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Andlau - a magnificent landscape

Topic	Sciences and discovery
Departure	BARR (67)
Details	Set up among vineyards and forests, the city of Andlau is located in a magnificent landscape. Andlau has grown around the princely Abbey founded in 880 by Richarde, the wife of Carolingian Charles le Gros.

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Touring the wine producing and gastronomic village

Visit the wine producing and gastronomic village, a mecca for the 'Grands Crus d'Alsace' such as Kastelberg, Wiebelsberg and Moenchberg.

Andlau has a remarkable architectural heritage with:

Sainte-Richarde Abbey
Chateau de Spesbourg
Chateau du Haut-Andlau
Numerous half-timbered houses and stone houses dating from Renaissance

Also, Romanesque sculpture is a major art here.

Accommodation nearby

Hostellerie Abbaye de la Pommeraie

Selestat
03 88 92 07 84

hotel-restaurant-au-parc-des-cigognes kintzheim

Hôtel Restaurant au Parc des Cigognes

Kintzheim
03 88 92 05 94

Discover the Baumgarten Abbey vestiges

Take a look at the landscape and imagine how the abbey looked back in the 12th century. the 'Chapel of the 14 saints Intercesseurs' located right beside it, in Baumgarten, is dating from 1530. It was destroyed in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 18th century.

Accommodation nearby

Les Hortensias

Barr
03 88 58 56 00

Hôtel Sud-Hôtel

Huttenheim
03 88 74 30 65

Hostellerie Abbaye de la Pommeraie

Selestat
03 88 92 07 84

Hôtel Restaurant au Parc des Cigognes

Kintzheim
03 88 92 05 94

Hotel of the sires of Andlau

The large old house was built in 1573 by Frederic d'Andlau and has a number of th en fashionable features to it with a remarkable roof, stair cases and doors.