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Ruins of the Niedermunster AbbeyPhoto: Gabriel Dietrich, Club Vosgien
Sainte Odile founded the Hohenbourg Convent at the top of the mountain. Odile created another below the first, equipped with a hospice to welcome handicapped pilgrims. "Niedermunster" the lower convent matched Hohenbourg in reputation and thousands of faithful came to admire the Niedermunster Cross, a magnificent Romanesque reliquary. In the 16th century, the Peasants' War and several fires ruined the monastery.
Today, at the bottom of the valley, the convent ruins are isolated. Visitors will admire the two towers of the narthex and the remains of the vast crypt. A path around the ruins provides a nice overview of the whole. Away from it, the small St Nicolas chapel has been beautifully restored and offers an example of 12th-century Alsatian Romanesque architecture. Further on, the St Jacques chapel is linked to the arrival of the Niedermunster Reliquary Cross.
The Truttenhausen Abbey is wonderfully located and surrounded by a park with remarkable trees. Ruins of the Priory of religious living according to the Rule of St Augustine, founded by Herrade de Landsberg in 1181. Of the church, erected in 1468 and 1490, only the West bell tower remains, as well as the outer walls of the Gothic nave and choir. The estate is private.
Author’s recommendation
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
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Restaurant Hostellerie du Mont Sainte-OdileSafety information
Before leaving :
- Check the general and local weather ensuring no precipitation
- Inform yourself about the approach walk, itinerary altitude, travel time, possible escape route (IGN map, GPS, guidebook, etc.)
- Assess possible risks by consulting mountain professionals, refuge, lodgings
- Inform a close one of your goal and recontact them in case of change: departure and return times, number of participants with each phone number, vehicle(s), parking
- Avoid going alone, use equipment suitable for the activity, adjusted and in good condition, headlamp, complete first aid kit, survival blanket, etc.
In case of problem
Alert: call 112 (European emergency number)
5 key points to transmit your alert:
- Where? commune, place, itinerary, altitude
- Who? identity, phone number
- What? type of accident, number of victims, severity,
- When? time of the accident
- Weather? wind, visibility
Tips and suggestions
Club Vosgien "the Friends of Mont Sainte Odile"
Mont Sainte Odile Ottrott 67530
Roadbook
The start is located at the Parking lot marking the end of the Greenway "le chemin des carrières"; take the end of the road towards the old quarries following the Blue Cross marking, then turn left towards the village of St Nabor.
After 150 m, climb right towards Niedermunster Abbey then through the forest always following the blue cross. At the crossing of a forest path, turn left towards the Niedermunster parking lot, then climb the path marked with a Yellow Point up to the ruins of the Abbey.
After the visit, retrace your steps and go up the path (yellow point) to the next crossroads where you will turn left towards St Jacques (yellow point). Just before arriving at the St Jacques locality, take a little to the left for 50m and you are at the ruins of the St Jacques chapel; retrace your steps, pass in front of the buildings on D 109 towards the Truttenhausen Abbey while always staying on the marking (yellow point). On the descent, you pass the Zimmermann fountain, then the Truttenhausen farm as well as the Abbey which you can admire from a distance (Private Property that can only be visited on request).
Leave again by the blue point and descend towards the Forestry House, then turn left by the Blue Triangle towards St Nabor, you will follow this sign until you return to the Parking lot.
Mont Sainte-Odile
Château du Landsberg
Public transport
CTS Bus …stop at the Parking lotGet Timetable to destination
Directions
Obernai / Bernardswiller / Saint Nabor D109 or via Ottrott D103Parking
St Nabor Quarries Parking 67Coordinates
Author’s map recommendations
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Equipment
- Clothing suited to the season and conditions (cold, hot, humid…)
- Hiking shoes adapted to the terrain (even for children!)
- Hiking poles (useful for stability and to relieve joints)
- Mobile phone and spare battery
IN THE BACKPACK
- Each their own bag: 20 liters for half a day, about 30 liters for the whole day, but no more than 10-15% of the carrier’s weight
- Provide protection against rain (cape, umbrella…), cold (fleece, hat, gloves, lip protection…), sun (sunscreen, hat…)
- Garbage bag (to carry everything back home!)
- Tissues, toilet paper
- Knife
- First aid kit
- Survival blanket
- Water bottle, some cereal bars
THE "PLUS"
- Compass and/or hiking GPS
- Camera or binoculars
- Headlamp or flashlight
- Whistle (to alert group members)
- Fluorescent yellow vest (if it is necessary to walk along a road)
THE HIKER BEHAVES AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN
He respects:
- Nature and the environment, wildlife, flora, biodiversity
- Protected areas (national parks, nature reserves, etc.)
- The sites visited
- Other hikers
- Other forest users
- Basic safety rules
- In a group, the guide’s instructions
- Public or private owners and their property: he closes fences and barriers after passing
- He takes his waste with him
- He preserves sites and trails
- He reports any damage observed on the trails by signaling any anomaly via the Club Vosgien form.
- He favors public transport and carpooling
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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