Guided walking tour through the city, on the theme of Renaissance architecture

Name: Guided walking tour through the city, on the theme of Renaissance architecture
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre historique d'Ensisheim

Discovery of an ancient free imperial city and its architecture during a guided tour.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Departure at the fountain near the Regency Palace.

©Ralph Hamann 2015

Discovery of an ancient free imperial city and its architecture during a guided tour.

The history of the town of Ensisheim is deeply linked to the family of the dukes of Burgundy and the Habsburg dynasty.
From Catherine of Burgundy to Louis XV, Ensisheim keeps within its walls traces of its rich history.
Discover the history of the city with a guided tour.

About the location

Centre historique d'Ensisheim

Place de l’Église, 68190 Ensisheim

Haut-Rhin
Grand Est

From the Neolithic to the Carolingian Empire, archaeological and archival evidence attests to the occupation of the Ensisheim site. It was in the 13th century that the city acquired its power thanks to the Habsburg family. Surrounded by an enclosure, it became, under Rodolphe I of Habsburg, at the head of the Germanic Empire, the administrative center of all the neighboring territories. In the sixteenth century, this role is affirmed, Ferdinand 1st of Habsburg orders the construction to Ensisheim of a palace intended to accommodate the government of the Chamber. Construction of the Regency Palace began in 1535\. All the administration of the Austrian possessions on the Upper Rhine is managed within this palace. Ensisheim obtained the title of Imperial Free City.