The Côte Saint-Jean as seen from Haraucourt-sur-Seille

There is a car park in front of the Haraucourt-sur-Seille cemetery, situated on Chemin de Hampont, towards Côte Saint-Jean.

(S/E) With your back to the village, take Chemin de Hampont (a small tarmac road) towards Côte Saint-Jean for 800 metres. Continue along a track until you reach a Fork in the road with signposts.

(1) Turn right. Enter the woodland and discover a superb picnic area.

(2) Take the first path on your right and carry on to a junction (marker 307).

(3) Carry on straight ahead until you reach a Fork in the road. Take the path on the right and continue to the edge of the forest, where you’ll come out onto the Haute Charrière forest road.

(4) Turn right and continue along the forest road for approximately 1.8 km.

(5) Take the path on the right: there are signposts and a sign indicating the direction of Haraucourt-sur-Seille. Walk down into the forest for 300 m until you reach a large meadow.

(6) Carry on straight ahead along the path, which further on becomes a tarmac road called Chemin de la Voitrebolle. Continue to the farm of the same name.

(7) Carry on until you reach the entrance to Haraucourt-sur-Seille. At the Fork in the road, turn right onto Rue du Château and follow it for a few dozen metres.

(8) Turn right to visit the Mennonite cemetery: there is a signpost.

(9) Then turn round to continue along Rue du Château and return to your starting point at the cemetery (S/E).

Mennonite cemetery

The small village of Haraucourt is notable for having a Mennonite cemetery that has existed since 1811. The Mennonites are a branch of the Anabaptist movement that emerged in the 17th century; they were Protestant dissidents from Switzerland. The Anabaptists were driven out of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the 18th century by Louis XIV; they then set off westwards. The Haraucourt cemetery served the entire Anabaptist community of Dieuze.