On the Trail of History: Bunkers, Ramparts, Casemates
Stage 1: Alsace Stage – "Maginot Line Fortifications, Historic Battlefield, and Fleckenstein Castle Ruins" (171 km)
From Roeschwoog to Wissembourg, you follow the main route. In Wissembourg, you turn onto the Véloroute de la Vallée de la Lauter and ride to Lauterbourg on the banks of the Rhine. There, you join EuroVelo 15 (Rhine Cycle Route), which takes you south to Roppenheim station (Roppenheim Gare). From there, a new cycle path leads you past the Style Outlet in Roppenheim and continues along the Rhine to Fort Louis, where you return to your starting point. To the gpx-file.
On the Trail of History: Bunkers, Ramparts, Casemates
Stage 2: Palatinate Stage – "Between Defensive Lines (Siegfried, Queich, Ettlingen) and Fortified Towns (Landau, Germersheim)" (169 km)
Between Wissembourg and Ettlingenweier, you follow the main route. Then you ride via Durmersheim and Rheinstetten to Neuburgweier, where you take the ferry across the Rhine to Neuburg am Rhein. You continue towards Berg, then rejoin the Véloroute de la Vallée de la Lauter to return to your starting point in Wissembourg. On this stage, you pass several defensive lines such as the Siegfried Line, Queich Line, and Ettlingen Line, and cycle through the fortified towns of Landau and Germersheim. To the gpx-file.
On the Trail of History: Bunkers, Ramparts, Casemates
Stage 3: Baden Stage – "Strasbourg’s Fortress Belt, Maginot and Siegfried Lines, and Rastatt Fortress Town" (163 km)
From Strasbourg to Drusenheim, you follow the main route. In Drusenheim, you take the ferry across the Rhine to Greffern and continue on EuroVelo 15 – Rhine Cycle Route – north to Plittersdorf. From there, you head to Rastatt, where you rejoin the main route that leads you back to Strasbourg. To the gpx-file.
