ClasséChurch · protected 1841Ancienne collégiale Saint-ThiebaultPhoto: Barbireau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ruines du château d'Engelbourg · Photo: Florival fr · CC BY-SA 3.014historic monuments
History of Thann · Monuments historiques
14 historic monuments, 6 classé
For every 10,000 residents Thann counts 18 monuments, more per resident than 94% of compared French towns, against 2.5 in the median compared French town. Thann’s oldest monuments date from the 13th century. 14 of Thann’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
14
18 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
6
the highest protection
Inscrit
8
the second level
Oldest part
13th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Thann in 14 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Ancienne halle aux blésClassé
Ancienne enceinteClassé
Ancienne collégiale Saint-ThiebaultClassé
Maison MoosbruggerClassé
ImmeubleClassé+9See 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 Thann’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Ruines du château d'Engelbourg
5 of 6classé monuments stand within 400 m of Ruines du château d'Engelbourg, with 11 of the town’s 14 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
14 monuments by protection
6 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. 2 monuments have no point on the map.
Classé
6 classé monuments in Thann
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 3 of the 6 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséTown walls · protected 1920Ancienne enceintePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Tangopaso · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1898Ruines du château d'EngelbourgPhoto: Florival fr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséMarket hall · protected 1920Ancienne halle aux blésPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséHouse · protected 1929Maison MoosbruggerPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséBuilding · protected 1921Immeuble, 68, anciennement Grande-Rue rue de la Première-ArméePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
8 inscrit monuments in Thann
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritFountain · protected 1934Fontaine des VigneronsPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritFountain · protected 1934Fontaine Saint-ThiébautPhoto: Juanje 2712 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1934Maison A l'Ours noirPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritSynagogue · protected 2016patrimoine juif de la communePhoto: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
InscritHouse · protected 1934Maison, 4, anciennement Saint-Thiébaut (rue) 2 rue du TemplePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InscritHouse · protected 1934Maison, 6, anciennement Saint-Thiebaut (rue) 4 rue du TemplePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What’s protected
Most of Thann’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes10
Religious buildings2
Shops & trade1
Houses & homes: 10 of 14 monuments (71%). 2 are religious buildings, 1 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 Thann’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 Revolution7
19th century 1801–19001
20th century and later since 19010
4 of 12 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Thiebault (13th–15th c.). 2 monuments have no date on the list.
When protected
6 of Thann’s monuments were protected in 1934
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1934 · 6
1840186018801900192019401960198020002020
First protected, in 1841: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Thiebault. 6 were protected in 1934 alone. 1 has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Thann were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
12%
1919–45
26%
1946–70
25%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
11%
2006 on
ThannMedian compared French town
13% of its main homes were built before 1919; the median compared French town has 7.4%. More of them were finished between 1946 and 1970 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Born before 1900
14 people born in Thann before 1900
Their lives on one line.
François Hillenweck
Jean-Baptiste Gobel
François Joseph Baumlin
Alexandre Léopold de Marandet
Henri Lebert
Édouard Gerspach
Thiébaut Maucourt
Charles Risler
Jules Scheurer
Amédée Jobin
Marcel Rieder
François Merklen
Joseph Frossard
Charles Walch
1650170017501800185019001950
JB
Jean-Baptiste Gobel1727–1794 · Catholic Constitutional Archbishop of Paris
MR
Marcel Rieder1862–1942 · French painter
FM
François Merklen1876–1938 · French chemist
FH
François Hillenweck1673–1748 · French painter
FJ
François Joseph Baumlin1761–1834 · French politician
AL
Alexandre Léopold de Marandet1770–1825 · French politician and diplomat
HL
Henri Lebert1794–1862 · French painter
ÉG
Édouard Gerspach1833–1906 · French art historian
Everyone born in Thann Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Thann has the 3rd most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 7,700 to 7,900 residents, by historic monuments.
Thann14
#3 of 41for monuments per resident (18 per 10,000). Most per resident: Pézenas, Falaise and Thann.
The median town of these has 2. 12 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Thann
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thann | 7,762 | 14 | 6 | — |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,594 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Staffelfelden | 4,072 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin | 7,012 | 10 | 3 | — |
In brief
Thann in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Thann: per resident it has more than 94% of compared French towns. In all there are 14 historic monuments, 6 of them classé. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town. Ruines du château d'Engelbourg sits at the heart of it all, with 5 of the town’s classé monuments within 400 m. In 2018 the Mission Patrimoine picked patrimoine juif de la commune as a monument in danger to save.
Only 2 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Of the whole list, 71% are houses and homes.
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 Thann
How many historic monuments are there in Thann?
The Culture ministry lists 14 historic monuments in Thann: 6 classé and 8 inscrit.
Which monuments in Thann are classé?
6, among them Ancienne collégiale Saint-Thiebault, Ancienne enceinte, Ruines du château d'Engelbourg, Ancienne halle aux blés and Maison Moosbrugger.
How old are the monuments of Thann?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 13th century.
When were monuments in Thann first protected?
The first in 1841, the latest in 2016.
How old are the homes in Thann?
13% 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.