Soultz-Haut-Rhin

Visit Soultz-Haut-Rhin, Alsace

Soultz-Haut-Rhin is in the Haut-Rhin department of the Alsace region, a pleasant little town about 20km south of Colmar in the rolling vineyards and wooded hills at the edge of the Vosges region.

Dating from the 7th century, it has a different feel to many of the Alsace towns as not many of its houses are half-timbered: rather, the rich wine growers that developed the town prefered to build in stone.

Exploring Soultz-Haut-Rhin

The old town in Soultz-Haut-Rhin contains a good number of houses dating from the 16th to 18th centuries. Start your visit in the main square in the town, the Place de la Republique, which contains the Town Hall and a 16th century building where the tourist office is located with a two-storey oriel window.

Particular highlights in the town include:

- the Church of Saint-Maurice with its lovely sundial and belltower was built in the 13th-15th centuries and containing some notable frescoes and an organ by the renowned organ designer Silbermann

- Bucheneck castle, an attractive, well proportioned castle (more of a manor house than a castle) in gardens on the River Rimbach that now contains a small museum

- the attractive little Place Sainte-Claire.

- the Commanderie de Saint-Jean

- the half timbered houses in Rue des Sœurs

Local highlights

For reasons of tourism the local area is marketed as Guebwiller-Soultz and includes a wide range of outdoor activities, small architectural highlights, and scenic beauty. A couple of the most interesting buildings are the Collegiale at Lautenbach and the castle at Buhl.

The local Tourist office at Soultz-Haut-Rhin can provide details of numerous walks and cycle routes, nearby villages on the Route des Vins and ideas for exploring the Florival Valley and Vosges mountains.

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Tourist classifications for Soultz-Haut-Rhin: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;

Suggested places to visit near Soultz-Haut-Rhin, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Mulhouse 17km; Eguisheim 18km; Munster 19km; Turckheim 23km; Colmar 24km; Ottmarsheim 24km; Neuf-Brisach 27km; Kaysersberg 28km; Altkirch 29km; Riquewihr 31km; Hunawihr 33km; Ribeauville 35km; Bergheim 37km; Belfort 39km; Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg 41km; Kintzheim 43km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Soultz-Haut-Rhin

Soultz-Haut-Rhin tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Parc de la Marseillaise - remarkable garden (2km) : Soultzmatt - ville fleurie 4* (8km) : Thann - recommended detour (13km) : Sausheim - ville fleurie 4* (15km) : Parc de Wesserling - remarkable garden (17km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach - remarkable garden (19km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse - remarkable garden (19km) : Masevaux - ville fleurie 4* (22km) :

French version: see Soultz-Haut-Rhin (Francais)