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Collégiale Saint-Martin
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Colmar - Collégiale Saint-Martin

Colmar - Collégiale Saint-Martin
Colmar was first mentioned by Charlemagne in his chronicle of the Saxon Wars. Emperor Charles the Fat held a Diet here in 884. In 1226, Emperor Frederick II granted Colmar the status of a free imperial city. In 1575, the city adopted the Protestant Reformation. During the Thirty Years' War, it was conquered by the Swedish army in 1632, which held it for two years.

The city is known for its old town, its numerous sights and its museums, including the Unterlinden Museum.

The "Collégiale Saint-Martin" serves as a parish church today. After the French Revolution, it was briefly the cathedral of a bishopric and is sometimes still referred to as the "Cathédrale Saint-Martin". The current building was erected between 1234 and 1365.

The west portal shows the Adoration of the Magi and the Last Judgement, while Saint Martin appears in the wimperg donating his cloak.

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