Route historique et culturelle d'Hunawihr

Hunawihr is a small wine-growing village situated between Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr. This short, family-friendly walk allows you to discover historic buildings, including the church and the fortified cemetery, for which the village is famous. In the centre, on the Grand’Rue, a succession of colourful houses, some of which are half-timbered, catch the eye of visitors seeking old-world charm.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 1.38 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 0h 45 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 112 ft
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    Descent: - 112 ft

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    Highest point: 942 ft
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    Lowest point: 810 ft

Description of the walk

Park in the car park on Rue Sainte-Hune.

(S/E) Walk down this street alongside the vineyard to reach a car park. Leave the street and take the path opposite, which leads to the Sainte-Hune Fountain.

(1) Pass the fountain and, behind it, take Rue de la Sinn. Then keep left to follow the street until you reach Route de Ribeauvillé. Turn right, then left onto Rue du Hofbruennel and continue until you reach a Fork in the road.

(2) Turn left at the fork. At the first junction, keep left onto Rue du Rosacker, then turn left again onto Rue du Nord to reach the Grand’Rue.

(3) Walk up the Grand’Rue, passing the Maison Schickhardt, the Verdergassbrunna and two18th-century houses, until you reach the junction with Rue Saint-Jacques. Continue up the Grand’Rue, passing a half-timbered house and then the Protestant vicarage, until you reach the former grain market, now the town hall.

(4) Turn right onto the street of the same name, passing a well and Gaston Peter’s birthplace. At the end, turn left onto Rue du Nord and pass five day labourers’ houses. You will then reach a junction.

(5) Turn sharp left onto the Grand’Rue. You will then come to a fountain, very close to the town hall, and turn right onto Rue de l’Eglise. This street passes an18th-century house. Leave Rue Sainte-Hune on your left, then pass the Catholic vicarage. At the fortifications, look out for the war memorial on the right before walking alongside them on the left towards the vineyard and the cultural information board there.

Then return to the fortifications and turn left into the fortified enclosure to visit the cemetery and the Church of Saint James the Greater. Then head back towards Rue Sainte-Hune and walk down it to the right until you reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 886 ft - Car park on Rue Sainte-Hune - Église Saint-Jacques le Majeur (Hunawihr)
  2. 1 : mi 0.16 - alt. 833 ft - Sainte-Hune Fountain
  3. 2 : mi 0.44 - alt. 814 ft - Fork in the road
  4. 3 : mi 0.75 - alt. 853 ft - Grand’Rue
  5. 4 : mi 0.9 - alt. 909 ft - Former grain market hall
  6. 5 : mi 1.03 - alt. 938 ft - Fork in the road
  7. S/E : mi 1.38 - alt. 886 ft - Car park on Rue Sainte-Hune - Église Saint-Jacques le Majeur (Hunawihr)

Notes

Toilets available to the right of the Catholic presbytery.

Worth a visit

-Sainte-Hune Fountain (1)

-Schickardt House (information plaque and QR code to scan).

-Verdergassbrunna.

-18th-century houses (information plaques and QR codes to scan) on the Grand’Rue, including one at 12 Grande Rue.

-Half-timbered house on the Grand’Rue (cultural plaques and QR codes to scan).

-Protestant vicarage and former grain market (cultural plaques and QR codes to scan).

-Birthplace of Gaston Peter (cultural plaque and QR code to scan).

-Five day labourers’ houses on Rue du Nord (cultural plaque and QR code to scan).

-Fountain on Rue de l’Eglise.

-18th-century house on Rue de l’Eglise (cultural plaque and QR code to scan).

-Catholic presbytery (cultural plaque and QR code to scan).

-War memorial.

-Cultural information panel in the Hunawihr vineyard near the cemetery.

-Church and fortified cemetery, as well as the sundial at the rear of the church (information plaques on site).

-Inside the church: 16th-century tombstone and the Huna bell (information sheets available on site).

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