30July2007 COLMAR FRANCE

Colmar was founded in the 9th century. This was the location where Charles the Fat held a diet in 884. Colmar was granted the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. During the Thirty Years' War, the city was taken by the armies of Sweden in 1632, who held it for two years. The city was conquered by France under Louis XIV in 1697.

In 1679 (Treaty of Nimwegen) Colmar was ceded to France. With the rest of Alsace, Colmar was annexed by the newly formed German Empire in 1871 as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. It returned to France after World War I, was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, and then reverted to French control after the battle of the "Colmar Pocket" in 1945.

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[c9ari]

I liked Colmar.. I think I like the south a little better. Less rain

[Niheth]

Everyone type in gift before youtube and something great will happen!!!

[baldy1]

fantastic small town,,,,

[bzurgland]

Colmar is the town with the fewer rain in France...

[dakdeniz]

COLMAR IS GREAT PLACE