Houses
White half-timber
With bull's-eye glass windows
Village · Bas-Rhin
Hunspach
A far-north Plus Beaux Village of white half-timbered houses and bull's-eye glass — France's “favorite village” of 2020, near the Maginot Line.
Status
Plus Beaux Villages
Official member
Award
Favorite village
France's 2020 vote winner
Nearby
Maginot Line
Fort de Schoenenbourg
The village
Hunspach is a village in the far-north section of the Alsace Wine Route — the most “German” and least-visited stretch — with distinctive white half-timbered houses with bull's-eye glass windows (source: compass_artifact_wf-755602f0...). It is an official Plus Beaux Villages de France member and won the “favorite village of France” vote in 2020 (source).
It lies near the Maginot Line's Fort de Schoenenbourg (source: compass_artifact_wf-755602f0...), pairing village charm with 20th-century military history far from the wine-route crowds.
What to see
- 01White half-timberHouses with bull's-eye glass windows.
- 02The villageAn official Plus Beaux Villages member.
- 03Fort de SchoenenbourgNearby Maginot Line fortification.
- 04The far northThe route's quietest, most German stretch.
How it fits the trip
See · village
White half-timbered houses
bull's-eye glass windows
Visit · Maginot Line
Fort de Schoenenbourg
nearby fortification
Status · award
Plus Beaux Villages
favorite village of 2020
Our notesFar-north detour
An official Most Beautiful Village in the route's least-visited northern stretch, distinctive for its white half-timber and bull's-eye glass. Pair it with the nearby Maginot Line fort.
Go north for charm without crowds.
§From the wiki
Hunspach is a village in the far-north section of the Alsace Wine Route (the most "German" and least-visited stretch), with distinctive white half-timbered houses with bull's-eye glass windows (source: compass_artifact_wf-755602f0...). It is an official Plus Beaux Villages de France member and won the "favorite village of France" vote in 2020 (source). It lies near the Maginot Line's Fort de Schoenenbourg (source).