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Trekki Says: Wissembourg is a tiny village of northern L'Alsace, in the department of Bas-Rhin (lower Rhine = Rhein). River Lauter (one of Rhine's west inflowing rivers) is traversing, which makes it even more picturesque for me - a kind of small Venice atmosphere (I like small creeks or...
travelfrosch Says: The Quartier du Bruch, or S'Bruch, is an area of town featuring a very romantic canal. Stroll around, enjoy the scenery and architecture, and hug your partner. Unfortunately for me, my wife was thousands of miles away, so the area made me feel more lonely than romantic....
travelfrosch Says: An enjoyable activity is to walk around the town walls. Start your stroll near the fortifications, or "Grabenloch," then just keep wandering. The path intersects streets at times, but it's pretty easy to follow the walls around. The most enjoyable area to view is along the...
travelfrosch Says: Near the center of town is L’Eglise Sts-Pierre-et-Paul, or The Church of Saints Peter and Paul. While modest in size, the interior is truly magnificent. Unfortunately, it is very dark inside and flash photography is not allowed, so the photos I took might not do it...
One of the Oldest Known Stained Glass Pictures
Kathrin_E Says: A tiny picture but of great significance in the world of art history: The little round stained glass piece with the face of Christ was created around 1060/65 and is one of the oldest known stained glass paintings. It was discovered in the abbey church.The original has been...
Eglise de Saint-Jean - Church of St John
Kathrin_E Says: The Church of St John Baptist used to be the parish church of Weißenburg while the abbey church served for the monastery alone. In 1536 the reformation according to the Strasbourg reformater Martin Bucer was introduced. The church stayed protestant until 1684. Due to the...
Kathrin_E Says: The little chapel off the cloister is the oldest part of the abbey that still exists – it may well be the oldest building in the whole town. The architecture is early Romanesque. The chapel was consecrated in 1033 and dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul, the patron...
Restaurant à l'Espérance: Flammküchele - delicious
Trekki Says: If you travel around anywhere in L'Alsace, it is a MUST (I mean a M U S T) to at least once eat the local speciality Flammkueche or Tarte Flambée, which is a very thin, very crispy bread, covered with bacon, onions and crème frâiche, then baked in an oven. It is served on a...
Restaurant à L'Espérance: Classic Tartes Flambées
travelfrosch Says: I was fortunate enough to ask Ingrid where to eat in Wissembourg. She recommended this place. Good choice.This "Restaurant of Hope," right next to the St. Peter and Paul Church, most definitely has a reputation for very good food. When I visited on a Sunday afternoon, most...
travelfrosch Says: Gare de Wissembourg (Wissembourg train station) receives local trains from Strassbourg, France and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany. The trains from Germany arrive and depart roughly every hour, while the trains to Strassbourg are more sporadic. If you are coming from...
Train Station – Connections from Germany
Kathrin_E Says: Wissembourg is the border station between Germany and France. To the French side, a local train route connects it with Strasbourg. German trains arrive and depart here, too. They run along the Palatinate via Landau to Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The trains have immediate...
Specialty shop or supermarket: Fine Wine and Cheese
Aunt_Bertha Says: Even though you can find good wine and cheese where I live, I discovered that there's a much larger selection of French fine wine and delicious cheese in Wissembourg. So we often combine a sight-seeing and shopping trip to Wissembourg. French wines (red, white and rosé from...
Marché de Noël - Christmas Market
Kathrin_E Says: The Christmas market of Wissembourg is open on the four Advent weekends, Sat and Sun 11:00-19:00. It is located next to the abbey church. The market is not big but worth a visit, especially for foodies.The merchants are mostly local producers offering their Alsatian...
Kathrin_E Says: Most pâtisséries sell Kougelhopf, cakes from yeast dough baked in a round mould with a hole in the middle, a very typical shape. The Kougelhopf (in German: "Gugelhupf") is a traditional Alsatian cake with raisins and almonds. They have it in different sizes, I also saw (and...
Trekki Says: Well, for me, this would be more of a thing-to-do-thing, but..... who am I to set the standards here :-)If you are in Wissembourg or close by, and if you like old fortresses, make sure, you go and visit Chateau Fleckenstein, which was one of the most important fortress among...
Betschdorf - famous pottery village
Trekki Says: If you are visiting Wissembourg or somewhere in the northern L'Alsace, and if you are interested in pottery, make sure, you pass by in Betschdorf, a tiny village, 20 km southeast of Wissembourg. In Betschdorf, potters are manufacturing since 1717, and still do it in the...
Kathrin_E Says: The southern end, or beginning, of the German Wine Road (one of the first "tourist routes") originally led through this monstrous gate. In the meantime a new road has been built around it and the gate passage has been closed to traffic, so visitors can walk around unharmed....
Napoleon Fountain in Schweigen
Kathrin_E Says: Under Napoleon, France occupied the entire left bank of the Rhine, so Schweigen became French. The Napoleon Fountain tells of those times. It was originally located right on the border line between Alsace and Palatine. The village community of Schweigen erected it, as the...
Schweigen, the Neighbouring German Wine Village
Kathrin_E Says: Schweigen, Wissembourg's next-door neighbour beyond the border, belongs to the wine region of Pfalz (Palatine). If you want to try Palatinate wines, there are several wineries with restaurants and taverns where they serve their own wines with local food. The village is quite...
Walk the Vineyards to Schweigen
Kathrin_E Says: Schweigen is Wissembourg's northern neighbour, only 2 kms away but beyond the border in Germany. The little wine village is the southernmost place along the German Wine Road. Getting there is an easy hike through the vineyards. There are several paths, the shortest being...
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Alsace was a borderland for religion as well as cultures. The Protestant Reformation took hold here as early as 1520. One of the early figures of the...
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Wissembourg - lovely gem of L'Alsace
Wissembourg is a small village, situated in the very north of L'Alsace, where the French-German border runs east-west. It is very tiny, but has a beautiful old center with lots of half-timbered...
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