Canton Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Area 24.82 km² | Intercommunality Vallée de Kaysersberg Local time Saturday 11:50 AM | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 51% Humidity Points of interest Château de Kaysersberg, Musée Albert Schweitzer, Haas Bernard, Stoll François (GAEC), Salzmann‑Thomann | ||
Kaysersberg (German: Kaisersberg ) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.
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Map of 68240 Kaysersberg, France
The inhabitants are called Kaysersbergeois. The name means Emperor's Mountain in German.
The high fortress that dominates the city serves as a reminder of both its strategic importance and its warlike past. Together with the rest of Alsace-Lorraine, Kaysersberg was part of Germany during the period between the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.
Kaysersberg is one of the finest wine growing areas in Alsace. The first vines were brought here in the 16th century from Hungary, and wine production is still an important aspect of the town's economy today. Wine produced from the Pinot gris variety is a local specialty.
Geography
Kaysersberg lies north-west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.
Notable people
Kaisersberg was the birthplace of Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician.