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Maison des Têtes (House of Heads)

Maison des Têtes (House of Heads)

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Maison des Têtes (House of Heads)

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Location: Kolmar, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Alsace, France

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Paul

March 26, 2024

THE HEAD HOUSE, Colmar
The bourgeois house was built in 1609 in the Rhenish Renaissance style and owes its name to the unusual decoration of 105 grotesque masks. A magnificent two-storey bay window with a balcony above adorns the façade, which is irregularly punctuated by windows with carved pillars. At the very top of the curved gable stands a bronze Alsatian cooper, created by Auguste Bartholdi. It is a reminder that the house was once used as a wine exchange.
Text / Source: Tourist Office of Colmar and its region, Place Unterlinden, 68000 COLMAR - FRANCE
tourisme-colmar.com/en/discover

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Kristian

September 8, 2025

Built in 1609 by order of the merchant Anton Burger, the House of Heads is attributed to the architect Albert Schmidt, who also designed the old Protestant rectory and the house named after the knight Saint John. A beautiful German Renaissance building, the House of Heads takes its name from the 106 heads or grotesque masks that adorn its rich façade, topped by a three-story bay window. The building's gable, decorated with scrolls, is adorned with the statue of a cooper (1902). It is the work of Auguste Bartholdi, who fulfilled a commission for the wine exchange held in this building in 1898.

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JR on Tour

May 27, 2024

Historic house, which has countless heads on the facade, some of which are distorted into grimaces... in the courtyard there is a nice restaurant

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