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Templar siteHaut-Rhin

Commanderie du Tempelhof

Bergheim

Dimensions
Main building rebuilt in the 16th century (original facades, roof and cellar protected); the locality still bears the name "Tempelhof" ("the court of the Temple").
Period
Templar establishment founded in 1257 (a late foundation, short-lived before the dissolution of 1312); passed to the Hospitallers after 1312; devastated during the Peasants' War in 1525 then rebuilt between 1557 and 1559.
What stands there
1 main building (16th-century reconstruction on the Templar site)

Away from Bergheim, on the road to Thannenkirch, an isolated locality still bears the name "Tempelhof" — a direct memory of a commandery founded by the Templars in 1257. Passed to the Hospitallers after 1312, the estate was ravaged during the Peasants' Revolt of 1525 before being rebuilt between 1557 and 1559 — it is this 16th-century building that survives today, registered as a monument historique in 2000. It is one of the few documented Templar sites in Alsace, a region where the order's presence remains little known to the general public.

Notice Mérimée PA68000027 — Ministère de la Culture ↗

Further reading

Getting there : private property, not open to visitors

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Ambient sound

Commanderie du Tempelhof
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