Hunawihr

Next up was the village of Hunawihr, located in a sea of Riesling and Gewurztraminer vines, reknowned mostly for its fortified Medieval church and its views of the three ruined feudal castles above Ribeauville. Hunawihr is named for St. Huna, who died in 629, wife of the Lord Hunon. She was really nice to the sick, the poor, et al., and got canonized by local boy Pope Leon a millennium or so later. The importance of this will become apparent when we visit Eguisheim. Anyhow, after visiting Hunawihr we spent the next couple nights at the campground near old friend Riquewihr.

Hunawihr street scene

We theorize these trough were not always troughs

Valley view

Three ruins above Ribeauville

Approaching the fortified church

Helpful plan; Hunawihr's church is notable too in servicing both

Catholic and Protestant congregations, since the 17th, when Louis XIV

"liberated" Alsace from the Protestants; not always amicably

Tower/keep

Foundations from the 10th century, mostly later Medieval

Within the walls...the town cemetery

Note slits for cross-bows, muskets...

A little landscaping too

A much-simplified astronomical clock, only does
months (for retirees?)

Sea of vines

Note bunches of grapes on clock hands...interestingly,
all the church towers we've seen in France have clocks
that actually work

Hunawihr and environs from the church

Theft-proof mailbox

Dragon downspout...not available from Home Depot