Wallking tour of the Ill footbridge in Mulhouse

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

Scale : 1:25 000

13.90€

VEL04 - L'ALSACE A VELO

Collection : DECOUVERTE A VELO

Scale : 1:110 000

9.10€

TOP100D68 - HAUT-RHIN TERRITOIRE DE BELFORT COLMAR MULHOUSE BELFORT PNR DES BALLONS DES VOSGES

201 ALSACE MASSIF DES VOSGES

89032 - LA TRAVERSEE DES VOSGES

Collection : DECOUVERTE DES CHEMINS

Scale : 1:100 000

9.10€

D67-68 BAS-RHIN HAUT-RHIN

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Scale : 1:150 000

5.90€

D70-88-90 HAUTE-SAÔNE VOSGES TERRITOIRE DE BELFORT

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Scale : 1:2 500 000

7.00€

Description

This walk runs along both sides of the banks of the Ill, Alsace's main river (238 km), which rises in Winkel (Alsatian Jura) and flows into the Rhine north of Strasbourg after passing through the Sundgau, Mulhouse, Colmar and Selestat. Departure is from the Passerelle de l'Ill on the west side, near the Maison des berges.

Technical Information

Walking

Difficulty

Very easy

Duration

45mn

Dist.

2.3 km

Altimetric profile

Starting point

45 rue Pierre de Coubertin , 68200 Mulhouse

Lat : 47.73503Lng : 7.32277

Points of interest

Ill river footbridge

The Passerelle de l'Ill, in the shape of a Chinese bridge, was built in 1957 at the same time as the regulation of the Ill river. Particularity: its axis goes straight to the television tower of Rebberg.

45 Quai des Cigognes 68200 Mulhouse

45 Boulevard Charles Stoessel 68200 Mulhouse

Ill Stadium

This stadium was inaugurated in 1979 for athletics and football.

Banks of the Ill

Walk with explanatory panels on the aquatic fauna.

Dornach fairground

28 Quai des Cigognes 68200 Mulhouse

Mulhouse-Thann and Strasbourg-Basel railway

Built in 1830 between Thann and Mulhouse, it was the first railway in eastern France.

28 Quai des Cigognes 68200 Mulhouse

Building complex "Berges et Douves"

Built on the site of the former timber depot of the SACM (Société Alsacienne de Construction Mécanique).

26 Quai des Cigognes 68200 Mulhouse

Ill Canal

Built in 1846-50 to divert the high waters of the Ill and prevent flooding of the town.

27 Boulevard Charles Stoessel 68200 Mulhouse

SACM buildings

These buildings were built in 1926 to house the staff of the SACM factory.

1 Quai des Pêcheurs 68200 Mulhouse

Stoessel Bridge

This bridge was opened in 1967 to facilitate traffic between the town centre and the new districts of Dornach. Charles Stoessel, senator of the Haut-Rhin and prominent Mulhouse politician, was tragically killed in a traffic accident in Sausheim in 1966.

1 Quai des Pêcheurs 68200 Mulhouse

Le Quai School of Art

This school has been housed since 1986 in the premises of the former School of Mechanical Spinning and Weaving (1868-1977). It is part of the HEAR (Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin).

27 Quai des Cigognes 68200 Mulhouse

Secondary entrance to the former SACM factory

The SACM replaced the original André Koechlin et Cie factory (founded in 1826) until 1870. It employed up to 5000 people in 1952. Opposite the entrance was the site of the former SACM private bridge, demolished in 2010, which gave access to the factory and served the wood depot in Rue de Galfingue.