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Hagenau-Weißenburg
Salmbach

Boundary stone – Ligne de la Lauter Trail loop from Salmbach

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France
Alsace
Hagenau-Weißenburg
Salmbach

Boundary stone – Ligne de la Lauter Trail loop from Salmbach

Moderate

2.7

(3)

36

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Boundary stone – Ligne de la Lauter Trail loop from Salmbach

04:40

18.3km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Lauterniederung

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831 m

Boundary stone

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A cross on one side and a key on the other. This means that it must be a very old boundary stone that marked the lower Mundat Forest!
Information about this can be found here, for example: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundatwald

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2

1.05 km

Since the 12th century water mills have existed at this location on the Lauter. Today's Bienwaldmühle, right on the French-German border, is a large, modern grain mill with a 120 kW turbine driven by hydropower. The mill processes around 15 tons of grain daily. The imposing attic building dates back to the 18th century and is a listed building.
The Lauterwehr of the mill was extended in 2011 with a so-called fish ladder to facilitate fishing and other river creatures to overcome the weir and to improve the ecological condition of the Lauter.

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3

2.27 km

Schanze de la Ziegelhütte

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Here a path leads through a rampart (= rampart).
"This rampart is located near the old brickworks, on the right bank. Opposite it, on the left bank, there is another rampart, which can be reached via the bridge, 150m upstream. - Both ramparts tower over a flood dam that connects them. - They were part of the fortifications that Marshal de Villars had built in 1706, and were manned by 30 French infantrymen each until the end of hostilities. The imperial troops had entrenched themselves in Landau. - From 1939 to 1940, German and French outposts were stationed in the respective ramparts." Source: Information board on site
For more information, see here: kuladig.de/Objektansicht/KLD-282389

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3.39 km

Lauterniederung

Nature Reserve

5.59 km

Redoute

Archaeological Site

6

6.94 km

Ligne de la Lauter Trail

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So, honestly, I'm not sure what to look for

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7.48 km

The redoubt defended a long dam that closed off the valley and can still be seen upstream. This dam led to a second redoubt on the other side of the river.
This defensive post bears the name of Marshal de Marein, who advocated for such a defensive structure in a treatise in May 1706.
The background was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1714).

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8.23 km

The Lauter Lines

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Here you can find a historical map of the defense lines created in 1706.
From here, the GR 53 to Scheibenhard mainly follows this defense line and often leads directly along one of the dams and past some of the redoubts.

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9

9.25 km

At this point you will find a partially fortified mill canal to the mill in the thicket that was burned down by German soldiers in 1939. The mill is mentioned on the sign on the bridge over the Lauter.
The remains of the castle are about 200 meters south of here.

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10

13.1 km

Here you can choose between a shorter or longer tour. The longest tour, the Rhineland-Palatinate Cycle Route, is a good 1000 km long. I speak from experience.

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18.3 km

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9.22 km

8.26 km

551 m

288 m

Surfaces

6.62 km

5.49 km

4.35 km

1.09 km

569 m

197 m

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