Kaysersberg - One of the Most Beautiful French Villages - Alsace With its Impressive Architecture

Kaysersberg is a former French commune located in the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region. This small commune is located in the historical and cultural region of Alsace and became, on January 1, 2016, a delegated commune of the new commune of Kaysersberg Vignoble. Its inhabitants are called Kaysersbergeois and Kaysersbergeoises.

Kaysersberg was elected favorite village of the French at the end of the France 2 program presented by Stéphane Bern on Tuesday. It was in competition with twelve other exceptional communes.

The Kaysersberg valley has a marked identity shaped by its unique history. It is the reflection of a region crossed by the tumults of history and the various cultural, religious or architectural movements. It is a syncretic wealth that can be found while traveling through the Kaysersberg valley. Romanesque church, stone fortifications, cobbled streets, half-timbered houses, places of meditation, frescoes by Maurice Denis, there are many examples of a past that has left its mark on its presence.

History of Kaysersberg:
Due to its strategic position which allows it to control the transit between Upper Alsace and Lorraine (via the Col du Bonhomme), the Kaysersberg valley has been occupied by the military since Roman times. At the beginning of the 13th century (around 1218), the fortress was built. This was the beginning of the city's prosperous period, under the control of the Hohenstaufen family. Kaysersberg became an imperial city of the Holy Empire in 1293.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the city prospered thanks to the granting of numerous privileges such as the right to have a weekly market and an annual fair. The city was part of the Décapole (mutual alliance of 10 cities in Alsace). Its wine production was very successful and was exported to the Empire.
The 17th century was difficult following the Thirty Years' War, which left the region ruined by the passage of different armies, but the city returned to prosperity in the second half of the century.
In the 19th century, a large number of textile industries settled in the region and the 20th century saw the city partially destroyed by the Second World War.

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