Attractions and Places To See around Rottelsheim - Top 20

There are benches around the remains of the old mill, perfect for resting after shopping. Located directly in a pedestrian zone.

Nice place to take a break with a little children's playground atmosphere

Nice place to take a break with a little playground for children

The first evidence of a brewery in Hochfelden dates back to the year 870, when a brewery belonging to the monks of the Wissembourg Abbey is mentioned in Hochhuzen, the old name of Hochfelden. In 1640, Jean Klein founded a brewery in Hochfelden on the site where the current Meteor brewery is located. Its name was Brasserie de la Couronne (Crown Brewery). In 1844, this brewery was bought by the brewer Martin Metzger from Strasbourg and later passed on to his son Alfred. His only child, daughter Marie-Louise Metzger, married Louis Haag in 1898, who came from a family of brewers who had been brewing beer in the village of Ingwiller, 20 km away, since 1795. The brewery was then called "Metzger and Haag". After the death of his father-in-law, Louis Haag took over the brewery completely, ran it with his sons Frédéric and Alfred and called it "Louis Haag, Metzger et compagnie". In 1925, the brewery was finally given the name "Meteor". The Meteor brewery was the first brewery in Europe to offer "Pils" outside the Czech Republic (with the permission of the Czech authorities). In the 1950s, the brewery continued to develop and finally exceeded the 200,000 hectoliter mark in 1966. In 1975, Michel Haag became director of the brewery, which reached the 400,000 hectoliter mark in 1990. The 500,000 hectoliter mark was exceeded in 2004. The beer is sold in France, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Great Britain, the USA and Japan. In 2019, Meteor achieved a turnover of €47,885,400.00 with 100 to 199 employees. In 2019, the brewery opened a large beer bar Brasserie Le Meteor in Strasbourg

Beautifully preserved mechanics of a mill. The protective roof was carefully designed. Well worth seeing!

We visited Villa Meteor on a hot day. A nice tour at our own pace, during which we learned something. Plus a nice tasting under the parasol before the return journey by bike ;-)

The Musée historique (Historical Museum) is the town and cultural history museum of the municipality of Haguenau in Alsace (now the Grand Est region, France). The museum has nationally significant holdings in the areas of archaeology, sculpture of the late Middle Ages (ca. 1400–1550) and applied arts. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_historique_de_Haguenau

Villa Meteor is an essential brewing tourist stop in Alsace! It was necessary to do so to honor the oldest brewery in France still in operation! In a fabulous site, live a unique and fun experience around the production of beer and the history of the Meteor brewery. Through various testimonies, videos, demonstrations and presentations, come and discover the history of the brewery from 1640 to the present day, share the secrets of beer production, learn about tasting and enter the great Meteor family.