Museum of History
The history museum of the city of Mulhouse is inside the town hall, which looks like a beautiful red dollhouse-type of meeting place. There we learned that from the ninth century on there's evidence that the plateau of Mulhouse had inhabitants, but that it was really developed in the twelfth century. The German Emperor Barbarossa put the pressure on to build a large church for the city to give it privileges. Mulhouse became an almost independent state. The rich typically bought their freedom to the king, and the king made this an option so that he could have all the votes of the city council. We visited the council chamber, where decisions were made in the city.