ClasséFountain · protected 1987Fontaine de la ViergePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fontaine de la Vierge · Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.010historic monuments
History of Altkirch · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments, 1 classé
Altkirch has 18 monuments for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. Altkirch’s oldest monuments date from the 12th century. 9 of Altkirch’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
10
18 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
1
the highest protection
Inscrit
9
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
8.3%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Altkirch in 9 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
MaisonInscrit
Maison et tour sur la murailleInscrit
MaisonInscrit
Ancienne maison du BailliInscrit
Hôtel de villeInscrit+4See 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 Altkirch’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.
10 monuments by protection
1 Classé9 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.
Classé
One classé monument in Altkirch
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 1 of the 1 is protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Inscrit
9 inscrit monuments in Altkirch
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1937Église Saint-MorandPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 2012Maison et tour sur la muraillePhoto: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritCourthouse · protected 1986Ancienne maison du BailliPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritTown hall · protected 1937Hôtel de villePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1937Maison, 5, anciennement 9 rue de la CurePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1937Maison, 9 rue Hommaire-de-HellPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1937Maison, 16 rue TraversièrePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hospital · protected 1937Hôpital Saint-MorandPart of the building is protected
What’s protected
Most of Altkirch’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes5
Public & civic3
Religious buildings1
Military & fortified1
Houses & homes: 5 of 10 monuments (50%). 1 is a religious building.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Altkirch’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 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
3 of 10 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Église Saint-Morand (12th–18th c.).
When protected
Over half of Altkirch’s monuments were protected in 1937
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1937 · 7
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1937: Église Saint-Morand, Hôpital Saint-Morand and Hôtel de ville. 1 has been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
16 people born in Altkirch before 1900
Their lives on one line.
Jean-Adam Pflieger, l'aîné
Jean-Adam Pflieger le Jeune
Charles Pflieger
Eugène Gluck
Emile Muller
Marie-Thérèse Kolb
Henri Muller
Félix Voulot
Léon Lehmann
Gustave Burger
Paul Jourdain
Ludwig Bergsträsser
Robert Brunschwig
Arthur Hilbert
Arthur Schachenmann
Jules Kaufmann
170017501800185019001950
MT
Marie-Thérèse Kolb1856–1935 · French actress
PJ
Paul Jourdain1878–1948 · French politician
LB
Ludwig Bergsträsser1883–1960 · German politician
JA
Jean-Adam Pflieger, l'aîné1744–1801 · French politician
JA
Jean-Adam Pflieger le Jeune1775–1846 · French politician
CP
Charles Pflieger1817–1877 · French politician
EG
Eugène Gluck1820–1898 · painter from France
EM
Emile Muller1823–1889 · engineer, ceramist and French entrepreneur
Everyone born in Altkirch Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Altkirch has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 5,700 to 5,700 residents, by historic monuments.
Altkirch10
#3 of 41for monuments per resident (18 per 10,000). Most per resident: Tournus, Saint-Martin-la-Pallu and Altkirch.
The median town of these has 1. 15 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Altkirch
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altkirch | 5,687 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 35 | 5 | Yes |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Altkirch in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Altkirch: per resident it has more than 94% of compared French towns. In all there are 10 historic monuments, 1 of them classé, including Fontaine de la Vierge. Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Most entries on the list, 50%, are houses and homes.
Of the 10 with a date, 7 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Église Saint-Morand, from the 12th century. Of the 16 people born here before 1900, the best known include Marie-Thérèse Kolb (1856), Paul Jourdain (1878) and Ludwig Bergsträsser (1883). Beyond that, 8.3% 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 Altkirch
How many historic monuments are there in Altkirch?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Altkirch: 1 classé and 9 inscrit.
Which monuments in Altkirch are classé?
One: Fontaine de la Vierge.
How old are the monuments of Altkirch?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Altkirch first protected?
The first in 1937, the latest in 2012.
How old are the homes in Altkirch?
8.3% 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 9, 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.