Bartenheim and Brinckheim Vines Trail

A trail giving you the possibility to explore a large number of running vineyards throughout the Bartenheim and Brinckheim hillsides.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.32 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 75 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 78 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 319 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 264 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Bartenheim (68870)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.632947° / E 7.472508°
  • Accessible from the train station Gare de BARTENHEIM PHARMACIE.
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3721ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Start : Bartenheim Church's small car park.

(S/E) Walk up the cemetry road (Rue du cimetière) until you reach a path junction.

(1) Take the wider path up to the left, carry on this path until you can see first grapevines on your right.

(2) On the way, a bench allows you to admire the grapevines you've past and a first view point over the Black Forest. Keep heading straight on the trail which turn right heading alongside some Ruetschiberg grapevines.

(3) Warning here you go off-path. After around 50m before the end of the path, head down the small hill on the left between the last grapevine and an orchard.

(4) Once you get to the path, go left towards a trail crossing. Take a sharp right and head up the other Ruetschiberg ridge. Another bench is placed in the school orchard, next to a freshly planted vine: stunning view over Ruetschiberg grapevines and the Black Forest. Continue on the trail rapidly reaching a high point and Brinckheim.

(6) A third bench on the edge of the forest offers a beautiful view over the Black Forest and the Hautes Vosges. Keep to the trail and cross a path heading down towards Brinckheim. To get to the trail on the other side, go slightly to the right for an easier climb when leaving the forest. When you reach a concrete path leading to Rue du Chenil, turn left, after which, take the path on the right leading to Winzerhisle (small vineyard keeper's house).

(6) Nine vineyards are still up and running. At the junction, head right on the trail leading down to Brinckheim. As soon as you reach Rue du Jura, head right onto a trail which goes along 4 other vineyards finishing at Rue du Kleinfeld. Go left onto Rue du Chenil, then left onto Rue des Abeilles then left again onto Rue du Rhin.

(7) At the church, just before the town hall, turn right onto Rue de L'Eglise then left onto Rue du Moulin then another right onto Rue des Prés. Cross the D21.1 (Rue de Stetten), then, at the first crossroads, turn right onto a tarmac path. Turn right again onto the trail parallel to the D21.1.

(8) The start of the trail offers amazing views over the whole of Brinckheim Village and leads to Bartenheim's drinking water reservoir.

(8) After the water tower, turn left onto a trail which heads off to the right reaching the last grapevines and leading to Rue des Vignes which heads back down to Bartenheim. Go left onto Rue du 19 Novembre, then head right onto Rue Saint-Georges at the roundabout. Cross the D21.1 again reaching the church's car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 272 m - Bartenheim church car park
  2. 1 : km 0.16 - alt. 280 m - Path junction 1
  3. 2 : km 0.66 - alt. 304 m - Bench 1
  4. 3 : km 0.84 - alt. 309 m - Off path 2, left between vineyard and orchard
  5. 4 : km 1.86 - alt. 312 m - Bench 3
  6. 5 : km 2.63 - alt. 318 m - Winzerhisle
  7. 6 : km 3.82 - alt. 283 m - Town Hall
  8. 7 : km 4.74 - alt. 304 m - Balcony of Brinckheim
  9. S/E : km 6.32 - alt. 272 m - Bartenheim church car park

Practical information

Start : Bartenheim Church's small car park.

Facilities: Three benches. The Winzerhisle vine keeper's house can be used as a shelter, it's open.
See waypoints.

In the nearby area

The hike runs along 29 vineyards (24 are running, 4 are abandoned and one freshly planted). The main variety is a hybrid, "Triomphe d'Alsace" but there is also Pinot noir.

Vineyard aspects:
Waltztrotten: 5 vineyards of which one abandoned
Ruetschiberg: 7 vineyards of which 2 abandoned
Winzerhisle: 9 vineyards
Brinckheim: 4 vineyards
Kohlacker: 4 vineyards of which 1 abandoned
- benches for breaks
- stunning view over the Black Forest, the Hautes Vosges and Brinckheim Village.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 21 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Clarity of route map
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
mbh68
mbh68

Thanks to you
A nice comment is always appreciated

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Yukulovicz
Yukulovicz

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Easy to follow with the GPS route and reliable description. Thanks to the author for a pleasant walk, we were able to discover many vineyards!

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bonpied bonoeil
bonpied bonoeil

Thank you, as well as a nice walk, I learnt something.

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mbh68
mbh68
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Thank you for your comment,
A small correction: the asparagus is harvested on all the plots,
they are sold for 10€ per Kg by local producers during the harvest from early April to mid-June,
after which they are left to grow without being harvested to allow the roots to develop
and to extend the life of the field.
A field of asparagus can last 10 years without being replanted.
The trail is a little more interesting before the vines are harvested.

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bonpied bonoeil
bonpied bonoeil

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Nov 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

A lovely little walk, wind and grey skies between fields of corn, small plots of vines and small plots of asparagus ( not harvested).
I definitely love autumn 😀

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Sundgauer
Sundgauer

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Nice to see vines in the Sundgau!

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KL
KL

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Nov 18, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Great description, easy to follow.
Very pleasant little loop, best done on a clear day to make the most of the views of the Black Forest and the Vosges. Nice discovery, I didn't know there were still vineyards around here.

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mbh68
mbh68
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@chajard @Spoghi
I've just changed the start of the trail to avoid the first off-piste section, which has become difficult to walk.

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chajard
chajard

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of walk : Sep 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

On leaving Bartenheim, at the end of the carriage road, the path disappears and you have to walk through tall grass with no visibility. Without a GPS, this first part is not passable. After the first 2 km, at point 2 where there is a bench, the route is pleasant and there are no more problems.

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Spoghi
Spoghi

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : Aug 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Lovely walk around Bartenheim. The only downside was that some of the paths no longer exist. We had to retrace our steps to find a way through and had to pass through fields.

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jadou
jadou

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Nov 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

we had to change the route because part of it passed over private land and the owner is unhappy...

It's a shame the path isn't more clearly signposted.

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padilla silvia
padilla silvia

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Feb 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

A pleasant walk to do in the off-season, as much of the route is sunny.

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Vtt1664
Vtt1664

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : Jan 05, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Busy trail : No

Lovely walk along paths I didn't use before.
I would recommend
DS

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alawag
alawag
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of walk : Jun 11, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

Superb walk and discovery of the vineyards of southern Alsace

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chantal.tschamberàorange.fr
chantal.tschamberàorange.fr

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of walk : May 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Busy trail : No

a little complicated at the start, unmarked path

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