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Start from the car park near Dieffenthal church (at the top of the village).
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(S/E) Walk past the cemetery, then shortly afterwards turn right onto the tarmac road. Make a short detour to the Bangerstein site, then continue.
At the next three-way junction, turn left, then at the next junction, continue straight ahead, staying on the main path. Pass between the vineyard plots, with two copses of trees at either end, then generally follow the contour line to reach a hedge of fir trees below the forest.
(1) Turn right. Shortly afterwards, follow the stony path into the forest and arrive at a junction in a bend.
(2) Continue straight ahead uphill, following the signposted path to the castle. Enjoy the view, then retrace your steps and set off again to the left at the foot of the castle.
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(3) At the Ortenbourg sign, turn right towards Rehhag.
(4) At the clearing with the horse-riding stop and picnic tables, take the second path on the left, which slopes gently downwards (Route Forestière des Châteaux), until you reach the start of a large bend to the left.
(5) In the bend, leave the forest road and turn right onto the uphill path. Further on, rejoin the forest road and continue straight ahead towards Bernstein. Reach the Rehhag crossroads.
(6) Continue straight ahead along a fairly steep, sunken path and reach the Krieghurst crossroads.
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(7) Turn left for a few metres towards Engelfelsen (Schild Forest Track), then immediately turn right onto a gentle uphill path.
Pass the Engelfelsen rock, then continue along the same path towards Stangenberg.
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(8) At the Stangenberg junction, continue left towards Gallienstein for about a hundred metres, then turn sharply right. Descend for a few metres, then head right along the flat section towards Kasmarkt.
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(9) At Kasmarkt, continue straight ahead towards Dambach-La-Ville via the Sentier des Bornes. Further down, at the three-way junction, head left. After a short steep descent, you’ll come to a forest track at a bend. Turn right and look for the start of a path on the left.
(10) Leave the track and follow the path on the left towards Saint Sébastien. Cross a forest track, continue straight ahead, and after a few metres turn right.
(11) At the first vineyards, take the path on the left, then further down, head left.
(12) At the Saint-Sébastien Chapel (note its remarkable altar and ossuary), head down the road towards Dambach-La-Ville.
(13) At the crossroads, turn left towards Barr, and immediately follow a small path to the right, between the vineyards, to reach the Porte de Blienschwiller.
Go through the gate (pedestrian access on the right), then turn right onto Rue du Général De Gaulle. Continue to the Town Hall, then turn right onto Rue de l’Église. Continue along Rue Mersiol-Burrus to reach the Porte de Dieffenthal.
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(14) Before the gate, turn right onto Rue des Remparts and follow it to the end, then turn left onto Chemin du Rutenberg. Further on, take a concrete path on the right, then at the wayside shrine, head left. In Dieffenthal, walk up Rue de l’Église to return to the car park (S/E).
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