Activities

ACTIVITIES - TOURING

JEBSHEIM - 1300 habitants - inhabitants – mostly a farming village.

Restaurant D'MELICHKANN (The milk can): discover original regional cuisine, varied and refined, generous.

Shops: Bakery, grocery store, doctor, dentist, physiotherapist, nurses, notary, gendarmerie, bank.

- The Church of St Martin of Jebsheim, with Romanesque bases of the redesigned 12th century - Romanesque bell tower - tombstones of the Lords of Berckheim of the 14th-16th century - is one of the oldest Christian sanctuary of Alsace.

- La Croix du Moulin de Jebsheim: this memorial should recall the hard fighting that took place in the territory of Jebsheim, killing more than 900 people and more than 2,000 wounded (American, French, German, Austrian) from 25 to 30 January 1945..

The Monument is a cross, represented by the void left by 3 panels of stone, one for each nationality of belligerents (France, Usa, Germany).

These 3 pink sandstone stone walls of Alsace are arranged in star on a circular pedestal and bear the name of the regiments who fought in Jebsheim.

The circular pedestal has the following inscription in 3 languages: THEY ARE ASSEMBLING IN DEATH, UNISSONS-US IN PEACE.

Purpose: without ever forgetting the past, to work for an understanding and reconciliation between the adversaries of yesterday, in view of a fraternally united Europe excluding new confrontations.

Strolls - Gone hiking

. Peace path : marked walking trail.

. Sentiers de découverte du Ried Brun

. Hinking marked routes by the Club Vosgien www.club-vosgien.com

. cycling : many marked routes

https://www.alsaceavelo.fr

. Natura

. Fishing

. Discovered very close to water :

. Guided tour on a rowing-boat to discover both history and nature one the river Ill and its branches WWW.BATELIER-RIED.COM

. Canoe rentals for an outing on the ground-water rivers and discovery of the rich faun and flora http://alsacecanoes.free.fr

. the « Montagne des Singes » natural park with monkey https://www.montagnedessinges.com/

. the « Volerie des Aigles » natural park with eagles at Kintzheim http://www.voleriedesaigles.com/

. NaturOparC at Hunawihr http://www.centredereintroduction.fr/

SURROUNDINGS
« Alsace owns 3 major treasures: Strasbourg cathedral, the Issenheim Retable (altar piece) in Colmar and the "bibliothèque humaniste" (Humanist library) in Sélestat » F. RAPP

History and architectural heritage with
. COLMAR city : The Unterlinden Museum http://www.musee-unterlinden.com The Bartholdi Museum, the quartier des Tanneurs (tanners), the Petite Venise, Ancienne Douane (old customs house).
. SELESTAT with its Bibliothèque Humaniste (Humanist library) http://bh-selestat.fr
. the famous medieval Haut-Koenigsbourg 15th century castle http://www.haut-koenigsbourg.fr
. the medieval ruins of the Ribeauvillé castles
. the Hohlandsburg Castle http://www.chateau-hohlandsbourg.com
. NEUF-BRISACH with its Vauban fortifications
. The Ecomusée (Eco-museum) www.ecomusee-alsace.com at Ungersheim (25 km): a life-size hisnory of Alsace
. MULHOUSE (50 km) : automobile museum (Schlumpf collection), Musée de l'impression sur étoffe (material printing museum)
. Musée du chemin de fer (railway museum)
. ST ODILE MOUNT, a famous spot for spirituality http://www.mont-sainte-odile.com. AFrom the top of the mountain, enjoy the outstanding landscape, discover the natural and acrcheological environment. Marked walking trails, areas dedicated to thinking, seminars and friendly meetings.

. the pagan Wall : for those who are keen on history and archeology http://www.mur-paien.fr

Inherited traditions:
. the Route des Vins (wineroad) (15 km) winding past typical and picturesque villages: Ribeauvillé, Hunawihr, Riquewihr, Kaysersberg, Eguisheim.
. Gastronomy out of the commun Let yourself be tempted by our traditional, regional cuisine and its delicious dishes: Kugelopf (risen pastry with raisins, baked in an eartheware mould)
, Baekeoffe (beef, pork and mutton, with potatoes, onions and leek baked in white wine in an earthenware dish), Choucroute (fermented cabbage cooked with smoked pork and saussages) Tartes flambées (very thin bread pastry with onion, bacon and cream on top, baked on an open fire), Coq au Riesling (cokked chicken cooked in white wine and served with a very savoury sauce).
. of the ability challenging the time in Muttersholtz (25 km) :
. the weaver : « TISSAGE GANDER » is the last enterprise to perpetuate the traditional texture of the Alsatian, cloth to basis of linen used traditionally for the decoration of the farmers houses in the Rhenish valley and the linen of house. http://www.tissage-gander.fr/
. the calfeutrier, manufacturer of boats flat-bottom

Nature and its heritage :
The word "Ried" stems from the alemanic word "rieth* meaning "reed, rush", and further, ""liable to flooding areas,
The grand Ried de l'Ill, (the large "Ried" of the river Ill), between Sélestat and the Rhine, is the largest in Alsace. Little known by tourists, it is charcterised by a dense network of ground water rivers, by alternative grass fields, reed and small oak and ash-tree woods.
The winter floods, characteristic in the Ried, present an amazing sight.
The faun and flora are rich and well-preserved.