Grand Cru : [ Kirchberg de Barr ]
History
Barr is said to have been an old imperial seigniory.
The devil would have destroyed its castle in 1295.
The castle was captured by the " Armagnac " in 1444.
During the religious wars, in 1592 the castle was dismantled and Barr partially burned-out.
In 1678, the troops of Louis XIV totally destroyed the city.
In 1944, Barr suffered from the very violent fightings between the Germans and the American forces.
Sightseeing
Existence of Neolithic vestiges in the valley Saint Ulrich.
Many architectural vestiges justify a visit and even a stay in Barr, to be able to appreciate its rich inheritance.
On Town Hall square, the building of the Town Hall dating from the 17th century with its richly decorated frontages, its roofs and its loggia, a double staircase and wooden galleries.
Many houses of Renaissance style.
A house with oriel window of the 18th century.
Some fountains and old half-timbered houses.
The " Folie Marco's ", an ancient hotel with its frontages and roofs, its interior staircase and its pavilions of angle of style Louis XV, now a museum of Alsatian middle class furniture from the 17th to the 19th century, from Renaissance to Empire and Restoration style.
The catholic Saint Martin's church of the 19th century, former barracks.
The Protestant church with its Roman bell-tower of the 12th century, elevated in the 15th century and its nave of the 19th century.
3 monuments.
In the forest, the ruins of the Sainte Anne's vault.
Miscellaneous informations
Altitude 200 m. 4840 inhabitants. Flower decked village* 2003.
Summer healthresort, wine-producing capital of the department of the Bas-Rhin or Lower - Rhine, situated at feet of the Vosges.
Surrounded with forests, in the valley of the river Kirneck, this picturesque village invites you to stroll.
Moreover, the picturesque accesses to the village, allow you to discover easily this beautiful region.
Marked out pedestrian paths. Passage of the GR5 path.
Cliffs with cups, which pass to be former standing stones.
Former quarries.
Sulphurous and ferrous sources.
Spruces, oaks, beeches.
Vineyard: Route des Vins d'Alsace, Grand Cru wines :
" Kirchberg de Barr ", cooperative cellar.
Gastronomic specialities, notably locally produced snails.
Fishing, hunting.
Tanneries.
Flowery city.
Market every Saturday.
May fair on the 1st Saturday of May.
Local fair preceding Sunday and following Sunday of July 14th , Bastille day.
Wine Fair on July 15th .
The 1st Sunday of October celebration of the grape harvests.
Fair of Saint Martin's on the Saturday following November 11th.
Campsite, rural lodgings, youth hostel, youth centre.
Antique dealers, rural craft.
Associations : ecological, history and archaeology.
Section of the Club Vosgien.
- Museum of the " Folly Marco
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