ClasséFountain · protected 1965Fontaine de l'Homme SauvagePhoto: Benard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fontaine de l'Homme Sauvage · Photo: Benard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.010historic monuments
History of Ammerschwihr · Monuments historiques
10 historic monuments, 2 classé
For every 10,000 residents Ammerschwihr counts 63 monuments, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. 9 of Ammerschwihr’s monuments are in our photos. Ammerschwihr’s oldest monuments date from the 10th century.
Monuments historiques
10
63 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
8
the second level
Oldest part
10th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
6.7%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Ammerschwihr in 9 photos
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Restes de l'hôtel de villeClassé
Église de pèlerinage de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, dite Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Trois-EpisInscrit
MaisonInscrit
Ancienne enceinte fortifiée urbaineInscrit
Porte HauteInscrit+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 Ammerschwihr’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
2 Classé8 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
2 classé monuments in Ammerschwihr
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséTown hall · protected 1965Restes de l'hôtel de villePhoto: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
8 inscrit monuments in Ammerschwihr
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritTown walls · protected 1993Ancienne enceinte fortifiée urbainePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ralph Hammann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritFortified house · protected 1931Tour du Pétrole ou des Citoyens (Tour des Bourgeois)Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChurch · protected 1946Église catholique Saint-MartinPhoto: Rauenstein · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
InscritChurch · protected 1988Église de pèlerinage de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, dite Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Trois-EpisPhoto: Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFortified house · protected 1931Tour des VoleursPhoto: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1931Maison, 20 Grand'RuePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Ralph Hammann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Château · protected 1956Vestiges de l'ancien château de Meywihr
What’s protected
Military buildings are the largest group in Ammerschwihr
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Military & fortified4
Houses & homes3
Religious buildings2
Public & civic1
Military & fortified: 4 of 10 monuments (40%). 2 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Ammerschwihr’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.6
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution3
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
6 of 9 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Vestiges de l'ancien château de Meywihr (10th c.). 1 monument has no date on the list.
When protected
4 of Ammerschwihr’s monuments were protected in 1931
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1931: Porte Haute, Tour des Voleurs and Tour du Pétrole ou des Citoyens (Tour des Bourgeois). None has been added since 2011.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Ammerschwihr
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammerschwihr | 1,580 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble | 4,383 | 33 | 12 | — |
| Ingersheim | 4,774 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Turckheim | 4,139 | 18 | 3 | — |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 58 | 18 | Yes |
| Ribeauvillé | 4,685 | 16 | 3 | — |
In brief
Ammerschwihr in brief
The record in Ammerschwihr starts with Vestiges de l'ancien château de Meywihr, which dates from the 10th century. In all there are 10 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Of the 9 with a date, 6 come from the Middle Ages. The rest is about typical: Louis Kuehn (1834) and Joseph Rinckenbach (1876) were born here before 1900; and 6.7% 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 Ammerschwihr
How many historic monuments are there in Ammerschwihr?
The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ammerschwihr: 2 classé and 8 inscrit.
Which monuments in Ammerschwihr are classé?
2, among them Fontaine de l'Homme Sauvage and Restes de l'hôtel de ville.
How old are the monuments of Ammerschwihr?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 10th century.
When were monuments in Ammerschwihr first protected?
The first in 1931, the latest in 1993.
How old are the homes in Ammerschwihr?
6.7% 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.