NIEDERHASLACH 10,29km Half-day 208m Intermediate HIKING TRAIL CIRCUIT DES CROIX hiking trail 9 km long marked trail, for people of all ages. This walking tour of about 3 hours invites you to discover several wayside crosses, some of which from the French Revolution. download KML departure Mairie GPS departure 48,5225 / 7,53777777777778 Altitude departure 353 m nearest railway station 4 km - Heiligenberg nearest car park Town hall sign to follow Club vosgien IGN Map 3716 ET / Mont-Sainte-Odile/Molsheim Type of path path restaurants on the path Yes Tourist Office Region Molsheim-Mutzig Ph. ++ 33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 [email protected] www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com Cross #1: Oberhaslach - No.4, Rue St-Florent Sandstone cross from 1828 . Depicts St. Florentius blessing a kneeling woman Inscription: “St-Florent pray for us” 0 km Cross #2: garden of No.16, Rue St-Florent Describes the different stages of the Passion of Christ . Cross from 1871 Sculptor: Mr. REBEL, from Urmatt . Inscription: “40 days of indulgence / pray in front of this 0.5 cross / 5 ‘Our Father’ et 5 ‘Hail Mary’” km Cross #3: garden, on the left of No.13, Rue St-Florent Moved from its original location, where it was accidentally knocked down during construction works, it was partially rebuilt here. Hardly visible from the street 1 km Cross #4: garden, in front of the Presbytery ( No.24) Cross from 1779 . Baroque pattern. Inscription: “Betrachte / O Mensch / Das Bider / Leiten und / sterben / Jesu Christi / 1779” 1.5 km Cross #5: In front of the chapel Between the grotto and the tombstone , pink sandstone cross without neither date nor inscription but it is probably the oldest one, according to its shape. If we are to believe the folklore, the cross 2 was St-Florentius’ headstone. km Cross #6: towards the Nideck, on the RD218 Cross from 1873 . Bas relief representing the Instruments of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Inscription on the left side: “Im memorandum of Paul Braun born 26.07.1884 deceased here 2.5 19.07.1949 by accident / Jesus allow him eternal rest” km Cross #7: on your left, in a remote area In the clearing of the “Stiftswald” Forest . Sandstone cross, built by the sculptor Mr. REBEL from Urmatt in 1835. The inscription in Gothic alphabet contains a 40 days indulgence and the reasons 3 behind the construction of this cross. km Cross #8: Urmatt Cross made by Mr. REBEL in 1832 . It is located on the pilgrimage road, taken by the people of Mulhbach every Whit Monday to get to the St. Florentius Chapel in Oberhaslach. 3.5 km Cross #9: No.19, Rue de la Hoube Cross from 1824, on the side of the pilgrimage road leading to Oberhaslach. 4 The upper part has been renovated. km Cross #10: in front of the SIAT Chapel Cross from Martin REBEL Jr. Unique REBEL cross, shaped like a tree trunk 4.5 km Cross #11: in front of the post office Cross from 1773, renovated in 1969 . Research done about this cross have helped identify the initials 5 “AS – OM”: Antoine SIAT – Odile METZGER, tile makers . “SAW – ELD”: Jacob WALENTIN – km Elisabeth DANTZER, millers Cross #12: in front of the grotto Cross from 1869, which used to be in the former cemetery, where the Choir of the old church once stood (now a memorial garden). Damaged during a storm, it has been renovated on September 17, 5.5 1989 by the sculptor KELLER, from Molsheim km Cross #13: Rue St-Jean Cross renovated by J. BECHT and S. SCHMITT (husband and wife) in 1929. On it, you can see a lamb lying on a cross, its blood flowing in a chalice where a dove is drinking. There is a pelican 6 below, feeding its chicks in a nest. km Cross #14: Niederhaslach - At the crossroad called “l’angle” Tall cross from 1864, made by the sculptor REBEL . Inscription: “Errichtet durch die Eheleute 6.5 BERNHARD Florenz und Magdalena OSWALD von Niederhaslach 1864” km Cross #15: In the fields - Oberhaslach Simple cross from 1792 . Above the almost illegible date is a niche which used to house an effigy. 7 Inscription: “INRI” and “IHS”, with a heart pierced by 3 nails km Cross #16: Niederhaslach - In front of No.5, Rue du Cimetière Original pink sandstone cross from 1779 7.5 km Cross #17: Oberhaslach - Garden of No.5, Rue du Capitaine Lahner Cross from 1823, with a representation of St. Florentius dressed as a bishop. 8 km Cross #18: No.43, Rue de Wasselonne Cross from 1823 featuring an illegible inscription, built and moved here in honor of God by 8.5 Johannes GEIER and Mariana KÜBLER. km Cross #19: Rue des Ecoles Simple cross built in 1757 by Mathias CHRISTMANN and restored by Louis GERSTNER in 1846. 9 The Gothic inscription is still decipherable. km Tourist Office Region Molsheim-Mutzig Ph. ++ 33 (0)3 88 38 11 61 [email protected] www.ot-molsheim-mutzig.com.