Route de découverte de Ribeauvillé

Ribeauvillé is a small town with authentic charm. With its many half-timbered houses, the town exudes Alsatian charm. It is a wine-growing village situated on the Wine Route. It has plenty of charm, with its narrow streets as well as the Herrengarten, its monuments, the Chapel of Saint Catherine, Saint Gregory’s Church and the town’s temple. Traces of its fortifications remain, such as the Porte des Pucelles. This route also offers the chance to discover some of the town’s lesser-known heritage sites and can be complemented by a visit to Bergheim, the next village to the north on the Wine Route.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 2.99 mi
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    Average duration: 1h 25 
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    Difficulty: Easy

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 82 ft
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    Descent: - 108 ft

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    Highest point: 883 ft
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    Lowest point: 774 ft

Description of the walk

Park at the Hofferer car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park and turn right towards the roundabout. Take the left-hand exit onto Avenue du Général de Gaulle. At the next roundabout, turn right towards another roundabout, passing a monument dedicated to the Ménétriers and arriving near a fountain. Turn left to enter the Herrengarten.

(1) Facing the bandstand, continue to the right and walk past the war memorial. At the end of the path, keep to the left, then continue straight ahead to reach a memorial dedicated to those forcibly conscripted. You will then arrive beneath a structure; take the second path on the right. Leave the garden and take Rue du Parc on the left, then turn left again onto Rue du Cimetière. Walk up this street until you reach a tower.

(2) Cross Route de Bergheim and head straight on along Rue Klée. At the first junction, turn left onto Rue de la Halle au Blé and reach Place de la 1ère Armée, with its fountain and sculpture.

(3) Carry on to the right up the Grand’Rue. Pass a small square and reach the Sainte-Catherine Chapel. Continue on to the town hall and cross the square, with a fountain on the left and the Convent of the Divine Providence on the right.

(4) At the end of the square, continue along the Grand’Rue, pass the Butchers’ Tower and turn right onto Rue de l’Abbé Kremp until you reach the Porte des Pucelles. Turn left onto Rue du Rempart Nord, until you reach Saint-Grégoire Church. At the church, continue to the right along the street of the same name, then cross Rue de Lutzelbach until you reach the Cemetery of the Sisters of Divine Providence.

(5) Return to the church via the same route and turn right onto Rue du Temple, which runs between the church and the Priests’ Cemetery. At the end, head almost straight ahead to take Rue du Temple, which you’ll see on your right. Then continue to the end of this street.

(6) Walk up the Grand’Rue on the right, passing the junction with Rue de la Fontaine. Walk along the Place du Bouc, then cross the Place de la République, keeping to the right of the fountain. Take the Route de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, passing a small square with a cross and a bench. At the roundabout, head straight ahead to reach two wayside shrines situated on either side of the road.

(7) Return to Place de la République via the same route and take the third street on the right, Rue du Moulin Supérieur. At the end, take the path that veers off to the left, known as “Rue du Rempart Sud”. On Rue de la Marne, turn right and you’ll come to a wayside cross.

(8) Turn back and continue straight on along Rue de la Fontaine to rejoin the Grand’Rue. Then turn right to reach Rue du Temple.

(6) Keep straight ahead, then turn right onto Rue de la Fraternité, until you find yourself opposite the entrance to the Domaine Jean Sipp and its two statues. Continue to the left and you’ll pass a fountain. Turn left again onto Rue de la Sinne. At the end, turn right onto the Grand’Rue, admiring the fountain on Place de la Sinne on your left. Pass by a fountain. At the next junction, turn left until you reach the house where Jean-Baptiste Wendling was born.

Then return to the Grand’Rue and head down it to the left. Carry on straight ahead until you reach Place de la Mairie.

(4) Turn right onto Rue Klobb. At the end, turn left onto Rue de la Streng and continue along Rue du Rempart de la Streng. At the footbridge, turn left onto Rue du Pont de la Couronne until you reach Place de la1re Armée.

(3) Keep to the right onto Grand’Rue and continue to the end. Then turn right onto Rue des Cigognes. At the end, on the right, you’ll see a tower. Otherwise, turn left onto Rue du Rempart de la Streng, then turn right to rejoin the route you took on the way there, which you should follow to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 814 ft - Hofferer car park - Strengbach (rivière)
  2. 1 : mi 0.18 - alt. 784 ft - Herrengarten - Strengbach (rivière)
  3. 2 : mi 0.51 - alt. 794 ft - Tower - Chapelle de la Sainte-Famille (Ribeauvillé)
  4. 3 : mi 0.71 - alt. 801 ft - Place de la 1re Armée - Chapelle Sainte Catherine (Ribeauvillé)
  5. 4 : mi 0.89 - alt. 820 ft - Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
  6. 5 : mi 1.13 - alt. 883 ft - Cemetery of the Sisters of Divine Providence
  7. 6 : mi 1.3 - alt. 843 ft - End of Rue du Temple
  8. 7 : mi 1.57 - alt. 876 ft - Chapels - Strengbach (rivière)
  9. 8 : mi 1.91 - alt. 873 ft - Calvary - Strengbach (rivière)
  10. S/E : mi 2.99 - alt. 814 ft - Hofferer car park - Strengbach (rivière)

Notes

You can travel to Ribeauvillé by bus from Sélestat or Colmar.

Toilets are available on Place du Général de Gaulle, just before (1).

There are plenty of shops and restaurants in the area.

Worth a visit

-Monument dedicated to the minstrels.

-Fountain at (1).

-Herrengarten.

-War memorial.

-Memorial to the ‘malgré-nous’ (cultural information available on site).

-Tower of the Storks.

-Fountain and sculpture on Place de la 1re Armée.

-St Catherine’s Chapel.

-TownHall and fountain (4).

-Convent of Divine Providence.

-Tour des Bouchers (4)

-Porte des Pucelles.

-Cemetery of the Sisters of Divine Providence (5).

-Priests’ Cemetery and its Calvary.

-St Gregory’s Church.

-Temple.

-Oratory on a house on the Grand’Rue between the (6) and the (7).

-Place du Bouc.

-Fountain in Place de la République.

-Napoleonic bench and wayside cross on the Route de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines.

-Shrines (7).

-Calvary (8).

-Statue at the entrance to the Domaine Jean Sipp.

-Fountain on Rue de la Fraternité.

-Fountain on Place de la Sinne.

-Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Wendling.

-The Deer Fountain.

-Tower on Route de Bergheim.

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