Cities / Colmar
France
Colmar: Alsace, four times a border, and the altarpiece that stayed.
Colmar looks German and votes French, and a historian explains why in two hours. The old town of the imperial free city, the Isenheim Altarpiece at Unterlinden, the house of Bartholdi who built the Statue of Liberty, and the four changes of nationality between 1871 and 1945.
The timeline the walk follows
Colmar answers only to the emperor; the merchant quarter grows.
Grünewald finishes the altarpiece now at Unterlinden.
The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty is a Colmar boy.
Annexed after the Franco Prussian war; French again in 1918.
The last German position in France falls in February.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Old town and Little Venice: the imperial free city
- The Isenheim Altarpiece and the Dominicans
- Bartholdi’s Colmar
- Alsace between France and Germany, 1871 to 1945
- Wine villages and the Route des Vins
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Colmar, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Colmar.
Is Unterlinden included?
The museum has its own ticket. The walk explains the altarpiece and the convent from outside; we can time the walk to end at the door.
Can we add a wine village?
Yes, with transport. A morning walk in Colmar and an afternoon in Eguisheim or Riquewihr with the same historian is a common request.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Colmar with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.