Ungersheim

Visit Ungersheim, Alsace

Ungersheim is a small town to the north of Mulhouse in the Haut-Rhin department of the Alsace region. The town is known for its ecomuseum and its biosphere.

Alsace Ecomuseum

The ecomuseum at Ungersheim is a very substantial development, in which an impressive number of houses have been carefully restored to recreate a village as it was before industrialisation.

The achievement is particularly effective because the houses, school, town hall and other buildings - 72 in total - were all in a state of ruin elsewhere and have been carefully taken down, brought to Ungersheim, and reconstructed and restored.

The largest ecomuseum in France, there are also accurate recreations of workshops, blacksmiths, farmlife, shops and life in the middle ages. Reenactments of life in Ungersheim and demonstrations of the work carried out in the village add extra colour and interest to a visit.

A great deal of attention has been paid to historical accuracy and details that make it a very interesting site to visit and explore.

Ungersheim Biosphere

The other big attraction is the Biosphere of Ungersheim, with a focus on the interraction between man and the environment...and dinosaurs!

The park starts with the world at the time of the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs, and looks at the importance of caring for the natural environment - all in an entertaining way, such as a '3D' film of the end of the dinosaur era.

Learning and education at the biosphere is carefully disguised as fun and games, so everyone will enjoy it - and learn something!

Tourist classifications for Ungersheim: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Suggested places to visit near Ungersheim, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Mulhouse 15km; Eguisheim 18km; Ottmarsheim 18km; Munster 22km; Colmar 23km; Neuf-Brisach 23km; Turckheim 23km; Altkirch 29km; Kaysersberg 29km; Riquewihr 32km; Hunawihr 34km; Ribeauville 35km; Bergheim 37km; Chateau du Haut-Koenigsbourg 41km; Kintzheim 42km; Belfort 43km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Ungersheim

Ungersheim tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Parc de la Marseillaise - remarkable garden (7km) : Soultzmatt - ville fleurie 4* (10km) : Sausheim - ville fleurie 4* (11km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse - remarkable garden (16km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach - remarkable garden (16km) : Thann - recommended detour (17km) : Parc de Wesserling - remarkable garden (23km) : Masevaux - ville fleurie 4* (26km) :

French version: see Ungersheim (Francais)