Located at the beginning of the Peaks Road and the Vine Route the town of Uffholtz was destroyed during the 1914 – 1918 war. The village keeps nevertheless an interesting architectural patrimony with some Renaissance houses, the neo-classic church Saint Erasme and the ruins of the Herrenfluh castle. Its vineyard considerably modernized and wide is worthy of its millennium past.

Come and discover

The Renaissance House

The herdsman shelter

The Herrenfluh castle

The 1914/1918 bunker (memory shelter)

The hermit Saint Antoine chapel

The church

Hostel Frantz

The Oratories Pathway

The “Red Band” of Uffholtz

Legend has it that Louis le Débonnaire; son of Charlemagne was betrayed here on the “Lugner” or “field of the liar” by one of his sons during a battle.s

Those ruins stand on the mountain spur overlooking the whole plain of Alsace. It was built during the 13th century by Jean de Saint Amarin in order to protect the territories around the abbey of Murbach.

During the First World War the mountain peak was used as an observation post by the French army. It has been destroyed by the German bombs.

The building is located in the place of the former mediaeval village gate demolished during the 19th century. It used to be the house of the provost marshal.

The shelter was transformed in an aid and care station by the German army and considerably strengthened by concrete. In 1919 a café called “ the shelter” opened . It closed in 1990.
To get more information :  www.abri-memoire.eu

This chapel is consecrated to Saint Antoine l’Ermite (Saint Antoine the hermit)
The vineyard surrounding the chapel named “le clos de saint Antoine” was famous for the quality of its vines.
Located on the front line of the Vosges in 1914, the chapel was destroyed during the First World War. It was rebuilt in 1958.

Each year during the Saturday next to the Saint Antoine’s day (17 January) traditional celebration is organized in the town of Uffholtz : “the raise toward Saint Antoine” 
(Information: 0033 3 89 75 50 35)

Dedicated to Saint Erasme and Saint Antoine the Great, the first stone was laid in 1924 , consecrated in 1927.

An historical 1 hour sightseeing tour called « Red Band »(« Fil Rouge) will lead the walker trough the remarkable places of the town of Uffholtz