Murbach

North-west of Guebwiller is the famous Romanesque Benedictine abbey of Murbach, which in the eighth and ninth centuries was the cultural center of Upper Alsace and one of its most powerful lordships. All that survives is the towers, transept and choir of the abbey church, which ranks with Marmoutier and Rosheim as one of the oldest and most important monuments of Romanesque architecture in Alsace.