Geocaching - Amid hills and valleys

CITY HALL

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°58.491 EST 008°10.591

Google Maps coordinates : 48 58.491,8 10.591



Remarkable architecture with its great doorway with a shattered pediment. The magnificent Renaissance doorway from 1731 bears the arms of the town. Inside, (visible during the opening hours from the Tourist Office) on the stair landing, is the Roman Altar discovered in 1891 near the Church, This Altar, dedicated to Jupiter, doubtless comes from a sacred location and bears witness to the Roman occupation of the site. The clock mechanism, made by Schwilgué (1776-1856).





What date is on the building? 1655 =2, 1870 =4, 1731 =1

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place des tirailleurs tunisiens

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°58.784 EST 008°08.170

Google Maps coordinates : 48 58.784,8 08.170



This square is dedicated to the 4th Tunisian Infantry Regiment, which liberated Scheibenhard from Nazi Occupation on 19 March 1945 by forcing its way across the Lauter. It was the first French regiment to make its way into Germany.





What is the symbol represented on the topmost stone? a crescent and a star =2, a star and a cross =6, a crescent and a cross =5

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GEOTHERMAL

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°58.458 EST 008°07.390

Google Maps coordinates : 48 58.458,8 07.390



An oil deposit was discovered during the first explorations in 1956. The oïl company employed up to 20 people. Production was halted 10 years after it had begun as exploitation was no longer financially viable. In 1982, the company Elf-Aquitaine-Géopétrol took over explorations and began to drill again to set up the pump jacks you can still see today.





How many working oil wells are there at this location? 8 =3, 6 =9, 2 =8

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ST ANThony's chapel

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°57.137 EST 008°07.131

Google Maps coordinates : 48 57.137,8 07.131



In 1828, a statue erected to St Anthony of Padua on the site of the present day chapel.

The statue was then housed beneath an oratory. The miraculous cure of a Bohemian girl made the site a place of pilgrimage. As of that period in time, this location became of place of pilgrimage for a large number of gipsies and gadjos in the second weekend in June every year. In 1887, a chapel was built.

Please respect the peace and quiet, the sobriety and the decency of this contemplative place.





St Antoine was.... a farmer =7, a monk =2, a baker =1

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American war graves

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°56.135 EST 008°06.225

Google Maps coordinates : 48 56.135,8 06.225



At night, from 20 till 21 October the Lancaster III Serial ND755 Code TL-J took off from its base in Graveley, England. Its scouting mission was to mark out with beacons that evening's target, Stuttgart. Its crew consisted of eight men. He was intercepted by a german night fighter plane. This encounter was fatal for the English bomber which jettisoned its cargo of bombs over Wintzenbach, causing considerable damage to the village. The bomer crashed tothe north- west of Wintzenbach, killing the entire crew. The eight men are buried in the Protestant cemetery.

Please respect the peace and quiet, the sobriety and the decency of this contemplative place.





What nationality was the pilot R.W Brown? british =5, australian =1, american =4

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bridge over the sauer

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°55.086 EST 008°08.899

Google Maps coordinates : 48 55.086,8 08.899



Considering the willow and reed plantations as well as the mud flats, the Delta de la Sauer nature reservation provides a complete change of scene. Created on ministerial order in 1997 it is composed of 486 ha of protected land. This beauty spot for ornithology, botany and hydrology or just for its landscapes is also one of the last areas where the flood of the Rhine can spread.





See you..... flat-bottomed boats =6, canoes =3, motor boat =0

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CACHE

Well done! You have all the clues, the cache is located at :

GPS coordinates : NORD 48°56.ABC EST 008°09.DEF

Google Maps coordinates : 48 56.ABC,8 09.DEF





Beam wells are relatively rare in Alsace. The water would be drawn up using a counterweight and would then run down a chute into a stone trough, which could also be used to water livestock. The beam well can be seen in the center of the village.