Lauterbourg Travel Guide

 Kathrin_E Says:  The little protestant church is well hidden in a side lane. It looks a bit unusual and there is reason for that. The building originally served as powder magazine for the Vauban fortress. Itw as built in 1708. In 1887 the protestant community bought the building to turn it... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The catholic Church of the Holy Trinity is the centre and landmark of the town. It is located on a platform above the main square (Place de la République), from where you have the best view.The building still has some medieval (gothic) parts in the choir and the sacresty. It... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The town gate was built in the place of a medieval gate in 1708. It is part of the baroque fortifications in Vauban style. The outward side shows a relief with a sun in the triangular gable: the symbol of the Sun King Louis XIV, which is presented to every visitor who enters... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  ... or that's what it looks like. No idea if it has a name; this is my title for it.An imaginative artist has painted the facade of this small town house in a really weird way.The house is located next to Porte de Landau. The pink colour makes it impossible to miss. Fancy,... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The much smaller Jewish cemetery is surrounded by a high wall, and the gate is locked. But you can catch a glimpse through the wrought-iron gate. The cemetery was opened in the second half of the 19th century, the oldest tombstone present dates from 1877. Most tombstones are... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The two cemeteries of Lauterbourg, the Christian and the Jewish (see separate tip) are located next to each other outside the old town along Rue de la Chapelle. The Christian cemetey is the bigger one, and open in the daytime.The active part of the cemetery has a mix of... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The little chapel is the first historical building that you will spot on the way from the station into town. It was built in 1667 (date above the portal) after the plague hit the town. Only 200 inhabitants of Lauterbourg survived, and they donated the chapel here outside the... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The town hall of Lauterbourg is a baroque building in the main street, easy to find because of the flags in front of it. The beautiful sandstone portal shows the town crest and the date 1731.The ground floor hosts the tourist information office, which might be useful for... 

 Kathrin_E Says:  The tower and the adjacent ruin are remains of Lauterbourg's medieval fortification. The tower is nabed the "Butchers' Tower" because the butcher guild was in charge of this tower. To each guild a part of the fortification was assigned where their members had to stand guard... 

 robertbaum Says:  The main sight in Lauterbourg is this church. The existence of a parish church and its first certified mentioning is dating back to 1390. The actual chorus, which was vaulted, was finished by 1467, the date of its consecration by the bishop of Speyer, Matthias von Rammung... 

 robertbaum Says:  The Town hall, constructed in 1731 has a very nice Renaissance portal with a wrought-iron gate. This remarkable wroughtiron work depicts two vases of flowers around which blooms a sumptuous vegetation of acanthus leaves.Volutes and plant forms which ornament the door jamb,...