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Park in the car park at Place du Moulin in Foussemagne.
The hike is marked with a Blue Ring.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, follow the D419 to the left, heading south-east.
(1) Take the second street on the right, Chemin de la Gasse, just after the restaurant. Back on the D419, follow it to the right for 100 metres, then turn right into Rue des Sources. A sign indicates the Austrian soldier's memorial. Cross the housing estate via Rue des Sources, passing in front of the memorial where an information panel provides details about the battle.
Continue straight ahead. Leave a farm track on your right. The route goes around a second housing estate, follows it for 200 metres and then turns right along the path. After 100 metres, turn left and join the D419 at the Porte d'Alsace reception area (picnic table, information panels, car park and motorhome area).
(2) Cross the D419 and admire the Pietà. Continue along the path, which is part of the Fosses discovery trail. Along the route, there are 10 of the 23 educational markers to help you learn to recognise the trees of the region. Don't hesitate to take the time to make a small detour. The educational route is 700m long in total.
Shortly after the 10th information panel, at a barrier, the route joins a gravel path. Take it to the right, heading north, to walk along the Étang de Belle-Île. The path turns left, then right to arrive at the Étang de la Marnière. Along the way, a sign explains the details of an old border marker.
(3) Cross the footbridge on the left and walk along the pond. Take the time to admire the landscape. Look out for the small pools on the left. At the end of the pond, turn sharply left and follow the markings carefully as the path winds through meadows and copses. You will come to a road.
(4) Follow the tarmac road on the right (Rue de la Marnière) which leads back to Foussemagne and joins the D29 (Rue des Vosges).
(5) Opposite, admire the Sainte-Anne Chapel and the old Reinach Castle. Turn left and, 50 metres further on, turn right onto the very pretty Chemin de la Groze to reach the car park where you started, passing two attractive buildings: the Town Hall and the Maison des Arches (village hall, media library, etc.).
(S/E) Continue north-west across the square.
(6) At the end, continue left on the D419, cross the Saint-Nicolas river and, 100 metres further on, take the gravel path on the left (south) that leads along the Étang du Champ Cayot.
(7) On the D29, turn left towards Foussemagne; cross the Saint-Nicolas on the "Arromanches" type bridge. At the end of the street, turn left and return to the starting car park (S/E).
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