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 Region' information:
Alsace is one of the 22 regions of France, located on the eastern border of France, on the west bank of the Upper Rhine, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. Its capital and largest city is Strasbourg. Alsace, previously a part of the Holy Roman Empire, changed hands between France and Germany several times between the 17th and 20th century.
Although it was a German dialect-speaking region until the middle of the 20th century, all Alsatians today speak French. About 25% of the local population is fluent in the Alsatian language (as a mother tongue) or German (as a second language).
Having been early and always densely populated, Alsace is famous for its high number of picturesque villages, churches and castles and for the various beauties of its three main towns, in spite of severe destructions suffered throughout five centuries of wars between France and Germany.
Alsace is furthermore famous for its vineyards (especially along the Route du vin from Marlenheim to Colmar) and the Vosges mountains with their thick and green forests and picturesque lakes.
* Old towns of Strasbourg, Colmar, Sélestat, Guebwiller, Saverne, Obernai
* Smaller cities and villages : Molsheim, Rosheim, Riquewihr, Ribeauvillé, Kaysersberg, Wissembourg, Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, Marmoutier, Rouffach, Soultz-Haut-Rhin, Hunspach, Seebach
* Churches (as main sights in otherwise less remarkable places) : Thann, Andlau, Murbach, Ebersmunster, Niederhaslach, Sigolsheim, Lautenbach, Epfig, Altorf, Ottmarsheim, Domfessel, and the fortified church at Hunawihr
* Château (castle) Haut-Kœnigsbourg
* Other castles : Ortenbourg, Hohlandsbourg, Fleckenstein, Haut-Barr (above Saverne), Saint-Ulrich (above Ribeauvillé), Lichtenberg, Wangenbourg, Castles of Eguisheim, Pflixbourg, Wasigenstein, Château d'Andlau, Grand Geroldseck, Ramstein, Wasenbourg
* Ungersheim open air museum
* Christmas markets in Kaysersberg, Strasbourg, Mulhouse and Colmar
* Departmental Centre of the History of Families (CDHF) in Guebwiller
* Struthof concentration camp
* The Maginot Line: Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
* Mount Ste Odile
* Alsace Wine Route
* The Struthof, the only deportation camp on the French territory during WWII
* Famous mountains: Massif du Donon, Grand Ballon, Petit Ballon, Ballon d'Alsace, Hohneck, Hartmanswillerkopf
* National parks : Parc naturel des Vosges du Nord
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Bas-Rhin
Haut-Koenigsbourg castle |
Haut-Rhin
Saint-Hippolyte |
Haut-Rhin
Saint-Hippolyte |
Haut-Rhin
Saint-Hippolyte |
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