Haut-Koenigsbourg as seen from Saint-Hippolyte

The route starts from the Tuchplaetzle car park in Saint-Hippolyte.

Red Ring signposting

(S/E) With the Route du Haut-Koenigsbourg on your left, cross the car park. Then turn left onto Rue Schlossreben and turn right three times until you reach a Fork in the road.

(1) Turn left, then left again. At the next Fork in the road, turn right. Enjoy the views over Saint-Hippolyte. Go througha gate and reach the end of the vineyard.

(2) Head up to the left towards the Langenberg viewpoint.

Yellow Saltire

At the next junction, turn left to reach the viewpoint.

(3) The panorama opens out onto the Rhine Valley with the Vosges to the right, the Black Forest to the left and, on a clear day, the Alps. Return to the previous junction.

Red Ring signpost

Head left up a ridge path. Stay on the ridge until you reach the track: continue straight ahead to reach another junction.

Yellow Diamond markings

(4) Continue along the track and follow it to the main road and the snack bar.

(5) Turn left and take the path on the left. Keep to the right at the junction, then turn left until you rejoin the road.

(6) Cross it very carefully and head uphill opposite. Cut across a track to reach a Fork in the road.

Signpost: Red Rectangle with a white cross

(7) Turn sharply left. Pass a Fork in the road to reach the junction at the foot of Haut-Koenigsbourg.

Red Ring signpost

(8) Head up towards the castle. Cross the road and head straight on towards the castle. Pass the entrance on your right, then turn right towards Oedenbourg. At the Fork in the road, head straight on to reach the ruins of a castle.

(9) Return to the junction.

Unmarked

Turn left towards the ruins of Oedenbourg.

(10) Return to the previous junction via the same route.

Red Ring signposting

Return to the path junction at the foot of Haut-Koenigsbourg.

Castles signposting

(8) Head down to the right towards Saint-Hyppolite. Go straight ahead, then turn left. Cut across a track.

Red Rectangle with a White Cross

Head downhill to the right. When you reach the building, take the first turn left then right to reach the road.

(11) Head for the road ahead, crossing carefully. Go down the first path on the left. Cut across a track to reach the Fontaine du Chevreuil.

Marking: Red Ring

(12) Cross the road and head straight ahead. At the track, take the first turn left then right to reach a picnic area.

Blue Disc markings

(13) Keep heading towards the Roche des Fées. Pass a path on the right, then another on the left; at the next one, head up to the right. Cut across a forest track to reach a junction. 

Red Ring markings

Turn left towards the Roche des Fées.

(14) Continue along the path and stay on the track until you reach the Hermitage and the Hermit’s Tomb.

(15) Head straight ahead, then keep to the left until you reach a wide track.

(16) Turn 90° to the right onto this track and head down into the Vallon des Moulins alongside a stream. Keep to the stream. Pass the old drinking water filtration plant and the remains of a mill to reach an inconspicuous Fork in the road.

No signposting

(17) Keep left onto a faint path. Where it meets another track, head straight on to rejoin a path marked with a Blue Triangle.

Blue Triangle signposting

Head up the track running alongside the stream. Immediately, turn right towards the Rocher du Sanglier.

(18) Return to the track and turn left. Follow it straight ahead downhill to a road.

Blue Disc markings

(19) Keep going straight on at every junction until you reach the car park (S/E).

-Take care when crossing roads at (6) and (11).

-Make sure you have enough money for a visit to Haut-Koenigsbourg (8).

-Wine shops in Saint-Hippolyte.

-Snack bars available at (5) and (8).

-Saint-Hippolyte (S/E)

-Langenberg viewpoint (3) 

-Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle (8)

-Oedenbourg Castle (10)

-Ruins (9) 

-Fontaine du Chevreuil (12) 

-Roche des Fées (14)

-The Hermit’s Tomb and the Hermitage (15) 

-Rocher du Sanglier (18)