Hiking trails in the Bitscherland

Hiking trails in the Bitscherland - Sentiers pédestres au pays de Bitche - Wanderwege im Bitscher Land

A list of waymarked trails in the Bitscherland can be found here. This page is under construction. The list is therefore not exhaustive. Anyone who finds a relation that isn't yet listed can add it here. It may be advisable to extend this page to the whole of the North Vosges in the future.

Auf dieser Seite sind die markierte Wanderwege im Bitscher Land aufgelistet. Diese Seite befindet sich im Aufbau. Die Liste erhebt daher keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit. Jeder, der eine noch nicht aufgeführte Relation findet, kann sie hier einfügen. Es könnte ratsam sein, diese Seite in Zukunft auf die gesamten Nordvogesen auszudehnen.

Vous trouverez ici une liste des sentiers balisés au pays de Bitche. Cette page est en construction. La liste n'est donc pas exhaustive. Quiconque trouve une relation qui n'est pas encore répertoriée peut l'ajouter ici. Il serait peut-être judicieux d'étendre cette page à l'ensemble des Vosges du Nord dans le futur.

Major cross-border routes

Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Start from=*	End to=*	Local route	Relation	Local status	Note
	Sentier Tres Tabernae - Zabernweg	Rheinzabern	Saverne	Nestelshardt - ... - Zollhaeusel	134082 134082	100%	North Vosges part entirely done
	Sentier Ligne Maginot	Simserhof	Roeschwoog	Simserhof - ... - Grafenweiher	3083683 3083683	100%	North Vosges part entirely done
	Internationaler Fernwanderweg Nahegau-Wasgau-Vogesen	Wingen-sur-Moder	Staudernheim	Colonne - ... - Altschlossfelsen	8766496 8766496	100%	The cross is yellow on the French side and white on the German side; North Vosges part entirely done
	Chemin des châteaux forts d'Alsace	Wissembourg	Thann	Molloch pass - ... - Klein Schlangenthal Grunschaft - ... - Baerenberg pass	9455673 9455673	100%	Actual symbol is a red castle on a white background; North Vosges part entirely done

Minor cross-border routes

Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Start from=*	End to=*	Local route	Relation	Local status	Note
		Eppenbrunn	Sturzelbronn	Erlenkopf - ... - Sturzelbronn	411266 411266	100%
	Sentier paysager passe-frontière n°1	Obersteinbach		Nestelshardt - ... - Fischbacher Loch	4451516 4451516	100%	Has the blue ring been replaced by a yellow ring or is it only yellow on the French side?
Yellow triangle		Diemeringen	Enchenberg	Speckbronn - ... - Enchenberg church	8724318 8724318	100%
Green triangle		Rosteig	Enchenberg	Kreitzerkopf - ... - Enchenberg church	8730021 8730021	100%
		Bitche	Wingen-sur-Moder	Weiherkapelle - ... - Herrenwald	8743098 8743098	100%	GR 532 connection path
		Goetzenbruck	Puberg pass	Goetzenbruck centre - ... - Falken Eck	8745579 8745579	100%
		Puberg	Hammerschless	Breitenstein - ... - Hammerschless	8753980 8753980	100%
		Reipertswiller	Althorn	Stoffel Kreuz - ... - Althorn centre	8844708 8844708	100%
		Erbsenthal	Niederbronn	Erbsenweiher - ... - Molloch	8849457 8849457	100%
		Speckbronn		Speckbronn - ... - Auf der Schanze	8889063 8889063	100%
		Wimmenau	Mouterhouse	Carrefour de l'Arbre - ... - Mouterhouse centre	8902122 8902122	100%
		Hanau pond	Lützelhardt	Hanau pond - ... - Grafenweiher	8902563 8902563	100%	Formerly marked by a vertical blue rectangle
Yellow triangle		Lieschbach	Obersteinbach	Lieschbach - ... - Neunhoffen	8902660 8902660	100%	Formerly marked by a blue triangle
Green triangle		Wimmenau	Goetzenbruck	Kaesberg - ... - Goetzenbruck centre	8904810 8904810	100%
		Philippsbourg	Niederbronn	Philippsbourg centre - ... - Molloch pass	8971716 8971716	100%
		Offwiller	Melch pass	Steige pass - ... - Melch pass	9042315 9042315	100%	Follows the Bas-Rhin-Moselle border
		Offwiller	Philippsbourg	Steige pass - ... - Philippsbourg centre	9149955 9149955	100%	Bitscherland part entirely done
	Sentier paysager passe-frontière n°4	Obersteinbach		Nestelshardt - ... - Fischbacher Loch	9158815 9158815	100%
		Philippsbourg	Liese pass	Philippsbourg centre - ... - Garnfirst	9600152 9600152	100%
	Circuit transfrontalier au départ de Waldhouse	Walschbronn		Usenbachthal - ... - Ankesthal	10403746 10403746	100%
		Zinswiller	Arnsbourg	Bronnthal - ... - Bronnthal	-	0%
		Volmunster	Hornbach	Volmunster - ... - Kreuzberg	-	0%

