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Colmar Gate

Colmar Gate

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Colmar Gate

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Location: Neubreisach, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Alsace, France

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1. Sculptures in the moat – Festungsgraben Neuf-Brisach loop from Neuf-Brisach

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2. St. Stephen's Cathedral, Breisach – Sculptures in the moat loop from Breisach am Rhein

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3. Sculptures in the moat – Colmar Gate loop from Wolfgantzen

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Kristian

August 21, 2025

Neuf Brisach has four city gates, each at a 90-degree angle to each other. Only two of the old city gates survived: the Belfort Gate and the Colmar Gate. This gate changed its function several times. Initially, it served as a bakery and kitchen for the army. Later, the Germans converted it into a police station and prison. The upper floor also served as a casino for the German garrison.

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Scout Jens

June 27, 2023

One of the four gates of the fortress town of Neuf-Brisach:
The heavily fortified Breisach and neighboring Alsace were annexed by France in the 17th century. Because of the Treaty of Rijswijk, which ended the War of the Palatinate Succession, Breisach had to be returned to Austria in 1697. King Louis XIV therefore had a fortress built on the Alsatian side of the Rhine: Neuf-Brisach (1699 to 1708). The fortress builder was Sébastien Le Prestre Vauban. Neuf-Brisach was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site as the most modern fortress town of the 17th century and a masterpiece of military architecture.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieden_von_Rijswijk
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuf-Brisach

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pfälzer

August 2, 2019

Great starting point with parking

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Location: Neubreisach, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Alsace, France

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1. Sculptures in the moat – Festungsgraben Neuf-Brisach loop from Neuf-Brisach

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