Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In the fortified refuge of Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, an exhibition explains the purpose, history and development of the site, highlights its archaeological remains, and offers games for children and adults.

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Culture and History

The “DOSSME, MINI HEIMET” museum is located in a house built onto the wall of the fortified refuge. It displays a reconstructed interior, as it might have existed at the beginning of the 20th century. This includes a reconstructed kitchen and traditional living room, as well as tools and equipment from agriculture, crafts, forestry and stoneworking.

Located on a forest road in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, the Château de Hunebourg is a reconstruction in the Neo-Romanesque style by Karl Erich Loebell; a first castle is documented as early as 1125.

The Church of Saint-Léonard, dedicated to Saint Leonard, stands in a former fortified cemetery. The choir and sacristy date from the 14th century. The flat-ended choir is built entirely of sandstone and has a ribbed vault and a keystone sculpted with a rosette.

The fortified cemetery of Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel is the only one in Alsace where these cells of the protective shelters have been preserved.

Surroundings

Herrenstein, a ruin, is located in the immediate vicinity of Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel.

The surroundings of Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel also include Château des Rohan, a palace, Château de Lützelstein, a castle, and the Musée Lalique, a museum.

Landscape

The immediate surroundings of Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel include the mountains of Drittelsberg, Brudersberg and Spitzberg.

The surroundings also include Seelberg (I), a mountain.

Routes

The Circuit du Warthenberg runs along the Zinsel du Sud River and past pastures with Highland cattle.

The Hunebourg Forest Circuit includes a discovery trail near GORNA around a wildlife care centre.

The “De Dossenheim à Saverne” mountain biking route is a 24.9-kilometre crossing. It begins at the Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel campsite and ends in Saverne.

To the main travel overview: Bas-Rhin.

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