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Parking is available at the Vita car park, 31 Rue de Richwiller, or just next door at the school car park, at the junction of Rue de Richwiller, Rue des Chevreuils and Rue de la Forêt.
(S/E) With your back to the car park, head towards Rue de Richwiller, which climbs up opposite. To do this, go round the roundabout on the right, carefully crossing Rue de la Forêt, then the pedestrian crossing across Rue de Richwiller. Stay on the left-hand pavement for about a hundred metres, then turn left up a path on the hillside leading to Rue des Vosges. At the end, this street narrows and leads to the cemetery. See the “Places to see” section.
(1) Walk down Rue du Cimetière towards the basilica. At the junction with Rue Aristide Briand, note a beautiful Lebanese cedar on your left. Turn right to cross (pedestrian crossing) and reach the forecourt of the building. A visit to the basilica is well worth it; see the “Places to see” section.
(2) From the forecourt, walk round the west side of the basilica, cross the car park, pass through an alley lined with old boundary stones and ancient ruins (remnants of the old church), and go down the steps towards Rue Ackermann. Turn right, then right again, walking alongside the school. When you reach Rue Aristide Briand, turn left and then, in front of the town hall gardens, cross the road (pedestrian crossing). Continue left on the other pavement until the junction just after a pharmacy. Cross Rue du Houblon to admire the majestic plane tree (notable tree), § "Places to see".
(3) Cross Rue du Houblon again to visit, behind the pharmacy, the mural depicting iconic figures from Lutterbach, § "Must-see". Walk up Rue du Houblon towards the new brewery and its museum recounting the history of this industry, famous before the war, § "Must-see".
(4) Continue past the roundabout on the right, heading towards "École La Forêt". At the next junction, cross over and walk between the two buildings. With the school on your left, take the path that turns left; then, at the junction of the paths, turn right, cross the street in front of the park and head left towards a footbridge over the Dollerbachlein, § "Places to see".
(5) Head right, along the edge of the stream, following the Blue Saltire signposts. The path leads to a junction between a footbridge and a bench.
(6) Walk a few metres, then leave the bank of the Dollerbaechlein opposite you (this is the return route), turn left and pass under a high-voltage power line. Immediately afterwards, turn left. The path runs alongside the high-voltage power line for about 150 m before veering away to the right. Shortly afterwards, a sign reminds you that you are on the fitness trail. Pass a piece of fitness equipment then cross a plantation dotted with educational signs. Shortly after the last sign, you’ll reach a junction with a path turning 90° to the left (be careful, it isn’t signposted).
(7) Leave the fitness trail and follow this path westwards. After a few dozen metres, at the junction, turn left towards a Red Ring marker, then continue to the right. You’ll find yourself heading west again, with the Red Ring markings becoming more frequent. On a tree, a sign reads “Route du Muguet”; the path gradually turns northwards to reach a junction at the far end of a long, narrow pond, the Baggerloch § “Must-see”.
(8) Pass the chicane on the left to take the path along the western bank. You are on private land; passage is tolerated but please keep a low profile so as not to disturb the anglers. A shelter and a few tables and benches are located along the 600 m of this unusual stretch of water.
At the end, continue straight ahead on the Red Ring marked path, heading due north. Take care at a junction: ignore a signpost pointing left, continue straight ahead and keep heading in the same direction to rejoin the Red Ring markings; further on, after crossing a stream, you will reach the junction marked by a sign reading “Lieu dit croisement des Chênes” on a tree on your left.
(9) Turn right onto the wide “Chemin du Gros Chêne de Pfastatt”, heading east. You need to walk about 800 m to admire this remarkable 250-year-old tree with a circumference of 5 m. Continue straight on for a few hundred metres to find a bridge over the stream on the right and the start of a marked trail.
(10) Cross the stream and take the path, following the Red Ring markings (alongside the Yellow Ring) which quickly lead to the road; cross it towards a small car park on the left. Cross the car park and continue along a small road beside a horse pasture. Go as far as the next junction.
(11) Turn right between two fences; a sign reminds you that, for the animals’ sake, it is forbidden to feed them. At the end, the track becomes a path and leads to a multi-way junction.
Take the second path branching off to the right, the southernmost one. Cross a stream that is sometimes muddy, then pass under the high-voltage power line. Continue straight on until you reach a cross-path. Turn left and walk a few dozen metres to find a path marked with a Blue Saltire just before a footbridge.
(12) This is the “Chemin de la Dollerbaechlein”; it follows the stream more or less southwards, then, as the buildings of Lutterbach come into view, gradually turns right before hugging the riverbank as closely as possible.
(13) Walk along the bank westwards until you pass under the high-voltage power line and then cross the road. Turn immediately left, still following the stream, to reach the footbridge near the junction you passed on the way there.
(6) Turn left, cross the Dollerbaechlein and, keeping to the right, follow the path to the car park (S/E).
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