ClasséChâteau · protected 1874Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-BarrPhoto: Geak ( Diskussion ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Château des Rohan · Photo: Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.018historic monuments
History of Saverne · Monuments historiques
18 historic monuments, 5 classé
For every 10,000 residents Saverne counts 16 monuments, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. The oldest monuments in Saverne date from the 11th century. We have photos of 16 of Saverne’s monuments.
Monuments historiques
18
16 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
5
the highest protection
Inscrit
13
the second level
Oldest part
11th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
7.9%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Saverne in 16 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-NativitéClassé
Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-BarrClassé
Ruines du château GreifensteinClassé
Petit ChâteauInscrit
Ancien Hôtel de WangenInscrit+11See 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 Saverne’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
18 monuments by protection
5 Classé13 Inscrit
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. 2 monuments have no point on the map.
Classé
5 classé monuments in Saverne
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 3 of the 5 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséChurch · protected 1977Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-NativitéPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Benjamin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1898Ruines du château GreifensteinPhoto: Original téléversé par Dsch67 sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1933Château des RohanPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Convent · protected 1900Ancien couvent des Récollets et église Saint-Antoine-de-PadouePart of the building is protected
Inscrit
13 inscrit monuments in Saverne
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 13, A to Z
8 more, named only by their kind
8 more are named in the list only by their kind: 8 houses (maisons), most from the 16th century. The 8 with an address are in the list above, by it.
16th c.4
17th c.4
What’s protected
Most of Saverne’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes15
Religious buildings2
Houses & homes: 15 of 18 monuments (83%). 2 are religious buildings, 2 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 1 has no domain on the list.
How old
How old Saverne’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.4
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution14
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 18 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-Barr (11th–16th c.).
When protected
Over half of Saverne’s monuments were protected in 1929
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1929 · 10
186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1874: Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-Barr. 10 were protected in 1929 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
15 people born in Saverne before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-François Henri de Flachslanden
Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Flachslanden
François Français
François Georges Martinez
Joseph Jeannesson
François Libermann
Eugène Laville
Joseph Ostermann
Leon Dabo
Louis Knoepffler
Paul Acker
Camille Dahlet
Kuno-Hans von Both
Robert Heitz
Henri Meck
170017501800185019001950
FF
François Français1768–1810 · French mathematician
FL
François Libermann1802–1852 · French priest
LD
Leon Dabo1864–1960 · American artist
PA
Paul Acker1874–1915 · French journalist
KH
Kuno-Hans von Both1884–1955 · German general
JF
Jean-François Henri de Flachslanden1734–1797 · French politician
JB
Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Flachslanden1739–1822 · Alsatian politician
FG
François Georges Martinez1769–1843 · French politician
Everyone born in Saverne Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Saverne has the 6th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 11,300 to 11,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Saverne18
#6 of 41for monuments per resident (16 per 10,000). Most per resident: Provins, Villefranche-de-Rouergue and Thiers.
The median town of these has 2. 14 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Saverne
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saverne | 11,460 | 18 | 5 | — |
| Marmoutier | 2,699 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Dettwiller | 2,558 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Phalsbourg Moselle | 4,688 | 38 | 1 | Yes |
| Bouxwiller | 3,754 | 19 | 0 | Yes |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Hochfelden | 4,038 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saverne in brief
For its size, Saverne has more historic monuments than 93% of compared French towns. All told, the list holds 18 historic monuments, 5 of them classé. Only 5 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Most entries on the list, 83%, are houses and homes.
Most of its dated monuments come from the 16th to 18th centuries: 14 of 18. The oldest, Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-Barr, dates from the 11th century. Of the 15 people born here before 1900, the best known include François Français (1768), François Libermann (1802) and Leon Dabo (1864). The rest is about typical: 7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
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 Saverne
How many historic monuments are there in Saverne?
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Saverne: 5 classé and 13 inscrit.
Which monuments in Saverne are classé?
5, among them Ruines du château de Hohbarr ou Haut-Barr, Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, Ruines du château Greifenstein, Ancien couvent des Récollets et église Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue and Château des Rohan.
How old are the monuments of Saverne?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 11th century.
When were monuments in Saverne first protected?
The first in 1874, the latest in 1977.
How old are the homes in Saverne?
7.9% 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.