Colmar

[ French kawl-mar; German kawl-mahr ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.

Colmar

/ kɔlmar /

noun

1. a city in NE France: annexed to Germany 1871–1919 and 1940–45; textile industry. Pop: 65 136 (1999) German nameKolmar

Example Sentences

Nathalie Kielwasser, the deputy prosecutor of Colmar, said the first phase of the investigation shows that a mandatory safety inspection for such private accommodation facility had not been done.

From Seattle Times

The lodging had not undergone the "obligatory" safety inspection and "did not have the characteristics needed to host the public", Ms Kielwasser, the deputy prosecutor for the city of Colmar, told AFP news agency.

From BBC

Colmar in the wine-making Alsace region, known for its pretty timber-framed houses and canals, saw car fires and a bank was “a little bit touched,” says Mayor Eric Straumann.

From Seattle Times

Still, even that limited unrest was “quite paradoxical,” given Colmar’s low unemployment rate of about 5%, he says.

From Seattle Times

The author conveys an Indiana Jones-ish thrill — “the flash of light after endless hours of murky slogging” — at finding a trove of documents in an armoire in the village of Aulfingen, where Gönner taught before joining the Nazi Party; then a pile of war correspondence in a stray box in Colmar.

From New York Times