet	The winegrower's house was built in 1509 and expanded and changed several times. In the 16th century it belonged to the Lentz family and from 1614 to Mathias Roettlin, the tax officer of the Counts of Württemberg. From 1889 the property, which had grown into a stately building complex, belonged to the eponymous Méquillet family, who lived there until 1950. The building complex, which was mainly built in the 18th century, is grouped as a four-sided courtyard around an inner courtyard. In 1609 the mansion was extended by an east wing. Remains of wall paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries are visible on the outer wall. The buildings in the north were built in the 18th century. The entrance building in the southwest was rebuilt in the 19th century. The eastern parts of the building on the back of the north building date from the 16th century and were rebuilt in the 19th century. Today the house houses the archive of the local history researcher Ferdinand Zeyer.	6 rue des Écuries ( location )	PA00085613	Inscrit	1985	more pictures
Maison à l'Ours noir	The "Black Bear House" was built in 1545 instead of a previous building from 1378. The two-story, gable-free building has a stone ground floor and a cantilevered upper floor made of half-timbering. The gable was also built in half-timbered construction. There is a large arched gate on the ground floor. The upper floor has elaborately decorated window parapets. A figure representation sits in the truss corner post.	27 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085620	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Maison de la Sage-Femme	The building, built in 1625, was first the residence of the local evangelical midwife in the 18th century, and later the home of the church servant. The narrow, set back building has two entrances on the stone ground floor (above the date of construction on the right). The upper floors were built in half-timbered houses. in the 19th century a passage was created to the rear of the house that had been built against the city wall.	15 rue des Trois-Églises ( location )	PA00085634	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Maison Thalinger	The building, built in 1627 for the city locksmith, was sold to the city in 1727 and is now privately owned again. The eaves on the upper floors were constructed in half-timbered construction, the lower floor and the gable wall in stone construction. The chimney, which sits on two consoles on the house wall, is striking.	62 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085624	Inscrit	1946	more pictures
Nid de Cigognes	The building called the “Stork's Nest” was built or rebuilt in 1535 for Wilhelm Bart. In 1662 the house was rebuilt. During this time, several parts of the building were built, including the stairs and the front building. In 1853 the plastered building was rebuilt and a bay window was torn down. Today there is a museum for the graphic artist and draftsman Jean-Jacques Waltz . There is an inner courtyard with a fountain from 1603 between the front building and the main building with wooden galleries on twisted supports on the facade.	16 rue du Général-de-Gaulle ( location )	PA00085619	Inscrit	1930	more pictures
Judenbrunnen	The gallows well was built in 1557 from red sandstone. His gallows sits in the niche of a house wall.	14 rue Latérale ( location )	PA00085635	Inscrit	1930	more pictures

List of objects

designation	description	Location	Labelling	Protection status	date	image
Mural Last Judgment	around 1500	in the St-Erard chapel ( Lage )	PM68000314	Classé	1982
organ	Ensemble of PM68000313 and PM68000312	in the Protestant church of Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68000930	Classé Classé	1976 1973	more pictures
Organ prospectus	Built between 1781 and 1783 by Christian Langes	in the Protestant church of Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68000313	Classé	1976	more pictures
Instrumental part of the organ	1851-1853 of Stiehr-Mockers built	in the Protestant church of Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68000312	Classé	1973	more pictures
organ	Main entry for PM68000315	in the catholic church Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68000931	Classé	1986	more pictures
Instrumental part of the organ	Built by Stiehr-Mockers in 1853	in the catholic church Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68000315	Classé	1986	more pictures
Painting death of St. Alexius	Oil paint on canvas, around 1700	in the catholic rectory ( location )	PM68001530	Inscrit	1995
Votive picture	Oil paint on canvas, 1810	in the catholic rectory ( location )	PM68001531	Inscrit	1995
Fire bell	Bronze, cast in 1523	in the Protestant church of Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68001629	Inscrit	1996
Painting Saint Margaretha	Oil paint on canvas, gilded wooden frame, 1748	in the catholic church Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68001157	Inscrit	1989
Bell Saint Margaretha	Bronze, cast in 1722	in the Protestant church of Ste-Marguerite ( Lage )	PM68001628	Inscrit	1995

literature

• Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1976, pp. 206–208.
• Dominique Toursel-Harster, Jean-Pierre Beck, Guy Bronner: Dictionnaire des Monuments historiques d'Alsace . La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 1995, pp. 340-352.
• Jean-Luc Flohic, Muriel Vandeventer (ed.): Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin (= Le patrimoine des communes de France , vol. 68). Flohic Editions, 2 volumes, Charenton-le-Pont 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 .

Web links

Commons : Monuments historiques in Riquewihr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (buildings) in Riquewihr in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Monuments historiques (objects) in Riquewihr in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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