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Vallée de la Bruche
Alsace - Massif des Vosges - France
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Natural sites and gardens

Didn't Louis XIV already say, when discovering Alsace, "what a beautiful garden!" The Bruche Valley is a magnificent example. From Donon to Climont, passing by the Serva waterfall and the Champ du Feu, flowery meadows are scattered in a farandole in the middle of variegated forests !

If art is creation, Nature is an artist. She has left in the Bruche valley a open-air garden !

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  • The Hang Clearing

    The source of the Bruche is at an altitude of 690m at the foot of an oddly shaped mountain: the Climont (966m).

    The Mutzig rock

    A remarkable “pudding stone” rock (a sandstone conglomerate rock encrusted with small pebbles). Magnificent view over the Bruche Valley and the Champ du Feu range.
    Lutzelhouse

    Peter's door

    The “Porte de Pierre” is a strange and fascinating natural monument, a pink sandstone monolith in the heart of the forest on the Donon Massif.

    The big Salm oak

    It is said that the Mennonite Anabaptists planted this oak in a clearing in memory of the exemption granted to them in 1793. This superb tree is today two centuries old.

    The Bruche river as it flows

    The Bruche springs from the west side of the Climont at an altitude of 690m. The Bruche starts out as a quiet stream and crosses a vast sun-soaked basin, the Hang Clearing.

    The gardens of Callunes

    The landscaped park lies in a natural setting where peaceful forests and lush meadows reign making it a relaxing and restful place where walkers can recharge their batteries in amongst the flowers...

    German and French headstones at Petit Donon

    The terrible Battle of the Donon, which took place on August 20 and 21, 1914, marked the beginning of the French retreat.