Located on the Alsace Wine Route, Hunawihr is a typical Alsace village, about 10 miles northwest of Colmar and very close to Ribeauville. It is a very small town, 600 inhabitants, consisting of winegrower houses mostly built in the 15th to the 18th centuries. In these houses, the stone-built ground floor served as a storeroom while the upper floor, usually half-timbered, was the dwelling.

On the edge of town and overlooking the village and vineyards is the church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur (Saint James the Greater), built in the 15th-16th centuries, surrounded with its walled cemetery. The town has been under the control of Catholics and Protestants during its history. A “simultaneum” was put in place by Louis XIV in 1687 and, to this day, the church is in dual use by both the Protestant and Catholic communities.

History and Facts about Hunawihr