BR67 Potters' villages and Haguenau forest

The Route
Starting from Haguenau, City of Barberousse, you will escape to the vast forest that adjoins the city. Between stands of pines and oaks, the forest has been labeled "Forêt d’Exception®" since 2020 and serves as the green lung of the capital of Northern Alsace. Then, you will come out in Walbourg, which is home to the Romanesque abbey church of St. Walburge and the Memorial Museum showcasing the history of the territory between 1870 and 1945. You will then continue your excursion along the northern edge of the Haguenau forest to Betschdorf, a pottery town that perpetuates ancestral traditions. Do not hesitate to enter the doors of the numerous workshops. Visits to the structures of the Maginot Line in Hatten and Leutenheim will allow you to understand the defensive system deployed in wartime by the French army. You will then reach the Rhine region located on the banks of the Rhine by taking the EuroVelo15 Rhine Cycle Route to Drusenheim with its Paso Museum and its Altwasser gardens. Along the way, take a break in Sessenheim where Goethe lived an idyll. You will then cross Soufflenheim, the second renowned pottery center on the route. You will once again find the peaceful exceptional forest of Haguenau and pass by the must-see site of the Gros Chêne before returning to the starting point of the circuit.