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Along the Canal – Rest area loop from Westhouse-Marmoutier

Along the Canal – Rest area loop from Westhouse-Marmoutier

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Along the Canal – Rest area loop from Westhouse-Marmoutier

03:03

68.2km

580m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

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Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord

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20.5 km

Neuwiller-lès-Saverne Village Center

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The former abbey church of St. Peter and Paul, founded around 720, belonged to one of the oldest monasteries on the Upper Rhine. In its early years, this was led by Saint Pirminius, among others. The church is one of the most artistically valuable and stylistically diverse in Alsace. It has a Carolingian crypt (8th century), Romanesque chapels (11th century), a choir and a transept in the transitional style to Gothic (late 12th century), a purely Gothic nave (13th century) and a classicist façade with a tower (1768). The remains of the monastery building (chapter house, one wing of the cloister) are of Gothic style (13th century). The furnishings are very rich (medieval gravestones and the Adelphus carpets from around 1470 with depictions of the life and miraculous work of St. Adelphus of Metz in the chapels; baptismal font, pulpit, Adelphus shrine, organ, Holy Sepulchre in the nave). The portals and rose windows are also remarkably designed and decorated. Archaeological remains of other buildings of the monastery complex can be seen to the north of the church.

The now Protestant church of St. Adelphus was built between 1200 and 1225 in the transitional style from Romanesque to Gothic. It impresses with its powerful west facade and its simple interior. The choir of the church, which until then contained the reliquary and the Adelphus carpets depicting the life of St. Adelphus of Metz, was demolished in the 19th century and replaced by a flat wall.

The Herrenstein Castle (ruin) was built at the beginning of the 13th century by the Counts of Dagsburg. In the 16th century it was converted into a fortress by the Alsatian military architect Daniel Specklin.

Former synagogue, built in 1875, and Jewish cemetery, established in 1877

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21.0 km

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Abbey Church

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The abbey church represents, thanks to its great diversity of styles (Romanesque, transitional Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque), one of the most remarkable churches in Lower Alsace.
The interior of the church, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, contains remarkable pieces of furniture such as the reliquary of Saint Adelphe, a baptismal font from the 12th century, the Dupont organ from the 18th century and even sculptures in 15th century wood

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Saint Adelphe Church — Neuwiller-lès-Saverne

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Collegiate until the 16th century, currently a Protestant church, it was built by the Benedictine abbey, outside the monastic enclosure, to accommodate the relics of Saint-Adelphe and thus acquire the dual vocation of parish church and church of pilgrimage. This late Romanesque-style building, built for the most part at the start of the 13th century, was deprived of its chancel in the 19th century. The church is open every day from April 1 to October 31 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in summer and until 5 p.m. in winter

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48.2 km

Hansel and Gretel Street Art Mural

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very beautiful and detailed painting

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49.0 km

Cycle Path Along the Marne–Rhine Canal at Waltenheim-sur-Zorn

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This cycle path in Waltenheim An Der Zorn offers you a delightful mix of nature and tranquility as you cycle along the banks of the Marne-Rhine Canal.

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