La Petite-Pierre

You who are looking for authentic and picturesque, balance, well being... Come relax in the forest! In the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Northern Vosges, the Country of La Petite-Pierre offers many faces. Passionate about forests and rocks, eager for legends, lovers of castles and old stones, walkers, hikers, mountain bikers, riders, here you will find your inspiration!

La Petite-Pierre, village in poetry, is the place par excellence to discover the poems of René Char, and other less known poets, inspired by the beauty of the landscapes and the places.

Municipality	La Petite-Pierre
Postcode	67290
Tourism label
Latitude	48.8575900 (N 48° 51’ 27”)
Longitude	7.3202240 (E 7° 19’ 13”)
Altitude	From 215m to 397m
Surface area	19.57 km²
Population	626 inhabitants
Density	31 inhabitants/km²
Prefecture	Strasbourg (63 km, 50 min)
Insee code	67371
Intercommunality	CC de Hanau-La Petite Pierre
Department	Bas-Rhin
Territory	Alsace
Region	Great East

Petersbach	4.8 km (7 min)
Erckartswiller	5.9 km (10 min)
Zittersheim	6.6 km (8 min)
Lohr	7 km (9 min)
Hinsbourg	7.5 km (10 min)
Struth	7.6 km (11 min)
Sparsbach	7.8 km (11 min)
Ottwiller	7.9 km (9 min)
Weiterswiller	7.9 km (10 min)
Puberg	7.9 km (11 min)
Asswiller	9 km (10 min)
Frohmuhl	9.5 km (13 min)
Graufthal	9.7 km (12 min)
Tieffenbach	10 km (14 min)
Wingen-sur-Moder	10.2 km (13 min)

Castle from the 12th to the 17th century - administrative headquarters of the Regional Natural Park of the Northern Vosges.
Simultaneous church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, built in 1417 by Count Burckhardt of Lutzelstein, presents in the choir beautiful 15th century frescoes.
Maison des Païens - Renaissance style, it is the only building of this type in Alsace. Old traces of construction in the cellar attesting a Gallo-Roman presence.
Museum of the Alsatian Seal: In the chapel St Louis, discover the History of Alsace, from the Holy Roman Empire to modern times, through 2000 seals.
Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions: Located in the old powder magazine dating from the sixteenth century. Discovery of the history and positive collections of Christmas cake molds with anise: the "Springerle".
Relais des Arts: Denis Lavoyer created in a former coaching inn the Relais des Arts. An entomologist's office of the 19th century and its collection of insects, a school of yesterday, an art gallery, a world to discover around an extraordinary garden awarded in 2015 as part of the biodiversity gardens.
The underground cisterns installed since the 16th century under the old city are accessible by the ramparts paths.
The Poets' Garden, located on the heights of the Altenburg, opposite the old town, exceptional panorama, poetry highlighted, it is a place of meditation and inspiration.

Information points	Inter-communal Tourist Office of Hanau-La Petite Pierre
Leisure centres	Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of La Petite-Pierre Museum of the Sceau Alsacien
Monuments	Castle of La Petite-Pierre House of the Païens
Natural sites	Forest of the Petite Pierre
Performance halls	Cultural Centre of La Petite-Pierre

In spring, during the month of March, the poets with the association The Garden of Poets François Villon celebrate the Poets Spring in the village in poetry and invite the public to come and listen to shows, discover exhibitions around poetry and Arts.
Festival "In the sandstone of jazz": This Jazz Festival is a real sweep of all the streams of jazz, New Orleans jazz, improvised music, through gypsy jazz, cinema concert and of course a bit of World Music. An important event for all lovers of jazz and nature. Two weeks during the beginning of August - August 15th.
Between crafts, stories and snacks, La Petite-Pierre opens its doors for the Christmas Eve market to extend the magic of Christmas. End of December, shuttle available.

Lichtenberg: This castle, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, has gone from being a residence to a fortress, then a garrison and today a cultural and tourist place.
Graufthal: The Houses of Rocks or troglodytes: Three houses built in the pink sandstone rocks occupied from the 17th century until 1958.
Struth: Synagogue: It was built in the first half of the 18th century and restored in 2002. The last regular office was celebrated there in 1969.
Wimmenau: Swiss Oil Mill and House: After the Thirty Years War, Wimmenau was repopulated by Swiss immigrants. Here you can visit a Swiss half-timbered house dating back to the 17th century and a 17th century oil mill fully restored and in working order.
Historical Church of Weiterswiller: Built in the 14th century, it houses the funerary monuments of the Counts of Fleckenstein and its walls are covered with many frescoes dating back to the 15th century retracing the history of the Old Testament. It was classified a Historic Monument in 1921.
Reipertswiller: Saint-Jacques Church: Built in the 12th century, the church has a magnificent vault of late Gothic style in the choir. It was built by the lord of Lichtenberg in the 15th century.
Wingen-sur-Moder: René Lalique, an exceptional artist who has marked Art Nouveau with his jewels and Art Deco with his glass creations, finally has his museum. Wingen-sur-Moder, a village in northern Alsace where he had chosen to build his factory in the aftermath of the First World War and is today the only place of Lalique crystal production in the world. Different gardens, floral and wooded, allow, by the choice of species, to connect the creations to the nature as observed by René Lalique. An interpretation course promotes a good understanding of the history of the Hochberg glassworks site, which houses the museum and, more generally, that of glassmakers in the northern Vosges.
Neuwiller-lès-Saverne: Former abbey belonging to the bishopric of Metz with the church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul: discovery of its architecture from the 9th to the 17th century and tapestries of the 16th century on the life of saint Adelphe. Church of St. Adelphe built in the twelfth century, ancient Jewish houses and synagogue, two Jewish cemeteries including a very old with inscriptions murals, cemetery with Napoleonic monuments, very old oak ranked remarkable in the forest near the castle of Huebourg, castle ruins of Herrenstein.

Last name	Activity type	Rate	City
Bike hire	Sports sensations	25 € to 80 €	Niederbronn-les-Bains (26 km)
Introduction to glass art at a studio and shop	Arts and Crafts	50 €	Hoerdt (38 km)
Rural House of Beyond the Forest	Culture and education	4 € to 6 €	Kutzenhausen (40 km)
Interactive treasure hunt around the secrets of Strasbourg - In French	Entertainment	24 €	Strasbourg (44 km)

Last name	Outing type	Difficulty	Duration	Departure municipality
Three Rocks Trail	Hike	Intermediate	3:40	La Petite-Pierre
12-source circuit - Zittersheim	Hike	Athletic	4:20	Zittersheim (5.1 km)
The Zittersheim Rock Circuit	Hike	Athletic	2:50	Wingen-sur-Moder (8 km)
Heritage of Alsace Bossue	Hike	Easy	2:00	Diemeringen (13.4 km)
Along the Eichel	Cycling itinerary	Easy	4:00	Lorentzen (14.9 km)

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