The Ill near Ehnwihr – Ebersmunster loop from Baldenheim
The Ill near Ehnwihr – Ebersmunster loop from Baldenheim
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The Ill near Ehnwihr – Ebersmunster loop from Baldenheim
02:16
37.3km
50m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 24, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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4.15 km
Les tumuli de Mussig, the Mussig burial mounds
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To access the site:
In Mussig, head towards the Stoll mill. The tumuli are visible in the meadows to the right of the path before the mill.
GPS coordinates
48 N 14' 14"
07 E 30' 11"
Altitude 173 m
It is one of the largest necropolises in Alsace (37 tumuli). Classified as a Historic Monument since 1987, they are among the very last witnesses of the Celtic occupation of the region, in the first Iron Age (750 to 450 BC). The largest are at the water's edge: 30 centimeters to 1.80 meters high and 10 to 30 meters in diameter. Walk around and try to spot them, not all are easy to see. With children, it's a walk and a discovery conducive to the development of their imagination and learning.
Excavations took place in 1979 and 1983 in the southern group made up of 21 recognized tumuli. This excavation, carried out by Messrs. Plouin and Lambach, focused on a large mound 18 m in diameter and 75 cm high. It contained three burials grouped together in the central area. The first is that of a woman buried with three pieces of pottery. His grave was remodeled shortly after the burial. The second is that of a young adult accompanied by four ceramics. The third is that of an adult accompanied by a child aged six to eight. The funerary furniture is poor and of poor quality. The method of burial is that practiced during the Early Iron Age and the pottery from the first grave suggests the Late Bronze Age. The constant humidity of the soil allowed the preservation of a wooden palisade. This forms, around the three tombs, an almost circular enclosure 5.50 m in diameter. The palisade is made up of 74 oak stakes placed in a ditch 20 cm wide and 40 cm deep. The piles, of triangular section, were arranged in a very regular manner alternately back to back and tip to tip. Great care was taken in the construction of this palisade. This type of palisade was suspected in several Hallstattian tumuli by the existence of such ditches and by post holes. That of Mussig is the first to have been found in place. The palisade was dated by dendrochronology (on 17 piles) to 707 BC. B.C.
lieux-insolites.fr/basrhin/mussig/mussig.htm
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7.27 km
Réserve biologique dirigée de Muttersholtz
Nature Reserve
9.11 km
The Ill near Ehnwihr
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More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehnwihr
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23.0 km
Religious Statues of Ebersheim
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Pious statues to protect buildings from fire:
Linger in the small streets of the village of Ebersheim: the plank drying sheds of its large farms remind us that tobacco was grown in the Ried. The “protective niches” decorated with statuettes or pious images that can be seen on many homes and even on agricultural buildings in Ebersheim date back, for the oldest, to the 17th century and were then supposed to protect farms. agricultural fires.
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23.2 km
Church of St. Martin (18th century), Barockkirche St. Martin
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Saint-Martin Church (18th century) and its listed bulb:
The current church, dedicated to Saint-Martin, was built in 1767, on the site of an old building which dated from 1656. Of this, we still have the baptistery (1654), the three altars and the bell tower.
The bell tower, 42 meters high, is the oldest part of the church (1753). It houses a clock from 1827 built by J.B. Schwilgué.
The current organ case dates from 1785. It is made of wood carved by Martin Bergäntzel from Ammershwihr and was classified as a historic monument on January 11, 1977.
Remarkable furniture:
- The 4 confessionals from the 18th century,
- The baptismal font of 1654 (old church),
- The 2 18th century holy water fonts,
- The 19th century painting of the Virgin and Child,
- 14 candlesticks and 2 crucifixes from the 19th century,
- The Calvary of the 18th century,
- Christ on the cross from the 18th century,
- The 19th century interior Stations of the Cross
- 2 reliquaries from the 19th century.
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25.4 km
Ebersmunster
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25.8 km
Abbey Church of Saint Maurice, Ebersmunster
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33.5 km
Muttersholtz - a stork's nest on almost every roof
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33.6 km
Stork Village of Muttersholtz
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37.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
13.6 km
13.6 km
4.70 km
4.51 km
794 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
27.4 km
4.52 km
3.97 km
1.31 km
< 100 m
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