Local routes

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Operator operator=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Sturzelbronn		Sentier paysager passe-frontière n°3	CV Niederbronn-Reichshoffen	9158816 9158816	100%

CV Baerenthal

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Philippsbourg		Circuit du Falkenstein	8859426 8859426	100%
Baerenthal			8889805 8889805	100%	Former GR 532 route
			8889964 8889964	100%
			8894830 8894830	100%
			8894831 8894831	100%
			8902237 8902237	100%
			8902341 8902341	100%
Philippsbourg			8902739 8902739	100%
Baerenthal	Yellow triangle	Sentier Goldenberg	8972313 8972313	100%
			8973732 8973732	100%
			9149734 9149734	100%	Formerly marked by a yellow diamond
			9149735 9149735	100%	Formerly marked by a vertical yellow rectangle

CV Bitche

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Bitche		Circuit panoramique autour de Bitche	3083684 3083684	100%	Formerly marked by a vertical yellow rectangle
Mouterhouse			8741479 8741479	100%
Bitche		Circuit de l'étang de Hasselfurth	8836516 8836516	100%
			8848691 8848691	100%	Formerly marked by a vertical blue rectangle
Éguelshardt		Petit circuit de l'étang de Hanau	8859423 8859423	100%
		Circuit moyen de l'étang de Hanau	8859424 8859424	100%
Sturzelbronn		Grand circuit de l'étang de Hanau	8859425 8859425	100%
Éguelshardt			8889804 8889804	100%	GR 532 connection path
Sturzelbronn			9158817 9158817	100%
Schorbach		Circuit des cascades et des anciens moulins	10403408 10403408	100%
			10403409 10403409	100%
Lengelsheim			10403479 10403479	100%
			10403588 10403588	100%
Waldhouse			10403657 10403657	100%
Walschbronn			10403770 10403770	100%
Siersthal			-	0%
		L'ouvrage et les blocs de combat du Simserhof	-	0%
Ormersviller			-	0%
Volmunster			-	0%

CV Bitche and/or Lemberg

Most of the region southwest of the Hasselfurth pond and Hochkopf summit seems to be maintained by the CV Lemberg, but the north-eastern corner of the Mouterhouse state forest is under CV Bitche management.

Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Start from=*	End to=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
	Bitche	Lemberg	3083713 3083713	100%	Formerly marked by a yellow dot from the Loechersbach pond to Lemberg
	Lindelhof	Goetzenbruck	8741478 8741478	100%	Could be entirely maintained by the CV Lemberg
	Hasselfurth pond		8751142 8751142	100%
Yellow triangle		Mouterhouse	8752757 8752757	100%
		Lemberg	8846504 8846504	100%
	Kaltkueche	MF Wolfsbronn	8911452 8911452	100%	Could be entirely maintained by the CV Lemberg

CV Lemberg

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Lemberg		Terre de Cristal	8732666 8732666	100%
St. Louis			8745642 8745642	100%
Mouterhouse			8752871 8752871	100%
Goetzenbruck	Yellow triangle		8766497 8766497	100%
Lemberg		Tour du Schlossberg	8781135 8781135	100%
		Circuit archéologique	8813846 8813846	100%
		Grand Tour de la Bildmuehle	8814111 8814111	100%
		Petit Tour de la Bildmuehle	8824951 8824951	100%
		Sentier des grottes	8825555 8825555	100%	Formerly marked by a yellow dot
			8826361 8826361	100%
			8836757 8836757	100%
		Aller-retour Grotte des Épis	8837482 8837482	100%
			8837483 8837483	100%
Mouterhouse		Parcours circulaire du Pilgerfelsen	8856497 8856497	100%
		Aller-retour Source	8902161 8902161	??
Goetzenbruck		Circuit des fontaines et lavoirs autour de Goetzenbruck	9174798 9174798	100%

