Tanners District: Hotels in Colmar in Quartier des tanneurs

Colmar and the Tanners' districts

The Tanners quarter which was restored between 1968 and 1974, is the epicentre of the protected old town centre in Colmar. Tanners District in Colmar is bordered by the mills canal, surrounded to the west by the Rue des Tanneurs and to the east by the Petite Rue de Tanneurs. Tall, straight half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries are surmounted by attics that were used to dry the skins. This is a testament, still, to the former activity of the tanners. The mills canal is a derivation of the nearby Lauch. The treatment of skins necessitated a nearby water source that was reserved for the tanners work in order to avoid pollution and bad smells reaching the rest of the city. The district was completely restored in the 1970s.

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