Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The
TI
is two blocks from the town's main entry, inside Hôtel de Ville at 39 Rue du
Général de Gaulle (mid-June-Sept Mon-Sat 9:00-12:30 & 14:00-18:00, Sun 9:30-12:30;
mid-Sept-mid-June Mon-Sat 10:00-12:00 & 14:00-17:30, closed Sun; tel. 03 89 78 22 78,
www.kaysersberg.com
)
. The TI has a free guest computer and rents iPod audioguides for
touring Kaysersberg (€5, €150 deposit, allow 90 minutes, includes castle ruins). Pick up
the town map, the free bike map, bus schedules, and detailed descriptions of hiking trails
between wine villages (€0.50 each; see “Walking/Biking Trails from Kaysersberg,” later).
All buses from Colmar serve the Rocade Verte stop at a parking lot on the village's
southside,justoutsidethetownwalls.Driverswillfindpaylots(€2/day)alongthetown's
ringroad.PorteBasseParkingworksbest,butalllotsoffereasywalkingaccesstothecen-
ter.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know:
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who
have sought and found how to serve.
—Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer—theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician—was an un-
usually gifted individual who never hesitated to question accepted beliefs and prac-
tices. He is probably most famous for his work with sufferers of leprosy and tuber-
culosis in Africa.
Born to German parents in 1875 in Kaysersberg, he studied philosophy and
theology at the University of Strasbourg, eventually becoming a pastor at his
church.Notsatisfied withthat,Schweitzer studiedmusicandsoongainedfameasa
musical scholar and organist. After trying his hand at writing with
The Quest of the
Historical Jesus
, which challenged contemporary secular views of Jesus, he shif-
ted his attention to medicine. After he married Helene Bresslau, the couple left for
Africa and founded a missionary hospital in Gabon (then called Lambaréné). Dur-
ing World War I, Schweitzer and his wife were forced by the French out of Africa.
Afterthewar,Schweitzer returnedtoGabononhisown,whereheremainedfor
mostoftherestofhislife.Hereceivedthe1952NobelPeacePrizeforhisserviceto
