The Big Oak – Col de la Tête du Christ loop from Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel

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The Big Oak – Col de la Tête du Christ loop from Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel

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The Big Oak – Col de la Tête du Christ loop from Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel

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21.0km

320m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 11, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord

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79 m

Café du Havre

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Good café-restaurant with very tasty food. Very friendly hosts who speak French, German and English. Open all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday, kitchen open until 3 p.m. and from 7 p.m.

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6.02 km

The Big Oak

Highlight • Natural Monument

Remarkable oak from ca. 1600; Trunk circumference about 6.3 m

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10.3 km

Col de la Tête du Christ

Highlight • Monument

The climb is easy to do from both sides and without ramps

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18.2 km

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Abbey Church

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The abbey church represents, thanks to its great diversity of styles (Romanesque, transitional Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque), one of the most remarkable churches in Lower Alsace.
The interior of the church, …

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18.4 km

Saint Adelphe Church — Neuwiller-lès-Saverne

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Collegiate until the 16th century, currently a Protestant church, it was built by the Benedictine abbey, outside the monastic enclosure, to accommodate the relics of Saint-Adelphe and thus acquire the …

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19.0 km

Old railway line of Dossenheim

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nice bike path on the old railway line between Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel and Neuwiller-lès-Saverne.
Part of the former railway line from Steinbourg to Rastatt.
More information: achim-bartoschek.de/bahneur_fr.htm#fr67_04 and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnstrecke_Steinbourg%E2%80%93Rastatt

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