Soufflenheim Travel Guide

 robertbaum Says:  On top of the Oelberg, the hill where the old church stood until 1820 is a small green area today with a memorial that depicts the Last Supper. The work of art is exhibited in a sectional church-like building (possibly a reminiscence to the old church that stood on the... 

 robertbaum Says:  The Oelberg is a small hill in the vicinity of the parish church. Actually on top of this fortified hill stood the old parish church until its destruction in 1820. The area was used as the cemetary as well.Today it is a small green area with a memorial that depicts the Last... 

 robertbaum Says:  At the foot of the church hill and at the corner of the street is the tourist information.Here you can take a city map and other useful brochures.Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9am - 12am and 2pm - 5:30pmBeside the tourist information is a public toilet. 

 robertbaum Says:  These two houses are marvellous.Actually they are two renovated timber frame houses but decorated with plenty of tiny lovely or kitsch details depending on your attitude for them.Just to mention a couple of them:- many pottered items like plates, hearts, house number, a cat... 

 robertbaum Says:  The timber frame house at the street is a lovely shop as can hardly found a second one. Beside the entrance on the outside wall the whole family dynasty of potters can be read on a large blue pottery heart starting in the 18th century.Inside you have to see the two glazed... 

 robertbaum Says:  The tableware by the artist Emmanuel Keil was inspired by the colours of the Provence. You can hardly find more colourful pottery.Apart from that you can also find all kinds of different pottery ware for the garden and depicting animals. You don't like bowls or plates, but... 

 robertbaum Says:  This shop is small and offers the traditional Alsatian pottery tableware but with some surprising design. 

 robertbaum Says:  This pottery is much more than a manufacturer for plain tableware which of course can be seen in the store as well. A small exhibitions of tiled stoves shows another range of traditional and still useful pottery ware.If you like what you see you can order a new tiled stove. 

 robertbaum Says:  Also this pottery is exhibiting plenty of small items on the street facade of the house. The house itself is more colourful and pictoresque than the pottery inside and a proof of how important advertising is. 

 robertbaum Says:  With this pottery I start the round trip to potteries that are not within the first three recommended but are nevertheless worthwhile to visit for different reasons.Here it is definitely the house of the pottery itself. The owner has thought of the walls as big advertising... 

 robertbaum Says:  On your trip through the Alsace you have certainly encountered HANSi. With this pseudonym the Alsatian artist Jean-Jacques Waltz (1873-1951) became well known. His illustrations can be found in almost all shops in Alsace, as post cards, books and printed on table ware and... 

 robertbaum Says:  This pottery resides very central and easy to see at the crossing of two main roads.The style is traditional but very vivid, lines and dots that form flowers, plants and singing birds. The colours are bright and vivid.The range of products is huge and if you are looking for... 

 robertbaum Says:  This pottery was the first I went in and it is the most novel in Soufflenheim. The style is modern and fresh, myriads of flowers cut into the clay and painted in bright colours, very much in contrast to most of the other potteries in town that stick to the traditional...