Walking tour: The casemates trail
1h
1,5km
50m
In the forest of Bettlach, directly accessible from the town, a path called "casemates" of about 2km, connects three imposing forts of the Maginot Line, built between 1937 and 1940.
This path is lined with excellent explanatory panels that tell the story of this Maginot Line, the colossal efforts it required and the ephemeral role it played at the start of the Second World War.
A beautiful view of the Jura massif spices up this little loop.
Description
- Marking to follow
- red circle
- Place of the event / departure
- Bettlach town hall
- Location
- At the edge of the forest
- Panoramic view
- altitude (m)
- 456
- Duration:
- 1h
- Difficulty level :
- For all
- Length of circuit / route (in km)
- 1,5
- Cumulative positive elevation gain (in m)
- 50
- Type of tour, itinerary
- pedestrian
- Markup type
- Vosges club
- Explanatory panels
- Type of trail / circuit
- Historical/heritage/religious trail
- Circuit themes
- wars
@yann_oubatche TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 2 - The Bettlach casemates I'll take you to the Maginot Line, in the south of Alsace, to visit three casemates built between 1937 and 1940. They were occupied by soldiers at the start of the Second World War, but the casemates were never the site of a battle. To learn more about the Maginot Line, I recommend Pierre Royer's article in the magazine Conflits: "Preconceived idea: the Maginot Line was useless" #tour de France #history #culture #la France #trip #roadtrip ¿ original sound - Yann Oubatche