Places to discover in Alsace

Wattwiller · 68

Le monument du 152ème Régiment d'Infanterie

Wattwiller · 68

Les tranchées du Vieil Armand

Haguenau · 67

Liberation Memorial

This stele commemorates the final liberation of Haguenau on March 16, 1945, after fierce fighting along the Moder canal. It replaces a monument destroyed by flooding in 1955 and honors American soldiers, including the 101st Airborne Division famed in the Band of Brothers series.

Reichshoffen · 67

Memorial of the Battle of 1870

The Battle of Woerth-Froeschwiller on August 6, 1870, saw French and German forces clash during the Franco-Prussian War. A major French defeat that allowed the German coalition to advance toward Paris and annex Alsace-Lorraine for 48 years.

Kaysersberg Vignoble · 68

Military Cemetery

This military cemetery features a lapidary gallery and a Saint James cross from 1511. It holds the remains of soldiers who died during the Second World War.

Plaine · 67

Military Cemetery (1939-1945)

This site holds the graves of soldiers, including those of Muslim and Jewish faiths, honoring their memory.

Heiligenberg · 67

Montgolfier Stele

In Heiligenberg, a stele commemorates the perilous landing of the Montgolfier balloon in 1870, saved by locals from the Prussians. A mural at the town hall tells this feat.

Seppois-le-Bas · 68

Monument of the Alsace Mobile Group

During World War II, the Alsatian Resistance organized in Alsace and abroad, notably in the Southwest of France and Switzerland, to unite Alsatians who were scattered or in refuge.

Obenheim · 67

Monument to the Glory of the 1st Free French Division

In December 1944, the 1st Free French Division defended Strasbourg against a German counter-offensive. Despite extreme conditions, the city was saved, but a battalion was wiped out at Obenheim.

Dinsheim-sur-Bruche · 67

Namensstein

The Namensstein, erected in 1896 for the inauguration of the Mutzig fortress, has been restored and moved to the public area. It once again features the imperial eagle and the original plaque, accompanied by two cannons.

Natzwiller · 67

National Necropolis (1939-1945)

This site houses 1,120 graves of deportees from six major Nazi camps, including Buchenwald and Dachau, bearing witness to the horror of deportation.

Grandfontaine · 67

National Necropolis at Donon (1914-1918)

The Donon national necropolis honors 181 soldiers from the First World War, with two ossuaries and 108 individual graves, inaugurated in 1920.

Stosswihr · 68

Old Military Cemetery

Old French military cemetery located on the Gaschney path, at the Sattel Pass, on the northern side. A historic memorial site to discover.

Soultzmatt · 68

Romanian Cemetery

The Romanian military cemetery of Val du Pâtre in Alsace holds 678 prisoners of war who died during World War I, including 125 in two mass graves after a tragedy in January 1917. Opened in 1924, it remains a place of memory and pilgrimage.

Kaysersberg Vignoble · 68

Sigolsheim National Necropolis

The Sigolsheim necropolis on Blutberg hill honors 1,589 French WWII soldiers, including 792 Maghrebis and 15 Jews. A nearby American monument pays tribute to US fighters fallen in Alsace. Access is forbidden from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

La Broque · 67

Site of the Former Schirmeck-Vorbrück Security Camp

The Schirmeck-Vorbrück internment camp, fully dismantled between 1954 and 1960, leaves few traces except the 1943 Kommandantur building, now private, marked by a plaque. A 2019 memorial stele recalls its unique past as a terror-based re-education camp.

Obenheim · 67

Stele of General Count of the Empire Frédéric Henri Walther

Frédéric Henri Walther, general and Count of the Empire, was born in 1761 in Obenheim and died in 1813 in Kusel. He is buried at the Panthéon in Paris.

Uffholtz · 68

The Memory Shelter

The Memory Shelter, a former First World War sanitary shelter in Uffholtz, offers temporary exhibitions on memory, citizenship, and peace, along with events and workshops for school groups.

Steinbach · 68

The Monument of Hill 425

This stele, located at the edge of the vineyard with a view over Cernay, commemorates the battles of the First World War.

Strasbourg · 67

The Panoramic Terrace of the Vauban Dam

A few steps from the Covered Bridges, the Vauban Dam, built around 1690, offers a panoramic terrace with views of the city's layout and its canals.

Wattwiller · 68

The Red Devils Monument

This monument, located at the summit of Hartmannswillerkopf, honors the 3,600 soldiers of the 152nd Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the Red Devils by their enemies.

Munster · 68

The Route des Crêtes - Munster Valley

At 1,139 meters, the Schlucht Pass offers stunning views of the Vosges peaks and nearby lakes. A former strategic road from 1915, it allows hiking, skiing, or snowshoeing, followed by a meal in a local farm inn.

Thann · 68

The Staufen - The Cross of Lorraine

Symbol of the Alsatian Resistance, the Cross of Lorraine was erected in 1949 in Thann, facing the Rhine. Inaugurated by de Gaulle, it commemorates the Appeal of June 18 and offers a panoramic view of the Alsace plain and the Vosges.

Wattwiller · 68

The Summit Cross of Hartmannswillerkopf

Overlooking Alsace at 956 m altitude, this 22 m concrete cross, erected in 1930, aligns with the Altar of the Homeland and the necropolis. Illuminated since 1936, it offers a panorama visible beyond the Rhine.