Do you love the great outdoors and walking?
Here are all our walking routes in our area. You will find a range of routes to discover the richness and curiosities of the area in all seasons. All the paths from the north to the south of the region, as well as those of the Stadt Rheinau across the Rhine, are indicated. In total, there are 162.8 km to walk. There are 17 routes on the French side ranging from 1.7 to 16.9 km, and 6 routes on the German side ranging from 1 to 17 km.
Between typical Alsatian villages and natural heritage, you can admire a varied palette of unique Rhine landscapes.
Our hiking map, where you will find all the routes, is available free of charge in our offices in Gambsheim and Soufflenheim, as well as at the Info Point in the Roppenheim Shopping Centre.
You can consult it here: https://bit.ly/3z1Yk0p and download it here: https://bit.ly/3DiqJ4T
1. HIKING ROUTES IN THE RHINE REGION :
➖ LE SENTIER DÉCOUVERTE DU HELLWASSER
Along the largest oxbow of the Moder, this trail presents the fauna and flora of the Rhine forest.
Le long du plus grand bras mort de la Moder, ce sentier présente la faune et la flore de la forêt rhénane.
📍 Departure: Route du Rhin in DALHUNDEN (Direction Drusenheim on the right in the forest)
🚶 Kilometres: 1,7
🕑 Duration: About 20 minutes
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
☁️ Exposure : Shaded
➖ LE SENTIER BOTANIQUE MITTELGRUND
The botanical trail includes all the characteristic species of the Rhine forests.
A fun trail, during which signs give you valuable information on the trees and shrubs typical of this environment. Of particular note is the presence of the staphylocustrum - or false pistachio tree - of which this is the only known station in France.
📍 Departure: Left after the Moder bridge in STATTMATTEN
🚶 Kilometres: 2,73
🕑 Duration: About 1h15
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
☁️ Exposure : Shaded
➖ LE CHEMIN DES HOFTNAME
The signs will guide you from house to house, each one more beautiful than the next.
The "Hoftname" tour allows you to discover the secrets of the families who lived here. This customary name is still commonly used by the inhabitants and long-established families in the village.
📍 Departure: 1 rue de la Mairie in KILSTETT
🚶 Kilometres: 3
🕑 Duration: About 1h15
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ LE TOUR DES POTIERS
Discover an ancestral know-how.
You will travel through the city of potters which will reveal its heritage and its ten or so workshops. Discover, along the potteries, passionate people who perpetuate secular gestures, giving birth to forms and moulds which make the richness of the Alsatian culinary tradition.
📍 Departure: Tourist Information Office in SOUFFLENHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 3,5
🕑 Duration: About 2h to 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ LA LIGNE DES AMERS
The Bitter Line offers a magnificent view of the Black Forest and of the ships passing through the largest inland locks in France.
Along the Rhine, an installation to walk slowly, to meditate. You will walk along a succession of fifteen bollards, each bearing a photograph of a landscape. The enamelled lava slabs are sealed onto concrete bollards that line the path. The path is located on the dike between KP 308 and 306.5.
📍 Departure: At PK 308, after the tourist information office in GAMBSHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 4
🕑 Duration: About 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ LE PARCOURS DU MITTELKOPFGRUND
On the outskirts of Dalhunden, you can see the large reed bed of the Kohlgiessen
Egrets and herons can be seen here. On the outskirts of the village, a remnant of the Second World War has been converted into a bat shelter. Following the Moder loop, you pass asparagus fields, meadows and forest.
📍 Departure: 48 rue du Rhin in DALHUNDEN
🚶 Kilometres: 4,28
🕑 Duration: About 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the blue round markers of the Club Vosgien
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner
➡ GPS track
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➖ LE CIRCUIT DE LA POMME
You can admire the beautiful orchards that surround the eastern part of the village and are home to, among others, the very rare owl.
A true discovery of the fields near a village. Proudly manicured areas and meadows in a shade of green follow one another. The local arboricultural association works throughout the year to replant the edges of the paths as well as hedges that will favour nesting.
📍 Departure: At the arborist garden in HERRLISHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 4,4
🕑 Duration: About 1h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the apple logo of the French Hiking Federation
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➡ Route of the circuit
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➡ Linking circuit de la Pomme et circuit du Castor
➖ LE CIRCUIT DU CASTOR
Take a deep breath of nature on this walk.
