Colmar - Guard House

(Local Name: Ancien Corps de Garde) In Colmar, opposite St-Martin, to the southwest, is the former Guard-House (Ancien Corps de Garde, 1575), with an oriel window from which the decisions of the town council used to be announced. To the left of this building is the Gothic Maison Adolph (14th century), the town's oldest surviving private house.

At the corner of the picturesque rue Mercière and rue des Marchands is the Maison Pfister (1537), one of the finest old houses in Colmar, with wooden galleries.

Also in Rue des Marchands is the Bartholdi Museum, with mementos of the famous sculptor (1834-1904), who was born here.