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Patrimoine & Culture
Molsheim
📍 Molsheim, Bas-Rhin
· 67120 Molsheim
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Molsheim: home of the Bugatti thoroughbred! That's how the town is defined, just twenty kilometers west of Strasbourg at the start of the Alsace Wine Route. But that's not the way to describe it!
In this former episcopal and university town, two rarities lie hidden behind the ancient ramparts: one of the only intramural monasteries of Carthusian monks, and the only example in Alsace of a Silbermann organ with 2 manuals and a full echo (4 octaves) inside the vast Jesuit church!
In the restored cells of the Chartreuse, there's the Bugatti Foundation, with its rooms dedicated to the history of the family and its factories. But let's be honest, the brand's vehicles are only visible in Molsheim one weekend a year, in September for the Bugatti Festival.
Molsheim lies on the northern part of the Alsace Wine Route. Its vineyards, once run in part by Carthusian monks, are the birthplace of the Grand Cru Bruderthal. You can find out more about the workings of the vines and the different Alsatian grape varieties on the wine trail overlooking the heights of the town. Or visit one of the wine cellars in the town center.
And don't miss the magnificent Jesuit church, one of the largest in Alsace, which took just 2? years to build. It houses the large cross of the Chartreuse de Molsheim and magnificent stucco decorations.
Activities: numerous hiking trails in the vineyards (Circuit de Bacchus), 3 cycle routes (Le vignoble d'Alsace, Offenbourg-Molsheim and Euroroute n°5 Via Romea), 100 km of cycle paths, 1 indoor and 1 outdoor swimming pool, playgrounds, kayak outings.... and many cultural events throughout the year (Cox Show, Molshémienne, Marathon du vignoble, Festival Bugatti, Fête du raisin, Noël d'antan).
The town can be reached by train, and the station is a meeting point for cycle paths and hiking trails.
In this former episcopal and university town, two rarities lie hidden behind the ancient ramparts: one of the only intramural monasteries of Carthusian monks, and the only example in Alsace of a Silbermann organ with 2 manuals and a full echo (4 octaves) inside the vast Jesuit church!
In the restored cells of the Chartreuse, there's the Bugatti Foundation, with its rooms dedicated to the history of the family and its factories. But let's be honest, the brand's vehicles are only visible in Molsheim one weekend a year, in September for the Bugatti Festival.
Molsheim lies on the northern part of the Alsace Wine Route. Its vineyards, once run in part by Carthusian monks, are the birthplace of the Grand Cru Bruderthal. You can find out more about the workings of the vines and the different Alsatian grape varieties on the wine trail overlooking the heights of the town. Or visit one of the wine cellars in the town center.
And don't miss the magnificent Jesuit church, one of the largest in Alsace, which took just 2? years to build. It houses the large cross of the Chartreuse de Molsheim and magnificent stucco decorations.
Activities: numerous hiking trails in the vineyards (Circuit de Bacchus), 3 cycle routes (Le vignoble d'Alsace, Offenbourg-Molsheim and Euroroute n°5 Via Romea), 100 km of cycle paths, 1 indoor and 1 outdoor swimming pool, playgrounds, kayak outings.... and many cultural events throughout the year (Cox Show, Molshémienne, Marathon du vignoble, Festival Bugatti, Fête du raisin, Noël d'antan).
The town can be reached by train, and the station is a meeting point for cycle paths and hiking trails.