You walk along the former high-water dam of the Rhine and then plunge into the heart of a forest classified as a nature reserve. Along the Muehlrhein you will discover beautiful willow groves, the beaver's favourite habitat.
📍 Departure: rue de la Digue in OFFENDORF (Car park of the communal hangar)
🚶 Kilometres: 5,3
🕑 Duration: About 2h
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the beaver logo of the French Hiking Federation
☁️ Exposure : Shaded
➡ Route of the circuit IGN Rando
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➡ Linking circuit de la Pomme et circuit du Castor
➡ Linking circuit du Castor et circuit du Cygne
➖ DÉCOUVERTE DU RIED
Discover the remarkable landscapes of the Ried.
It is necessary to bring the guide to the discovery trail (available free of charge at the Town Hall and the Library). Then just follow the signs. The discreet wooden arrows allow the trail to be integrated into the remarkable landscape of the Ried. The arrows are made of aluminium in the village. The guidebook provides explanations of the places indicated by recognition posts (wooden posts with the theme written on them). 11 themes are developed along the way.
📍 Departure: Football field in KILSTETT
🚶 Kilometres: 6
🕑 Duration: About 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the wooden arrows
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ LE SENTIER GOETHE
Follow in the footsteps of Sessenheim's most famous couple: Goethe and Frédérique.
Visit the places where the lovers met in secret: the Protestant church, the presbytery barn, the memorial, the tumulus and finally the oak tree.
📍 Departure: In front of the town hall in SESSENHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 6,15
🕑 Duration: About 1h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the red round markers of the Club Vosgien
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➖ LE SENTIER DU PATRIMOINE NATUREL ET HISTORIQUE
An immersion in the heart of the streets and alleys of Gambsheim.
The collection of more than 70 atypical houses will amaze you. The second part of this itinerary, in contrast, takes you through fields and forests to discover a wild and preserved nature.
📍 Departure:
🚶 Kilometres: 7
🕑 Duration: About 2h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➡ Route of the small loop
➡ Route of the bug loop
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➖ LE CIRCUIT DU CYGNE
A pleasant route in the middle of nature, passing by the Rhine, the nature reserve forest and the dike.
Make your way along the Rhine dam before plunging into the heart of the Rhine forest and marvelling at the majestic views of the Rossmoerder. This former branch of the Rhine winds its way through the Rhine alluvial forest.
📍 Departure: Route du Rhin in DRUSENHEIM (Park at the petanque car park)
🚶 Kilometres: 7,1
🕑 Duration: About 2h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the swan logo of the French Hiking Federation
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➡ Route of the circuit IGN Rando
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➡ Linking circuit du Castor et circuit du Cygne
➖ CIRCUIT UN BERCEAU DE L'ART ALSACIEN
A tour full of art in the footsteps of a poet, an illustrator and a sculptor.
In Sessenheim, relive Goethe's romance with the pastor's daughter, in Rountzenheim-Auenheim, which was the holiday resort of the sculptor-medallist Alfred Marzolff, identify the scenery that inspired Henri Loux.
📍 Departure: 10 rue Principale in ROUNTZENHEIM-AUENHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 9,2
🕑 Duration: About 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the markings of the French Hiking Federation
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ CIRCUIT UNE HISTOIRE DE STYLE
Discover Neuhaeusel, a village of fishermen and boatmen.
A tour full of contrasts that takes you from a half-timbered setting across fields to a shopping and bargain paradise.
📍 Departure: 4 rue du Presbytère in ROPPENHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 9,9
🕑 Duration: About 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the markings of the French Hiking Federation
☀️ Exposure: Sunny
➖ CIRCUIT LES FORTS AU FIL DE L'EAU
You will discover an exceptional landscape and environment.
The Moder, the Rhine, the Rhine forest with its flora and fauna. You are in a protected biotope. Go back in time by walking through the remains of the fortifications built by Vauban in the 17th century.
📍 Departure: 29 rue du Rhin in NEUHAEUSEL
🚶 Kilometres: 13,9
🕑 Duration: About 3h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the markings of the French Hiking Federation
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➖ CIRCUIT WECKMANN ET LA MODER
A typical flat Rhineland landscape awaits you.
