Personalized Star Map of Colmar
48.0794°N, 7.3558°E
In the heart of Alsace, Colmar unveils an enchanting sky above its half-timbered houses and the canals of Little Venice. Gift a star map of this Alsatian jewel — a present as magical as the Christmas market lights reflecting in the calm waters of the Lauch.
Famous Landmarks
Little Venice
48.0794°N, 7.3558°E
Little Venice is Colmar's most picturesque quarter, crossed by the canals of the Lauch river and lined with colorful half-timbered houses dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Fishermen and market gardeners once moored their flat-bottomed boats here, and today boat rides allow visitors to discover this fairy-tale setting. It is the most iconic image of romantic Alsace.
House of Heads
48.0794°N, 7.3558°E
The House of Heads, built in 1609 for merchant Anton Burger, owes its name to the 106 sculpted heads and masks adorning its Renaissance facade. This architectural masterpiece features a richly decorated three-story oriel window and a gable crowned by a statue of an Alsatian cooper, a work by Bartholdi. Listed as a historic monument, it now houses a five-star hotel.
Unterlinden Museum
48.0794°N, 7.3558°E
The Unterlinden Museum, housed in a former 13th-century Dominican convent, is Alsace's most visited museum with over 200,000 visitors per year. Its absolute treasure is the Isenheim Altarpiece, a masterpiece by Matthias Grünewald painted between 1512 and 1516, considered one of the greatest works of Western art. The contemporary extension by Herzog & de Meuron, inaugurated in 2015, dialogues harmoniously with the medieval cloister.
Why gift a star map of Colmar?
Gifting a star map of Colmar means wrapping a memory in the magic of the most Alsatian of cities. Whether it was a Christmas market glowing with a thousand lights, a boat ride along the Little Venice canals, or a glass of Gewürztraminer at dusk in the Tanners' Quarter, every Colmar moment deserves its firmament. A gift as warm as Christmas in Alsace.
The sky of Colmar
Sitting at 48.1° north latitude in the Alsace plain, Colmar is one of France's driest cities thanks to the Vosges foehn effect, offering a high number of clear nights ideal for stargazing. The Vosges foothills, just a few kilometers away, provide observation sites far from light pollution. The Champ du Feu observatory, at 1,100 meters altitude in the Vosges, is Alsace's premier amateur astronomy site.