Roeschwoog is an Alsatian town of the Bas-Rhin, in the Greater East region, located forty kilometers north-east of Strasbourg.
The municipal territory is close to the banks of the Rhine, which has the value of border line with Germany.
Roeschwoog has nearly 2300 inhabitants. The population grew somewhat in the 1980s after the development of several housing estates. The municipality is therefore residential, and if SMEs are established, agriculture and craftsmanship remain perennial.
Highlighting its environmental heritage as historic, Roeschwoog is an interesting tourist stop in northern Alsace.
In terms of built heritage, in the center of the town, besides some traditional half-timbered houses, the visitor will notice inside the church of Saint Bartholomew (dating from 1767) a organ classified by Michel Stiehr (early nineteenth) Restored in 1988.
In the cemetery next to the building, there is also a small fifteenth chapel with the arms of the Fleckenstein family, whose castle is located in the Vosges du Nord but which once owned the lands of Roeschwoog.
Much more recent are the vestiges of the Maginot Line erected before the Second World War in the hope of containing a German invasion. Two casemates are visible in the village, Roeschwoog being the starting point of a hiking trail a hundred kilometers long that takes the route of the Maginot Line to Bitche (Moselle). Information on +33 3 88 15 45 88. It will be noted that the soldiers stationed in the village resisted until 1 July 1940, almost a week after the Armistice came into force.
Decidedly positioned on a strategic axis, Roeschwoog is also among the municipalities crossed by the European Véloroute du Rhin (EV 15) which connects the source of the river in Switzerland to its mouth in the Netherlands.
To these two itineraries are added other paths or walks of less long duration, to be taken on foot or by mountain bike, at the start or including the village and its surroundings, hilly to the west and staked to the east of gravel pits (Due to the bed of the Rhine), as the protected areas of the Moder and the Roselière. Information at +33 3 88 15 45 88.
Finally, a stop at Roeschwoog can be the opportunity to relax at the Staedly Municipal Recreation Center. In addition to an open-air tennis court, a health course, a petanque area, water slides and a climbing wall, you can swim in a supervised water in July and August (adult rate: 2, 50 euros, child: 1.50 euro). For further information, please call +33 3 88 86 42 18.
On the second Sunday in March, a wellness fair is organized in the communal room of the MOC.
Every 1st of May, a gourmet walk marked with gastronomic stages in and around the village is proposed. Information on +33 3 88 86 41 04.
On the first Sunday in June, a flea market attracts about a hundred exhibitors to animate the streets of the village.
On the second Sunday of July, the Open Art event offers outdoor artists' exhibitions in the City Hall Park.
In July, several concerts (classical music, variety or rock groups) are on the program of the Estivales du Parc (park of the town hall, outdoors). Information on +33 3 88 86 41 04.