Walk through meadows, fields, copses, ponds and crops. Along the Moder, admire the bucolic picture of flat-bottomed boats, tied to the bank, which let the water of the river flow peacefully.
📍 Departure: 82b rue de la Gare in ROESCHWOOG
🚶 Kilometres: 15,5
🕑 Duration: About 4h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the markings of the French Hiking Federation
⛅️ Exposure: Semi-shaded
➖ CIRCUIT ENTRE EBERBACH ET SAUER
Lush forests, some of which are classified as an integral biological reserve.
During your journey, you will climb the Heidenberg hill, a place where beliefs and realities go back to the mists of time. Typical villages follow one another with their colourful and well-kept half-timbered houses.
📍 Departure: 43 rue Principale in LEUTENHEIM
🚶 Kilometres: 16,9
🕑 Duration: About 4h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the markings of the French Hiking Federation
☁️ Exposure : Shaded
2. GERMAN SIDE CIRCUITS:
➖ CIRCUIT HISTORIQUE DE HAUSGEREUT
Through the streets and alleys of the village, half-timbered houses, an old chapel, frescos and other milestones tell the story of a small rural community in the Hanauerland!
The circular route with its 9 information panels tells the story of this small village, which had about 50 inhabitants in 1590. With the Heidenkirchlein in Freistett, the Hausgereuter Chapel, which was built in 1288 and survived all the wars, is one of the treasures of Hanauerland in terms of both local history and cultural history, a visit to which can be recommended to anyone.
📍 Departure: City Hall in RHEINAU HAUSGEREUT
🚶 Kilometres: 0,80
🕑 Duration: 30 minutes
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the information signs
➖ CIRCUIT HISTORIQUE DE FREISTETT
On this historical tour you will find 19 stations with information in German about the local history of Freistett.
The tour takes you to the most beautiful monuments of the town, but also to more discreet and secret places, houses, streets, courtyards...
📍 Departure: Mulhenstrass in RHEINAU FREISTETT
🚶 Kilometres: 4,97
🕑 Duration: About 4h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ SENTIER DU VIEUX RHIN
This trail leads you through typical forest and river plain landscapes.
From the reed beds to the backwaters of the Rhine, discover the secrets of this unspoilt nature in peace and quiet.
📍 Departure: Dorfstrasse in RHEINAU HELMLINGEN
🚶 Kilometres: 7
🕑 Duration: About 2h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the red markings
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner
➡ Route of the circuit Alltrails
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➖ SENTIER DE LA RENCH
A peaceful walk...
A peaceful walk along the river Rench to its mouth on the Rhine, then let yourself be guided through the orchards and farmland of the Helmlingen Nature Park.
📍 Departure: Dorfstrasse in RHEINAU HELMLINGEN
🚶 Kilometres: 8
🕑 Duration: About 2h15
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the purple markings
➡ Route of the circuit Alltrails
➖ SENTIER DU RHIN
Enjoy the idyllic landscape of the Mittelgrund nature reserve on this peaceful walk.
Take advantage of the route along the Rhine to admire the majestic river and the passing ships!
📍 Departure: 9 Dorfstrasse in RHEINAU HELMLINGEN (Naturpark Helmlingen)
🚶 Kilometres: 8,1
🕑 Duration: About 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the green markings
➡ Route of the circuit Alltrails
➖ SENTIER D'INTERPRÉTATION DE L'HISTOIRE ET DE LA NATURE
Meet the fauna and flora.
Starting from the village square, you will discover the fauna, the flora and the local history. On this route with varied landscapes, you will discover 25 information panels in German. A friendly mill, which can be visited, a barefoot path and a fish ladder will delight young and old alike!
📍 Departure: Village square in RHEINAU MEMPRECHTSHOFEN
🚶 Kilometres: 13,32
🕑 Duration: About 4h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the blue markings
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner - part 1
➡ Route of the circuit Openrunner - part 2
➡ PDF of detailed stages
3. THE CIRCUITS CROSSING OUR TERRITORY:
➖ SENTIER DE LA MODER
This trail will appeal to hikers as well as those interested in nature, history or the way of life of the inhabitants. The trail will lead the hiker from the source of the river (Moderfeld) to its mouth (Neuhaeusel). The Club Vosgien will produce a guidebook with pictures of the regions traversed, the hiking route and the surrounding environment.