CV Soucht

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Soucht			8726480 8726480	100%
			8755515 8755515	100%
			8757343 8757343	100%
			8757298 8757298	100%
Meisenthal		Circuit des Verriers	8753829 8753829	100%
Montbronn		Circuit du Mohrenkopf	8728870 8728870	100%
Bining		Circuit du Gros Chêne de Bining	8752668 8752668	100%	Not sure if path is really marked
Montbronn		Circuit des calvaires n°1 - NO	10952541 10952541	100%	Created between Sept 2019 and Jan 2020
		Circuit des calvaires n°2 - O	10952542 10952542	100%
		Circuit des calvaires n°3 - SE	10952543 10952543	100%
		Circuit des calvaires n°4 - E	10952544 10952544	100%
Soucht			8745697 8745697	100%
Meisenthal			8779403 8779403	100%
Soucht			9419392 9419392	100%	Created March 19th 2019
Meisenthal			9483175 9483175	100%	Created March 25th 2019

Sentiers d'excellence

Sentiers d'excellence (dt. Premiumwanderwege, « excellence trails ») in the Bitscherland were unveiled in November-December 2019. They were created by the Bitscherland's tourist office (OT Pays de Bitche) in collaboration with the Vosgian clubs to set the most remarkable trails of the region apart and help hikers find their way around. Further information can be found in the official guidebook (PDF).

Number	Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Maintainer operator=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
1	Baerenthal		Autour du Château de Ramstein	CV Baerenthal	-	0%	Mostly based on 88948308894830
2	Bitche		Autour de l’étang de Hasselfurth	CV Bitche	-	0%	Combination of 87527578752757 and 88486918848691
3	Philippsbourg		Autour des châteaux de Waldeck et de Falkenstein	CV Baerenthal	-	0%	Based on 88594238859423 and 88594268859426
4	Lemberg		Le sentier des grottes	CV Lemberg	-	0%	Identical to 88255558825555
5	Siersthal		Autour des blocs de combats du Simserhof	CV Bitche	-	0%
6	Roppeviller		Circuit du rocher de l’Altschlossfelsen		-	0%
7	Soucht		Sur les traces des sabotiers	CV Soucht	-	0%	Almost identical to 87555158755515
8	Eschviller		Moulin d’Eschviller et chapelle Saint-Joseph	CV Bitche	-	0%
9	Sturzelbronn		Autour des moines de Sturzelbronn		10620938 10620938	100%	Based on 91588159158815 and 91588169158816
10	Halspelschiedt		Arbres remarquables de Haspelschiedt		-	0%
11	Waldhouse		Circuit transfrontalier de Waldhouse à la Hilstermühle		-	0%	Identical to 1040374610403746
12	Schorbach		Autour des cascades et de l’ossuaire de Schorbach		-	0%	Mostly based on 1040340810403408
13	Meisenthal		Au pays du verre et du sabot	CV Soucht	-	0%	Similar to 95362269536226
14	St. Louis		Circuit terre de cristal	CV Lemberg	-	0%	Based, among others, on 87326668732666

IVV

Municipality	Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Operator operator=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
Meisenthal	I V V	Parcours permanent du Mondfänger - 10 km	Association Val-Mésange	9535747 9535747	100%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo on a red background
	I V V	Parcours permanent du Mondfänger - 20 km		9535748 9535748	100%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo on a blue background
Bitche	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 1	SET Bitche	-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in white on a red background
	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 2		-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in white on a blue background
	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 3		-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in white on a green background
	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 4		-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in black on a yellow background
	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 5		-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in black on a grey background
	I V V	Circuit pédestre permanent de longue distance du pays de Bitche - Parcours 6		-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo in white on a black background
Siersthal	I V V	Parcours permanent du Simserhof	RGE Simserhof	-	0%	Actual symbol is the IVV logo on a red background

Miscellaneous

Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Series	Operator operator=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
⬮ PNRVN	Circuit 1 - Sur les traces des Verriers	Sur les traces des Verriers et des Sabotiers	PNR Vosges du Nord	9536226 9536226	100%	Actual symbol is a light blue crystal glass and white logo on a light blue background
	Circuit 2 - Boucle du Verre et du Cristal			9536227 9536227	100%

MTB routes

Symbol osmc:symbol=*	Name name=*	Operator operator=*	Relation	Status osmc:status=*	Note
▲ ● ● ●	Circuit rouge	OT Niederbronn-les-Bains	8669236 8669236	100%	a.k.a. Circuit des Massifs du Wintersberg et du Wasenkoepfel Route is wrong outside of the Bitscherland
▲ ● ● 3		CV Soucht	8781005 8781005	100%
▲ ● ● 4			8810620 8810620	100%
▲ ● ● 1 2		FFCT Moselle	9111544 9111544	10%	Based entirely on the signs present on-site Not sure if it is numbered 1&2 or 12
▲ ● ● 1		Moselle Attractivité	12748442 12748442	100%	New routes since late 2020
▲ ● ● 2			12748443 12748443	100%

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