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5 Terres Hotel & Spa
Barr, France · MGallery · High Luxury
A 16th-century communal house on Barr's Town Hall square, on the Alsace Wine Route between Strasbourg and Colmar, once hosted the Weinschlag: an annual bell-ringing ceremony that fixed the price of the year's wine harvest. Rebuilt after two fires in 1685 and later home to a family brewery's restaurant, the building spent two years becoming a 27-room hotel with a 10,000-bottle wine cellar, the largest job the owner's own construction firm had ever undertaken.
- 27 rooms
- Opened 2016
- Rooms from 226 sq ft (21 m²)
- Architect: David Kellerknecht
- Interiors: Jean-Daniel Seltz (rooms)
About 5 Terres Hotel & Spa
- Built in the 16th century by master mason David Kellerknecht as the Bürgerstube, a communal house where Barr's town notables met each year for the Weinschlag, a bell-ringing ceremony that fixed the price of the year's wine harvest.
- After two major fires, the building was rebuilt in 1685 with a new bell tower whose bell was cast in Basel; it was auctioned off in 1793, during the French Revolution, for 510,000 livres in assignats.
- Its 10,000-bottle wine cellar, La Cave à Vins du 5 Terres, is run by sommelier Michaël Wagner, winner of the Gault&Millau 2024 Trophée Accueil award.
- Owner Jean-Daniel Seltz restored the building with his own construction firm, SELTZ Constructions, calling it the largest job the company had ever undertaken.
- Head chef Joël Philipps runs La Table du 5, an Alsatian kitchen shaped by his years in Michelin-starred rooms.
History
The 5 Terres Hôtel & Spa occupies a 16th-century building on Barr's Town Hall square in Alsace, built by master mason David Kellerknecht under the name Bürgerstube. It served as a communal house where the town's notables met each year for the Weinschlag, a bell-ringing ceremony that fixed the price of the year's wine harvest. After two major fires the building was rebuilt in 1685 with a new bell tower, its bell cast in Basel by Hans Jakob Roth and Hans Heinrich Weymander, and was auctioned off during the French Revolution in 1793 for 510,000 livres in assignats.
In the 19th century the Muller family, Strasbourg brewers, bought the building and opened the restaurant À la Patrie in tribute to its communal-house past. In 2014, owner Jean-Daniel Seltz began a restoration with his own construction firm, SELTZ Constructions, the largest job the company had undertaken, reopening in 2016 as a 27-room MGallery hotel with a spa built into the building's vaulted cellar and a 10,000-bottle wine cellar.
The setting
11 Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 67140 Barr, on the Alsace wine route, facing the town hall, about halfway between Strasbourg and Colmar. Château d'Andlau is a short drive, and Mont Sainte-Odile is in the hills.
Restaurants and bars
- Table du 5 — Restaurant · high-end bistronomic
- La Winstub — Restaurant
Amenities
- Private secure parking (for a fee)
- Modular room
- Natural light
- Cocktails
- Buffets
- Sit-down meal (up to 80 guests)
- Floral decoration
- Musical entertainment
- Photo booth
- Full or partial privatisation
- Customised quote on request
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