📍 Departure: Zittersheim
🚶 Kilometres: 99 (30km for the Pays Rhenan part)
🕑 Duration: Several days
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the blue signposts of the Club Vosgien
➡ Route of the circuit part 1
➡ Route of the circuit part 2
➡ Route of the circuit part 3
➡ The topoguide
➖ SENTIER DE L'ILL
On this tour, discover the importance of the largest river in Alsace.
📍 Departure: Kilstett
🚶 Kilometres: 10,9
🕑 Duration: 3h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Medium
❗️ Follow the blue diamond markings of the Club Vosgien
➖ SENTIER DES CASEMATES
As the trail crosses the railway lines Strasbourg - Roeschwoog - Lauterbourg - Karlsruhe (D), Strasbourg - Haguenau - Wissembourg - Winden (D) - Neustadt/W. (D) and Strasbourg - Niederbronn-les-Bains - Bitche, it is possible to walk it in sections and easily return to the starting point.
📍 Departure: Roeschwoog
🚶 Kilometres: 9,2
🕑 Duration: 2h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the yellow diamond markings of the Club Vosgien
➡ Route of the circuit
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➖ SENTIER DES POTIERS : SOUFFLENHEIM-BETSCHDORF
This trail takes you on a journey of discovery through the wetlands of the Undivided Forest. You will cross the meandering streams of the Eberbach, Halbmuelbach and Sauer, observe birds at the Brunnwald bird observatory and walk in the footsteps of the potters in Betschdorf and Soufflenheim.
📍 Departure: Rue Ambazac in Soufflenheim
🚶 Kilometres: 14
🕑 Duration: About 3h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the red cross markings of the Club Vosgien
➡ Route of the circuit
➡ PDF of detailed stages
➖ SENTIER DES POTIERS : SOUFFLENHEIM-GROS CHÊNE
This trail takes you on a journey of discovery through the wetlands of the Undivided Forest. You will cross the meandering streams of the Eberbach, Halbmuelbach and Sauer, observe birds at the Brunnwald bird observatory and walk in the footsteps of the potters in Betschdorf and Soufflenheim.
📍 Departure: Rue Ambazac in Soufflenheim
🚶 Kilometres: 11,9
🕑 Duration: About 3h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
❗️ Follow the blue cross markings of the Club Vosgien
➡ Route of the circuit
➡ PDF of detailed stages
4. BAREFOOT PATHS, BOTANICAL PATHS AND FITNESS TRAILS:
➖ SENTIER PIEDS NUS DE FORSTFELD
📍 Departure: Parc des Romains à Forstfeld
🚶 Kilometres: 1
🕑 Duration: 10 min
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ SENTIER PIEDS NUS DE RHEINAU
📍 Departure: Höllengasse über Renchbrücke à Rheinau Memprechtshoffen
🚶 Kilometres: 1
🕑 Duration: 30 min
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ SENTIER BOTANIQUE DE GAMBSHEIM
📍 Departure: Gambsheim
🚶 Kilometres: 3,8
🕑 Duration: 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ SENTIER BOTANIQUE DE ROESCHWOOG
📍 Departure: Derrière l'école André Weckmann à Roeschwoog
🚶 Kilometres: 1,5
🕑 Duration: 45 min
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ LA TRAME VERTE À ROESCHWOOG
📍 Departure: Route le l'étang à Roeschwoog
🚶 Kilometres: 1
🕑 Duration: 15 min
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ PARCOURS DE SANTÉ DE DRUSENHEIM
📍 Departure: Route du Rhin, terrain de pétanque à Drusenheim
🚶 Kilometres: 1
🕑 Duration: 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ PARCOURS DE SANTÉ DE GAMBSHEIM
📍 Departure: Forêt du Steinwald à Gambsheim
🚶 Kilometres: 4
🕑 Duration: 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ PARCOURS DE SANTÉ DE ROESCHWOOG
📍 Departure: Camping du Staedly à Roeschwoog
🚶 Kilometres: 5
🕑 Duration: 1h30
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
➖ PARCOURS DE SANTÉ DE SOUFFLENHEIM
📍 Departure: Aire de camping-car
🚶 Kilometres: 2
🕑 Duration: 1h
⚠️ Difficulty: Easy
