Natural sights

Overlooking the Doller valley the Alfeld Lake is dammed since 1883, to supply lower levels with water. His origin is due to glacial erosion. A path leads to a hut near a cascade.

The Doller source is situated at a heigth of 922m. The first catchment of water was in 1906. Since then, the water supplies the city of Mulhouse and its surroundings.

The path of the three lakes is situated nearby Gresson and Haute-Bers rigdges and runs past the Neuweiher lake and the Perches lake.

The tree with the six truncs lies nearby crossroad Diebolt Scherrer between Thann and the Farm-lodge Buissonnets. This type of tree with multiples trunks is caracteristic of the ...

Both of the Neuweiher lakes are the result of glacier activity. Throughout their history, the lakes were drained and used as a meadow. Then the dikes were built again for the needs...

At Lake Kruth-Wildenstein young and old may enjoy water sports and nature activities, such as the tree climbing. Above the lake thrones the ruins of Schlossberg (castle hill) ...

The Vogelstein rocks (1164m) overhang the volcano forest and are classified as a nature reserve, due to the unique forest and the special flora and fauna.

The enchanted cascade Saint-Nicolas is hidden above the village Kruth and has its name from the chapel next to it.

The Wegscheid shelter is made of larch and spruce wood, coming from the surroundings of the cabin. It was built according the traditional techniques of the log construction. It is ...

The Lachtelweiher is the most southern lake of the Vosges. According to geologists the rocks that form the natural dam of the lake came from a landslide. According to a legend, ...