Osenbach: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
The 5.5-kilometre-long Sentier des Sols introduces walkers in Osenbach to the science of soil. Along 42 explanatory panels, the trail provides information about different soil types as well as physical, chemical, fertility-related and land-use-related issues.
When planning a stay in Osenbach, you may wish to rent a holiday apartment.
Nature
The Sentier des Sols first passes through a wooded area and then leads into an amphitheatre surrounded by wooded mountains, with meadows and orchards.
Along the route, the Sentier des Sols presents 13 different soils as soil monoliths. Eight of them occur directly along the trail, while five represent characteristic landscape areas of Alsace.
Bickenberg is a 400- to 500-metre-high foothill of the Vosges in the Rouffach region. The limestone areas around Osenbach, including Bickenberg, have plateau-like forms with steep to cliff-like edges.
At Bickenberg there are piles of stones known as “steinrudel” or “murgers”; they were created by removing stones from the fields.
Le Hohberg is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Rundkopf is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Stauffen is a mountain in the vicinity of Osenbach.
Stumpfenkopf is a mountain in the vicinity of Osenbach.
Culture
The Saint-Etienne Church in Osenbach was probably built in the first third of the 12th century; the surviving chancel or entrance tower belongs to this early structure.
The surviving Romanesque bell tower of Saint-Etienne Church in Osenbach has a gabled roof and three rows of openings with small columns.
The Saint-Etienne fountain complex stands at the entrance to Osenbach from the direction of Soultzmatt.
The Saint-Etienne fountain complex was built in 1853 and replaced a series of sandstone and wooden troughs.
Couvent de Schwartzenthann is a ruin in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Château du Laubeck is a ruin in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Château du Haneck is a ruin in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Haut-Hattstatt is a ruin in the immediate vicinity of Osenbach.
Further Insights
Group visits to the Osenbach astronomical observatory can be organised after contacting the responsible association representatives.
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