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Prior to World War II, Ammerschwihr was like a village out of a fairy tale complete with fortifications, towers, grain market, gabled houses and cool wine cellars where empty barrels silently awaited the wine to be made from grapes ripening on nearby hillsides.
A town so rich that it belonged to three sovereigns - the emperor, the lord of Ribeaupierre and the lord of Hohlandsberg. And so it was that back then Ammerschwihr had three provosts, three gates and three towers!
Then in 1944 tragedy struck.
The storybook village was turned into a field of smoldering ruins during the Battle of Colmar. Ammerschwihr arose from this desolation and little by little a new town was rebuilt upon the vestiges of the old.
The war, with all its suffering, spared one thing: the cool wine cellars where empty barrels silently awaited the wine to be made from grapes ripening on nearby hillsides, for Ammerschwihr has remained one of the foremost wine-producing towns in Alsace.
Hotels in Colmar
3 star hotel in Colmar: Hotel Le Colombier
Le Colombier is in a beautifully restored Renaissance house combining the Charm of the original interior with the highest degree of modern convenience and where hospitality rhymes with sincerity. The hotel is located in the heart of the Petite Venise.
Hotels aux environs de Colmar
Hotel 3 étoiles à Bergheim: La Cour du Bailli
On the Alsace Wine Route, at 3kms from Ribeauvillé, 15 kms Colmar, 50kms Strasbourg, La Cour du Bailli is a charming hotel in the middle of the wine road in Alsace.
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