Maisons des Rochers (houses built into the side of the mountain)

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Come and discover the Graufthal's Rock Houses and the village, nestled below the cliff!

In the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Vosges du Nord, this circuit allows, after a journey between trees and rocks, to find one of the most picturesque stopovers: Graufthal, with the Houses of the Rocks, houses built in the rocks and inhabited until in 1958, and the ruins of its former Benedictine abbey of the 12th.

Description

Follow the mountain bike signs decorated with the circuit 2 red.

Departure : Parking of the Hanau Tourist Office - La Petite Pierre
Arrival : Parking of the Hanau Tourist Office - La Petite Pierre
Towns crossed : La Petite-Pierre, Eschbourg, Lohr, and Schœnbourg

3 points of interest

Museum
Stamp Museum
Web
Maisons des Rochers - A.Dorschner
Historic Sites
Maisons des Rochers (houses built into the side of the mountain) Graufthal
The Maison des Rochers is located in the hamlet of Graufthal in the Eschbourg commune of the department of Bas-Rhin. These three semi-troglodyte rock houses were restored and refurbished with furniture and mementos of the past in 1958. They were included in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments in 1988. Today they are maintained by an association dedicated to their development, and are open to visitors.

Web
La Maison des Païens - R. Letscher
Monuments and architecture
The House of the Pagans
Built in 1534 at the initiative of Palatine Count Louis V, its architecture, unique in Alsace, is as much civil as miliary. Built on a rocky promontory overlooking the forest, the site was occupied by a watchtower in the Gallo-Roman era, as evidenced by traces of foundations in the cellar. Considered a high vibratory place, it would mark the location of a Celtic place of worship.