European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Colmar Home of the Unte Linden my t/t1. House on Cathedral Square the old dinners sect on of Strasbourg. Is photos by Michael Abrams a canal set i on in co mar s 1/fl/c Venice. Tin quaint nil inn opened m. Do in i s2h, upe Raling nonstop fur the next h j Vars. The ugh in was located in i i air   fishermen find Boatmen lived in attracted the  and famous ii Mong them Voltaire Mil i regime i to  of i Russia. I 1l.itadc was ruined in the 1 la Century Lizul ,  ils it Oudyn a phonics hives in idea til its  lion throughout the Ages. Tui kid Oil in a More Distant area of la City with signs directing tin Way is the old tanners Section called 1 a Petite i a inci1 Here no. 21 rut Dubain Aux plan Lei isl Hei  room Hesta Uia Mil at no. .12 is one n tin. Day s loveliest i Uii dings the  Des 1 Anners 11 Inners i ouse. The open galleries Siml r, s a tin m inn dings were u de by tin , then Ini Mirl in men in the t ily to dry hides. Nearby lie the i ones converts Lour Bridges formerly t overed. Llyl t Ross the Iii. Four of the old medieval defense infers ire also preserved in the City. A Park in Iron of the famous Unter Linden museum. The balconies of the Marion Des Teles. Anyone who knew Colmar is in was 15 to it  in will be , Sui Priestl by in today. I Hough Colmar escaped the bombings of void War ii Many of its older areas had a shabby look in the ills and 70s.  has changed. Steady work to preserve the  Lily s historical buildings and monuments and to rehabilitate the town enter has made c Olmar a Guni Hal offers an Ini of parable look at Silt Ami High Century buildings. Not Only Are the pedestrian streets Al ils Center a Delight in offers the most frequented French museum outside of i Aristhee famous under Linden with its collection of Alsalman paintings of the late Middle Ages. Tin treasure of the Coll Ilion is the famous Simmi Hirn Alta Piei e from the antonine Convent of Issen Heirn. In Waseli cute Between 1510 and Iti by a Man we know As Grid Riewald. I he artist s biography is a mystery my even his name is open to us Jecture a City guide identifies him As Malhis g. Nei Thanell. There is no question however Hal his work broke old boundaries and was i Nti iries ahead of the Art of his Lime. Afler visiting the museum take time to saunter through the old town. I particularly in resling is the Maison Des letes i Louse of Heads handsome Renaissance building now a famous wine restaurant. I lie exterior of the House built around 1600, is covered by curious carved Heads. Ii is surmounted by a Cooper carved by liar Holdi in 1902, har Holdi born i Colmar in him was the artist who created the  of Liberty Gien by France to Honor the Louth year of . Inde Penrlene. Bartholdi s House at m Kue Des Marchands is now a museum in if. Honor. On the same Street noteworthy for buildings of 1588 to 1532, is the House no. 1h of the pianist morgue who taught i Haydn and is Hubert. I Urther on is Zur give Kiddle i Louse where Martin Siho Gauer who served As an inspiration to Diirner is said to have lived. On the adjoining Rue Strong Auer is an Cygnor also a former residence of the musician. One of the most famous houses of All the Maison i Lisler was built in 1517 for a Halter and then bought by a Draper who Hail it decorated. A spiral staircase leads up to the various stories which project out Over an a cadets shop front. I Ike Strasbourg  has a Dis Ricl w Here Lanners Onte plied their Trade. The area with Beautiful half i Riberd houses was restored in 1%8. Not Loo far away off Boulevard St. Pierre is the City s Little venire with houses bordering a quiet canal. You can spend hours walking through the pedestrian streets Al its Center. Colmar s mayor likes to describe Ilas the most alsatian town of All Alsace. Ils population is about 70,000. . September 21, 1989 stripes Magazine 13