Soultz-Haut-Rhin

Soultz-Haut-Rhin is a town of about 7,500 on the Alsace wine route, at the mouth of the Florival valley 3 km from Guebwiller and 20 km from Mulhouse.

The name comes from the salt springs — Sulz — that made the place worth settling. It belonged to the prince-abbots of Murbach, kept its walls until the nineteenth century, and has an old centre of stone and half-timbered houses that most visitors on the wine route drive past.

What to see

• Église Saint-Maurice — thirteenth and fourteenth century, one of the largest Gothic churches in the Haut-Rhin, with a fine organ by the Silbermann school and a Romanesque tower base
• The Bucheneck — the fortified house of the bailiffs of Murbach, thirteenth century, now the town museum
• Nef des Jouets — the toy museum, in a former commandery of the Order of Malta: several thousand toys from the eighteenth century on, and much better than that sounds
• The fountains and the Renaissance houses — on the Place de la République and the streets round it
• Chapelle Saint-Sébastien — fifteenth century, with wall paintings

The wine

Soultz has vineyards on the slopes above and sits between two grand cru zones — the Ollwiller is on its own commune, on sandstone and clay, and the Guebwiller crus are next door. Riesling and Gewurztraminer dominate, as everywhere here.

See the wines of Alsace.

Getting there

• By car — on the D430 / wine route. Guebwiller 5 minutes, Mulhouse 20, Colmar 30. See parking in France.
• By train — the nearest station is Bollwiller, 5 km, on the Strasbourg–Mulhouse line, with a bus connection.

Around

• Guebwiller — 3 km, four grands crus and three churches
• Murbach — 10 minutes up the valley, the Romanesque abbey
• Cernay — 10 km south, with the Doller valley steam railway
• Écomusée d’Alsace — 15 minutes at Ungersheim, the largest open-air museum in France
• Grand Ballon — 40 minutes up, the highest point of the Vosges

When to go

May to October. Soultz is a place to stop for an hour rather than a destination, but it is on the road between Mulhouse and the northern wine route and it is far more pleasant than the bypass. The Saint-Maurice organ is used for concerts in summer.

See Alsace.

Weather in Soultz-Haut-Rhin

Updated: 27 August 2026