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Gare de Wissembourg walks
Route discovery of the town of Wissembourg and its vineyards
Visorando Member
5.90 mi
+404 ft
-394 ft
3h 05
Moderate
Departure from Wissembourg (Bas-Rhin)
This walk along the ramparts, through the vineyards and around the neighbourhoods of Wissembourg will take you past more than 70 houses built before 1700 and the imposing St. Peter and St. Paul Church.
The town's origins date back to themid-7thcentury when Benedictine monks founded an abbey, St-Pierre-et-Paul, on an island in the Lauter. The town has miraculously emerged unscathed from a history punctuated by sieges, disasters and acts of war, with a battle in 1870 bearing its name.
Wissembourg - Obersteinbach
Tourism professional
18.06 mi
+2,936 ft
-2,654 ft
10h 50
Very difficult
Departure from Wissembourg (Bas-Rhin)
The first stage of the account of a north-south crossing of the Vosges, from Wissembourg to the Ballon d’Alsace, with Passion Vosges, the magazine dedicated to hiking. This stage is recounted by Franck Buchy in Passion Vosges.
Tour of the Scherhol from Wissembourg
9.33 mi
+1,470 ft
-1,460 ft
5h 35
Moderate
Departure from Wissembourg (Bas-Rhin)
A magnificent route where hikers will follow a path that was iconic for the people of Wissembourg in the early 20th century to reach the old Scherhol Tower. Return by descending the slope towards the Lauter Valley and a visit to the town of Wissembourg.