Natural sites and gardens
Didn't Louis XIV already say, upon discovering Alsace, “what a beautiful garden! » The Bruche Valley is a magnificent example. From Donon to Climont via the Serva waterfall and the Champ du Feu, flowery meadows line up in a farandole in the middle of variegated forests !
If art is creation, Nature is artist. She left in the Bruche valley a open-air garden !
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Out of the ordinary treesThese shots of stunning trees in the Bruche Valley are intended to capture the visitor's attention and make them realise the singularity and beauty of these giants rooted in the land's meadows and...The gardens at the J. F. Oberlin MuseumThe presbytery gardens help to bring the museum's collections to life, and offer visitors the chance to smell, see and touch the various items already introduced in the museum itself, which...UrmattUrmatt is a resort of 1429 inhabitants with an area of 1384 hectares, surrounded by the Vosges mountains. It marks the beginning of the valley of the Bruch and the Hasel.The Serva waterfallsForded natural waterfalls.The sequoia of KappelbronnThis giant sequoia has a special story. It was planted in 1896 in memory of Louis Butze, a little boy who died of diphtheria aged 4.The Chatte Pendue rockIts name is based on an expression in the local dialect which means “the high hanging rock”.The big Salm oakIt 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.Landscape planning observation deckYou can't think of the landscapes and natural treasures without thinking of Pastor Oberlin's fantastic herbarium collections. See a unique take on the landscape in the museum's botanical garden.The Bruche river as it flowsThe 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.Landscape planning observation deckTake the rural path to Bénaville Chapel from the Col du Hantz road to reach this viewfinder site.The Champ du FeuThe Champ du Feu, standing at 1099 meters, is the highest point of the Lower Rhine.The Mutzig rockA remarkable “pudding stone” rock (a sandstone conglomerate rock incrusted with small pebbles). Magnificent view over the Bruche Valley and the Champ du Feu range.
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