ClasséTown gate · protected 1931Porte de Brand dite Mocheltor ou OeltorPhoto: Ana1111 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Porte de France dite Porte de Colmar ou Niedertor · Photo: © Christian Amet · CC BY 2.518historic monuments
History of Turckheim · Monuments historiques
18 historic monuments, more per resident than 99% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Turckheim: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 15 inscrit (the second level). The oldest date from the 12th century. We have photos of 18 of them.
Monuments historiques
18
43 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
3
the highest protection
Inscrit
15
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
13%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Turckheim in 18 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Porte de Brand dite Mocheltor ou OeltorClassé
Porte de Munster dite ObertorClassé
Hôtel des Deux-ClefsInscrit
MaisonInscrit
Abbaye de MunsterInscrit+13See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Towns its size
Turckheim has the most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 4,100 to 4,200 residents, by historic monuments.
Turckheim18
#1 of 41for monuments per resident (43 per 10,000). Most per resident: Turckheim, Sées and Domfront en Poiraie.
The median town of these has 1. 14 of the 41 have none.
Map
Where Turckheim’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
3 Classé15 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
3 classé monuments in Turckheim
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 gate · protected 1931Porte de France dite Porte de Colmar ou NiedertorPhoto: © Christian Amet · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséTown gate · protected 1931Porte de Munster dite ObertorPhoto: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
15 inscrit monuments in Turckheim
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 15, A to Z
Abbaye de MunsterCorps de gardeÉglise catholique Sainte-AnneFontaine, place de TurenneHôtel de villeHôtel des Deux-ClefsMaison, 13, anciennement 14 Grand-RueMaison, 2 Grand-RueMaison, 2 Grand-RueMaison, 4 rue WickranMaison, 49 Grand-RueMaison, 62 Grand-RueMaison, 71 Grand-RueMaison, 85 Grand-RueVestiges de l'enceinte fortifiée urbaine
9 more, named only by their kind
9 more are named in the list only by their kind: 8 houses (maisons) and 1 other, most from the 17th century. The 9 with an address are in the list above, by it.
16th c.3
17th c.5
18th c.1
What’s protected
Most of Turckheim’s monuments are houses and homes
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Houses & homes10
Military & fortified5
Religious buildings2
Public & civic1
Houses & homes: 10 of 18 monuments (56%). 2 are religious buildings.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once.
How old
How old Turckheim’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 Revolution12
19th century 1801–19000
20th century and later since 19010
6 of 18 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Abbaye de Munster (12th–18th c.).
When protected
Over half of Turckheim’s monuments were protected in 1930
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1930 · 12
192019401960198020002020
The first was protected in 1929. 12 were protected in 1930 alone. None has been added since 2011.
Age of homes
13% of homes in Turckheim were built before 1919
Main homes by when they were finished, beside the median compared French town (the tick).
13%
Before 1919
9.7%
1919–45
20%
1946–70
26%
1971–90
13%
1991–2005
19%
2006 on
TurckheimMedian 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 1971 and 1990 than in any other period (26%).
INSEE, census 2023: main homes (résidences principales) only; second homes and empty homes aren’t dated.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Turckheim
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turckheim | 4,139 | 18 | 3 | — |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Ingersheim | 4,774 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 58 | 18 | Yes |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble | 4,383 | 33 | 12 | — |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Orbey | 3,429 | 3 | 2 | — |
In brief
Turckheim in brief
Few towns are as rich in historic monuments as Turckheim: per resident it has more than 99% of compared French towns. In all there are 18 historic monuments, 3 of them classé, including Porte de France dite Porte de Colmar ou Niedertor. No town its size has more historic monuments: it leads the 41 nearest in population. Its housing is old: 13% of homes date from before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Most entries on the list, 56%, are houses and homes. Of the 18 with a date, 12 come from the 16th to 18th centuries. The oldest is Abbaye de Munster, from the 12th century. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: François Resch (1748) and Charles Grad (1842) were 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 Turckheim
How many historic monuments are there in Turckheim?
The Culture ministry lists 18 historic monuments in Turckheim: 3 classé and 15 inscrit.
Which monuments in Turckheim are classé?
3, among them Porte de Brand dite Mocheltor ou Oeltor, Porte de France dite Porte de Colmar ou Niedertor and Porte de Munster dite Obertor.
How old are the monuments of Turckheim?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from the 12th century.
When were monuments in Turckheim first protected?
The first in 1929, the latest in 2000.
How old are the homes in Turckheim?
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.