Bergheim

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Torsade de PointesBergheim Porte HautePublic domain
Olivier LévySynagogue de Bergheim CC BY 2.5
Martin ZeillerTopographia Alsatiae, &c. CompletaPublic domain
Torsade de PointesBergheim AltenbergPublic domain
Torsade de PointesBergheim Grand'RuePublic domain
Ralph HammannBergheim NotreDame06 CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph HammannBergheim NotreDame36 CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph HammannBergheim PorteHaute 03 CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph HammannBergheim Remparts 01 CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph HammannBergheim Remparts 02 CC BY-SA 4.0
Palauenc05Bergheim fountain CC BY-SA 4.0
Ralph HammannBergheim rEglise 5a CC BY-SA 4.0

A double medieval wall still runs almost unbroken around Bergheim, and most of the town lives inside it, in a rounded rectangle roughly 300 by 500 metres. It lies among vineyards on the Alsace Wine Route, at the foot of the Vosges. Wars and plague emptied it in the 17th and 18th centuries, and newcomers from Switzerland, Germany and further east repopulated it.

Highlights

A walk around the double medieval ramparts and their surviving towers
The late-medieval church inside the walls
Alsace wines from the vineyards that surround the town (FR)
Voted the French public's favourite village in 2022

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Bergheim, Bergheim, Haut-Rhin, Bergheim (Francia)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,069

Things to see

Synagogue of Bergheim (FR)
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Cour des Dîmes (FR)
Fontaine de Bergheim (FR)
Hôtel de ville de Bergheim, Haut-Rhin (FR)
Kanzlerberg (FR)
Maison au 2, rue du Haut-Kœnigsbourg à Bergheim (FR)
Maison au 31, rue des Vignerons à Bergheim (FR)

Specialities of Grand Est

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Lulu DurandTarte flambée alsacienne 514471722 CC BY 2.0
Tarte flambéeDishThin dough with crème fraîche, fromage blanc, bacon and onions
Arnaud 25Choucroute d'Alsace 004 CC BY-SA 4.0
Alsace sauerkrautDishFermented cabbage served with pork and sausages
Pierre-Yves BeaudouinMunster 01 CC BY-SA 4.0
MunsterCheeseProtected washed-rind cheese of the Vosges
Claude Humbert54. Quiche lorraine CC BY-SA 4.0
Quiche lorraineDishEgg, cream and smoked bacon; the traditional recipe has nothing else
Stanislas PERRINKoogan 2002-08-14-160359Public domain
Lorraine mirabelle (FR)Local produceEmblematic yellow plum, used in tarts and eau-de-vie
bgvjpeGlass of champagne CC BY 2.0
ChampagneWineSparkling wine of the Marne, also used in sauces