Carolingian emperor Charles the Fat held an assembly there in It was a free imperial city under Emperor Frederick II in Since then, it had been a prize fought over by the French and Germans until finally becoming French in The old-town section is a locale favored by international tourists.
Canals of the river Lauch so crisscross the city that it is called "Little Venice. Buildings of pink and yellow Vosges sandstone and timber framing are everywhere. The century St. Martin Church is the largest church of Colmar. The Dominican Church, completed in , is no longer used as a church, and today it houses French engraver and painter Martin Schongauer's masterpiece, The Virgin of the Rose Bush La Vierge au buisson de roses.
Bartholdi is also responsible for the fountains of Amiral Bruat, Roeselmann, and Schwendi. The Unterlinden Museum is home to medieval, baroque, and Renaissance masterpieces. Bartholdi Museum is the birthplace of the great sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Since Colmar has been home to the Colmar Festival, an international summer festival of classical music. It is surrounded by extensive, charming countryside and the neighboring Vosges Mountains. Canals, mountains, the Middle Ages without wars and plagues , classical music, and the finest wines of Alsace await. Don't miss out. Image Courtesy of Flickr and Alexandre Prevot. The app turns your mobile device into a personal tour guide and its built-in GPS navigation functions guide you from one tour stop to next.
The app works offline, so no data plan is needed when traveling abroad. Only ten of his paintings and thirty-five drawings survived. The rest of his work was lost at sea while carried off by the Swedish army as booty. His masterpiece, the Isenheim Altarpiece of , was spared.
