Ancienne douane, dit aussi Koïfhus

English translation

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History

Located in the very heart of Old Colmar, this complex used as an exhibition space comprises three building bodies evoking its former function both political and economic. - Customs Building: rectangular main body constructed in 1480. South and north façades of the same arrangement: large portal surmounted by coats of arms under a canopy, small door and rectangular windows; balustrade with curvilinear network. Ground floor formerly assigned to the control of imported goods; upper storey occupied by the former municipal administration, great meeting hall of the representatives of the Decapole, wooden ceiling. Intermediate building: elongated body with six bays of openings. Ground floor opened by large arcades. On the Grand'Rue side: straight-angled staircase; on the square side: wooden loggia on stone columns, staircase turret with door of typical Renaissance decoration (late 16th, early 17th century). North building: served, like the previous one, for the compulsory deposit of goods from Colmar merchants. North façade: round arches on the ground floor, windows with fluted pilasters and human masks on the upper storey; lateral gables with curved ramps in Renaissance style. General Rapp was born there in 1771.