The heights of Berrwiller

At the roundabout at the entrance of the village of Hartmanswiller coming from Cernay by the RD 5 or from Bollwiller by the RD44 in front of the Meyer hotel, take the route de la forêt. You can park your car 500 m further on the edge of the forest. The route takes the road to the canteen, so called because it leads to the ZELLER canteen, which was the former German command post of the 14-18 war on the Hart-mannswillerkopf front. The place is named Zeller in reference to Madame Zeller who lived there after the Second World War.

This pretty fountain, carved from tree trunks, owes its name to Auguste Kauffmann, former mayor of Hartmanswiller, who installed it. Take the path on the left: you are on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

On both sides of the path you will find World War I bunkers. These are German bunkers dating from 1916-1918 and restored by the Friends of the Hartmannswillerkopf and the Baden South West reservists.

This oratory, as well as the following one, were probably built at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century.

There is a bench next to this oratory where you can take a pleasant break. Take the path on the left towards Berrwiller.

After a gentle descent at the end of the forest, you enter the Berrwiller vineyard. In good weather, you can see Mulhouse and sometimes even the Swiss Alps.

Before crossing the departmental road 5, the panorama allows you to discover the bell tower of Berrwiller and the plain of Alsace.

The itinerary goes through a very beautiful setting between vineyards and orchards. The views follow one another towards Hartmanswiller, the Vosges mountains, Bollwiller, the headframes of the Rodolphe Mine etc. Follow the red-white-red rectangle sign back to the starting point through fields and orchards and onto the Route de la Forêt.