Photo: Wikimedia Commons A former free city of the Holy Roman Empire, Obernai has kept a rich medieval and Renaissance heritage: the belfry (Kapellturm), the six-bucket well and the old corn exchange frame the Place du Marché.
Tradition holds that Obernai is the birthplace of Saint Odile, patron saint of Alsace. Surrounded by vineyards, the town is a popular stop on the Wine Route and for its Christmas market.
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Obernai station, on the Strasbourg–Sélestat line, is about five minutes’ walk from the centre.
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🎈 Hot-air balloonHot-air balloon flight over the Alsace vineyards📍 Obernai · Bas-Rhin (67) · 0 km awayDrift silently over half-timbered villages and the Alsace plain at sunrise.Discover →⛪ Churches & abbeysMont Sainte-Odile📍 Ottrott · Bas-Rhin (67) · 6 km awayAlsace’s great place of pilgrimage, set at 764 m on a Vosges spur, with a panoramic terrace.Discover →![]()
ⓘ🏘️ Villages & built heritageThe village of Mittelbergheim📍 Mittelbergheim · Bas-Rhin (67) · 8 km awayTucked into the vineyards below Mont Sainte-Odile, Mittelbergheim is one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.Discover →🏰 Medieval castlesHaut-Andlau Castle📍 Andlau · Bas-Rhin (67) · 8 km awayRomantic ruins with twin round towers above the Andlau vineyards, cared for by a volunteer association.Discover →🖼️ MuseumsFort de Mutzig – Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II📍 Mutzig · Bas-Rhin (67) · 10 km awayA vast German fort built from 1893, a witness to annexed Alsace and to the birth of modern fortification.Discover →👟 Family walksWalk to the Nideck waterfall📍 Oberhaslach · Bas-Rhin (67) · 14 km awayIn a beech forest, the Nideck waterfall drops some twenty metres below the ruins of Nideck castle.Discover →