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The small town of Obernai, which is located on the Alsatian Road of Wine, formerly was named Oberehnheim and it was a free town of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the Ten Towns Alliance. Up to now it has preserved much of its medieval character. Obernai has a partnership with Gengenbach (Baden, Germany).
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Photos: Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2004
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Inscriptions of Obernai |
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Bishop Freppel (German) |
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Clos Sainte-Odile (project) |
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Question of Water (German) |
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Restaurants (project) |
Ten Towns Alliance
The free online encyclopedia named Wikipedia (German edition) gives the following information in its article titled "Freie Reichsstädte" ("Free Towns of the Empire", my rough translation):
"Up to the French Revolution, there were 10 Alsatian towns of the Empire, which had formed the Ten Towns Alliance since 1255. These were:
Straßburg (Strasbourg), Hagenau (Haguenau), Colmar, Schlettstadt (Sélestat), Weißenburg (Elsass) (Wissembourg), Oberehnheim (Obernai), Rosheim, Mülhausen (Mulhouse), Kaisersberg, Türkheim (Turckheim), Münster (Elsass) (Munster)"
Bibliography
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Susanne Tschirner, Elsass (in German) |
The pages 220-222 are devoted to Obernai, but one entire page is a photo of one of these typical half-timbered houses and half a page contains a very clear and useful city map. |
Internet
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by: Municipality of Obernai |
Official site |
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Touristic information |
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by: Municipality of Gengenbach (Baden, Germany) |
One page is devoted to the sister town of Obernai (in German). |
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by: Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium Metzingen © 1997 Eva Kühlwein, Oliver Rempfer, Michael Kraus |
Alsatia and its history (in German) |
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by: Wikipedia - Die freie Enzyklopädie (= The Free Encyclopedia) |
The article on free towns of the Empire shortly presents the Alsatian Ten Towns Alliance (in German). |
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Holidays in Obernai, near Strasbourg? Excellent idea! But where to stay? |
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Whether you are looking for a room, an apartment, a hotel, a guest house,
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Arrival by Public Transport
Obernai can be reached by train from Mulhouse / Colmar and from Strasbourg.
Indications concerning public transport correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.
Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2004
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