Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux The Grand Cru The path of soils The Grand Cru The wine growing Steinert walk Vorbourg walk discovery trail Walks and Walkers can expect a fi ne Rising above lesson in geology. The highly Rouffach, there are All the way along, the Discovery educational information wide open views wine growing trail of panels are illustrated of the extensive Eguisheim threads its with extracts from the After walking for fifteen landscape to the way between the plain, geological strata. You will minutes you have a remarkable south, giving a which it somewhat also enjoy views of the view overlooking the Alsace unique view of the dominates, and the landscape on this walk. plain. Black Forest and, Three Châteaux n Starting off in a pleasant overlooking the e weather permitting, t There is a wealth of panoramic l a stretch of undergrowth, site, ever present h the Alps. As you t views: a direct view over s e the walk continues into walk, the balcony landmarks that draw W Pfaffenheim, a more oblique - a beautiful amphitheatre the attention. The n view of the church of Rouffach overlooking e e ff where wooded mountains tableau is completed l o and the string of wine growing Rouffach offers a h b s surround fi elds and n by the more discrete view of the great southern wall of the Château du i l villages, with Gueberschwihr, superb view of the town and in particular the emblems of its medieval o t g vineyards. e history: the church, the Recollects and the Witches’ Tower. Hohlandsbourg. n o Hattstatt and Voegtlinshoffen V - g h to the north. L c i a ff u ’ V o  - R Start: Place de la Mairie at Osenbach Start: Place de la Mairie at Rouff ach Start: Mairie car park or Offi ce de Tourisme u m Start: Place de la Mairie at Pfaff enheim m d ei e h n ff e Length: 4,6 km - Duration: 2 h 30 Length: 3,8 km - Duration: 2 h Length: 3,1 km - Duration: 1 h 30 fa Length: 3,3 km - Duration: 1 h 40 - P ach enb Os ihr - chw Signposted circuit Signposted circuit Signposted circuit Signposted circuit mors - Ober attstatt Elevation gain: 109 m Elevation gain: 120 m Elevation gain: 98 m Elevation gain: 60 m Eguisheim - Gueberschwihr - Gundolsheim - H www.ame-du-vignoble.eu Pfaffenheim Osenbach Rouffach Eguisheim Voegtlinshoffen The Stations of The Bildstoeckle The Grand Cru The Rose garden & The Communauté de Communes Pays the Cross walk vineyard Goldert walk the Grand Cru Hatschbourg de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux invites you to enjoy the countryside around the Âme du Vignoble, to renew your resources and find tranquillity and pleasure. We’ve devised and marked out eight The Westhalten Stations of On the Grand Cru Goldert walk there walks taking from an hour and a half to the Cross walk highlights the The Grand Cru is a series of specifi c information two hours (depending on how fast you religious heritage, reminding Hatschbourg walk The Bildstoeckle vineyard overlooking panels on the biodiversity of the hills us how much the quest for gives you a dominating walk and how long you spend reading the Obermorschwihr offers a triple view and piedmont wine growing. On this spirituality is still imprinted panoramic view to the walker. Along the first stretch, discovery walk, you will fi rst fi nd information panels). with a special relationship to southwards. As you look southwards in the direction of yourself in alleys that are typical of the places, their force and their enjoy the landscape Each walk is provided with Notre-Dame du Schauenberg to see medieval richness of Gueberschwihr. serenity. From station to you come to a a uniquely unified perspective from Little by little, walking along the panels for you to find out about station, you follow a beautiful viewpoint indicator left to right of the piedmont (alluvial outskirts of the forest, you arrive at the grapevines, wine, our heritage, vineyard valley with views about halfway along glacier plain) forest, vineyards and vineyard. On arriving at the viewpoint over to the dry hillsides of the walk. While you biodiversity and geology. plain. On the second stretch, look indicator, the landscape really opens are enjoying the special E Strangenberg on the way up westwards towards the Abbey of out, inviting contemplation. There is charm of the view of and opening out to the south i Marbach and the sandstone cliffs, a an extensive view of the plain, straight the medieval town with a magnificent view of the g result of the past exploitation of the away inviting you to gaze into the of Gueberschwihr, h village in the foreground and quarries. Look northwards along the distance, especially to Kaiserstuhl and the sandstone cliffs and Notre-Dame du Schauenberg, your eyes are t the