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Elsasshausen Memorial Tower – Soultzerkopf Hut loop from Soultz-sous-Forêts

Elsasshausen Memorial Tower – Soultzerkopf Hut loop from Soultz-sous-Forêts

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Elsasshausen Memorial Tower – Soultzerkopf Hut loop from Soultz-sous-Forêts

04:31

62.1km

890m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 136 m for 9 m

After 62.0 km for 9 m

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Start point

Train Station

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24.9 km

As a memorial to the many dead, such a "MONUMENT AUX MORTS" (usually called a "Central Memorial" or "War Memorial" in German-speaking countries) is still very important today. "Now, Lord, you let your servant depart in peace, as you have said..." it says in the so-called "Hymn of Simeon" (Luke's Gospel, Chapter 2, Verse 29). However, the people who are remembered here did not depart in peace, but became victims of war and tyranny. Therefore, the term "fallen memorial" is now sometimes used instead of the "war memorial" that was previously common in German. In the French-speaking world, however, this aspect of commemoration of the dead has long been included in the most commonly used term "MONUMENT AUX MORTS". Regardless of language and nation, such a memorial has two important and at the same time everlasting tasks:
-1- To keep alive the memory of the suffering and horror of war,
-2- and to remind people of the need to maintain peace in the long term.

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26.3 km

Elsasshausen Memorial Tower

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Walkable, monument in memory of the regional battle of August 6, 1870 of the Franco-Prussian War.

6aout1870.com/de/doc.php?nom=belvedere

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27.0 km

Monument to the 83rd Hessian Infantry Regiment

Highlight • Monument

The Battle of Frœschwiller-Wœrth, or Battle of Reichshoffen, took place on August 6, 1870 in Alsace, at the start of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. It is famous for a series of charges by French cuirassiers (heavy cavalry).

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29.2 km

Church of Peace of Frœschwiller

Highlight • Religious Site

This neo-Gothic Protestant church is unquestionably the largest commemorative monument of the Battle of August 6, 1870, known as the "Battle of Reichshoffen", which killed no less than 20,000 people. It was built from 1872 in place of the village church, burnt down during the battle, on the plans of the architect Charles Winkler and under the authority of Emperor William I thanks to subscriptions collected throughout Germany. It was inaugurated on July 30, 1876 and dedicated to Peace. Above the main portal, a Christ carved in sandstone is surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists.

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29.2 km

Froeschwiller Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Lutheran Church known as the Church of Peace

The old church of Froeschwiller, dedicated to Saint Michael, became Protestant in 1552, when the Eckbrecht of Durckheim took possession of the village.
During the simultaneum, the choir was reserved for Catholics.
In 1824, the architect Dufau took charge of the reconstruction of the interior facade, then from 1841 to 1845, a new nave was built, with an entrance on the street, according to the plans of the architect Albert Haas.
During the battle of August 6, 1870, the church was destroyed, and a promise was made by the Germans, to rebuild it, as well as a Catholic church.
Charles Winkler, architect of historical monuments, proposed a neo-Gothic building project, which was accepted, and allowed the new church to emerge, it was inaugurated in 1876.
The reconstruction work was under the supervision and authority of the Prince Royal, Frederick William, the work was financed by German donations.
The inaugural address was delivered by Pastor Chales Klein on July 30, 1876, and the Church Dedicated to Peace.
patrimoine-religieux.fr/eglises_edifices/67-Bas-Rhin/67147-Froeschwiller/174747-EgliselutheriennediteEglisedelaPaix

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30.8 km

Maison des Turcos

Archaeological Site

42.5 km

Soultzerkopf Hut

Highlight • Natural Monument

Outstanding view of the Rhine plain to the opposite Black Forest with the Hornisgrinde as the highest elevation in the northern Black Forest. The Strasbourg Cathedral with one of the highest church towers can be seen very well.

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47.2 km

Farmhouse Inn of the Mill of Seven Springs

Highlight • Restaurant

Very nice auberge.
We prefer to go there at lunchtime, so no reservation is necessary and there are nice menus.
A tart for dessert, if there is still something left. 🤗

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62.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.8 km

20.1 km

7.45 km

4.18 km

366 m

140 m

Surfaces

26.9 km

22.3 km

10.7 km

1.21 km

1.06 km

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

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Sunday 10 May

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86 %

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Elsasshausen Memorial Tower – Soultzerkopf Hut loop from Soultz-sous-Forêts

View of Woerth

Monument aux morts

Elsasshausen Memorial Tower

Monument to the 83rd Hessian Infantry Regiment

Church of Peace of Frœschwiller

Froeschwiller Church

Soultzerkopf Hut

Farmhouse Inn of the Mill of Seven Springs

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