The Ammertzwiller memory circuit
3:30pm
10,5km
136m
For all
On this 1914-18 war memory trail, you can observe, in addition to many bunkers, the traces of the mine war, with the pond called "funnel", 9 m deep, the result of an underground explosion, provoked by the German army, under the French positions.
You will cross Gildwiller le Mont, a former pilgrimage site, and its way of the cross to reach Ammertzwiller, which is distinguished by the presence of fields of miscanthus, a plant resembling rushes, sown to replace corn, which pollutes too much in nitrates.
Fifteen didactic panels complete the route.
Departure: Church of Ammertzwiller or Gildwiller on the Mont.
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Description
- Marking to follow
- red ring
- Place of the event / departure
- Church of Ammertzwiller or Gildwiller on the Mount
- Location
- At the edge of the forest
- altitude (m)
- 310
- Duration:
- 3:30pm
- Difficulty level :
- For all
- Length of circuit / route (in km)
- 10,5
- Cumulative positive elevation gain (in m)
- 136
- Short comment
- A beautiful circuit to discover Ammertzwiller, its history and its environment
- Specific target audience
- Adults (individuals)
- Groups
- School groups
- Type of tour, itinerary
- pedestrian
- Markup type
- Vosges club
- Explanatory panels
- Type of path/surface
- path
- asphalt road
- Type of trail / circuit
- Historical/heritage/religious trail
- Circuit themes
- wars
- Short comment
- A beautiful circuit to discover Ammertzwiller, its history and its environment