Mountain bike route: Val du Pâtre Route

Nearby is the Romanian military cemetery of Gauchmatt. You can have refreshments on the way back at the Langenstein menhir.



The Val du Pâtre Chapel is dedicated to the Virgin Mary since the 13th century and is a Mecca of scouting. The military cemetery of Gauchmatt is the only Romanian cemetery for 687 Romanian soldiers taken prisoner by the Germans during the war of 1914-18.


Level: Easy

Start: Bergholtz Stadium

Distance: 24.00 km

Difference in altitude (positive gain): 521 m

Communes crossed: Bergholtz, Bergholtz-Zell, Guebwiller, Orschwihr, Soultzmatt and Westhalten