Grand Ballon (the apex of w third stretch, which is strongly structured by the Three Châteaux, and the Black Forest. drawn southwards to the dry hills of Strangenberg. a l k s the Vosges Mountains) in the background. by an ample view over Colmar. Start: Salle du Hatschbourg car park at Voegtlinshoff en Start: Place de la Mairie at Westhalten (Roseraie) / Place de la Mairie at Hattstatt (Grand Cru) Offices de Tourisme of Eguisheim and Rouffach or signposted car parks Start: Place de la Mairie at Obermorschwihr Start: Place de la Mairie at Gueberschwihr Length: 3,1 km (Grand Cru) / 1,1 km (Roseraie) 22a Grand Rue - 68420 Eguisheim, France Length: 3,4 km - Duration: 2 h Length: 3,2 km - Duration: 1 h 30 Length: 4 km - Duration: 2 h Duration: 1 h 30 (Grand Cru) tel : 33 (0)3 89 23 40 33 - www.ot-eguisheim.fr 12a Place de la République - 68250 Rouff ach, France Signposted circuit Signposted circuit Signposted circuit Signposted circuit tel : 33 (0)3 89 78 53 15 - www.ot-rouffach.com Westhalten Elevation gain: 148 m Obermorschwihr Elevation gain: 51 m Gueberschwihr Elevation gain: 121 m Hattstatt Elevation gain: 64 m 11-Plan Général-ANGLAIS.indd 1 19/09/13 10:44 aux e t Start: - Place de la Mairie at Gueberschwihr Vers le Hohlandsbourg â Vignoble et Châteaux par le sentier des Ecureuils Chapelle h Eguisheim The Three Châteaux of the Haut - Place de la Mairie at Pfaff enheim C Régélé t d’Eguisheim have an extraordinary Length: 5,9 km - Duration: 2 h Vignoble et Spiritualité The richness of the countryside of e presence in the landscape. You can do partial circuits and take short cuts via linking trails. Les Trois-Châteaux the Âme du Vignoble is unique in the Vignoble et Collines Sèches le All the way along the “Vignoble et Châteaux” Alsace Wine Route. b (Vineyards and Châteaux) walk you can enjoy these o Signposted circuit La grande Promenade Mystique Husseren- Thus, apart from the traditional treasures from their best angles, close up and from a Elevation gain: 180 m les-Châteaux n distance. Once at the summit, you will discover majestic D14 g Le Paysage à Bicyclette en VTC ou VTT D83 attractive alternation of piedmont i ruins and enjoy the equally majestic views over the plain. between forest, vines and plan, the Âme V Linking trail D1 La Lauch du Vignoble lands with their châteaux, L’Abbaye de Marbach sandstone cliffs and dry hills, offer a Don’t forget Bildstoeckle unique landscape tryptych. Voegtlinshoffen D83 your walking shoes! The three atmospheres associated with D1 Herrlisheim Mairie Office de Tourisme Gare SNCF Obermorschwihr these features harmoniously combine, to Our taxi partners will bring you back to your car the enjoyment of all who pass by. at the start of the walks in the Âme du Vignoble D121 Tel : +33(0)3.89.49.62.09 To round it all off, the cradle of the Âme +33(0)6.24.32.43.65 Cimetière du Vignoble - a remarkable religious Emergency Israélite Falaises D121 heritage, marked by the Merovingian Notre-Dame du Schauenberg is perched on the mountainside and et Carrières Hattstatt Le Couvent stands out remarkably in the landscape. This delightful scene appears and medieval epochs - can be seen Saint-Marc from below on the “Vignoble et Spiritualité” (Vineyard and throughout these landscapes. Gueberschwihr Spirituality) walk, and from the Notre-Dame viewpoint indicator The five themed walks have been V there is a glorious view over the plain and the Kaiserstuhl. Le Le Kuckuckstei F i Going from the lowest to the highest, you will be surprised Bickenberg designed for you to discover these Start: - Offi ce de Tourisme at Eguisheim g to discover the chapel of Saint Leonard, the Teufelstein Notre-Dame i landscapes. - Place de la Mairie at Obermorschwihr n de Schauenberg D83 - Place de la Mairie at Voegtlinshoff en (devil’s stone) and the Pfaff enheim and Gueberschwihr Observatoire La Chapelle v o Astronomique Saint-Léonard e Length: 10,5 km - Duration: 3 h 30 b stations of the cross. You can also reach the Druids’ Osenbach La Table des Druides le Table overlooking Notre-Dame du Schauenberg Le Teufelstein gr You can do partial circuits and take short cuts via linking trails. e and experience the ancient power of the Pfaffenheim e t place. at w Signposted circuit S Le point de vue alks Elevation gain: 370 m pi Désiré Renaud ritualité Le Start: - Offi ce de Tourisme at Eguisheim Start: Place de la Mairie at Westhalten Heidenberg clette - Place de la Mairie at Westhalten Length: 5,1 km - Duration: 1 h 40 (Strangenberg circuit) cy - Place de la Mairie at Rouff ach i Length: 6,9 km - Duration: 2 h 20 (Bollenberg circuit) B La Chapelle D83 à de l’Oelberg Length: 15,1 km - Duration: 5 h You can do partial circuits and take short cuts via linking trails.