ClasséTown walls · protected 1900Enceinte fortifiéePart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Puits à six seaux · Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.011historic monuments
History of Bœrsch · Monuments historiques
11 historic monuments, 3 classé
The oldest monuments in Bœrsch date from the 12th century. Bœrsch has 45 monuments for every 10,000 residents; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 10 of Bœrsch’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
11
45 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
7
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
15%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Bœrsch in 10 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
MaisonClassé
Enceinte fortifiéeClassé
Domaine de la LeonardsauLevel not given
Chapelle avec Mont des OliviersInscrit
Ancienne maison du Commandeur de l'Ordre teutoniqueInscrit+5See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where Bœrsch’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Enceinte fortifiée
3 of 3classé monuments stand within 400 m of Enceinte fortifiée, with 10 of the town’s 11 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
11 monuments by protection
3 Classé7 Inscrit1 Level not given
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point. 1 monument has no point on the map.
Classé
3 classé monuments in Bœrsch
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 3 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséWell · protected 1900Puits à six seauxPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1930Maison, 15, anciennement Aeftertor (rue) 17 rue du RempartPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
8 inscrit monuments in Bœrsch
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared. 1 of them has no protection level on the list.
InscritChurch · protected 1930Église catholique Saint-MédardPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Drew de F Fawkes · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1994Ancienne maison du Commandeur de l'Ordre teutoniquePart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritChapel · protected 1930Chapelle avec Mont des OliviersPhoto: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritMonument · protected 1930Corps de garde et maisonPart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1930Maison, 25, rue du RempartPart of the building is protectedPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Well · protected 1930Puits Renaissance situé dans la cour de la maison
What’s protected
Houses and homes are the largest group in Bœrsch
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes3
Public & civic3
Religious buildings2
Military & fortified1
Houses & homes: 3 of 11 monuments (27%). 2 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 2 have no domain on the list.
How old
How old Bœrsch’s monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.0
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.3
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution7
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
3 of 11 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église catholique Saint-Médard (12th c.).
When protected
Over half of Bœrsch’s monuments were protected in 1930
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1930 · 7
1900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1900: Enceinte fortifiée and Puits à six seaux. 7 were protected in 1930 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
15% of homes in Bœrsch were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
15%
Before 1919
4.9%
1919–45
10%
1946–70
34%
1971–90
23%
1991–2005
14%
2006 on
BœrschMedian compared French town
15% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (34%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Bœrsch
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bœrsch | 2,459 | 11 | 3 | — |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 11 | 4 | — |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 25 | 9 | — |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Dorlisheim | 2,636 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Mutzig | 6,087 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Barr | 7,057 | 4 | 0 | — |
In brief
Bœrsch in brief
Église catholique Saint-Médard, from the 12th century, is the oldest monument in Bœrsch. In all there are 11 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Puits à six seaux. Its housing is old: 15% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Enceinte fortifiée sits at the heart of it all, with 3 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m.
Of the 11 with a date, 7 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1930: 7 of 10. The rest is about typical: Charles-François-Xavier Müller (1823) was born here before 1900.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Bœrsch
How many historic monuments are there in Bœrsch?
The Culture ministry lists 11 historic monuments in Bœrsch: 3 classé and 7 inscrit.
Which monuments in Bœrsch are classé?
3, among them Enceinte fortifiée and Puits à six seaux.
How old are the monuments of Bœrsch?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Bœrsch first protected?
The first in 1900, the latest in 1994.
How old are the homes in Bœrsch?
15% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.