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Le Petite Pierre, France
La Petite-Pierre is located in the wooded northern Vosges Mountains of the Alsace Region of France at an altitude of 1,200 feet.
It is the departure point for more than 60 miles of marked hiking paths. The city boasts a population of 612 and offers visitors five two or three star hotels and a renowned restaurant. It is 37 miles (a 45 minute drive) from Strasbourg, France and 260 miles from Paris.
La Petite-Pierre has the beauty and charm of the Ozarks, an interesting history, and is a popular tourist area for Europeans. A former fortress is a museum that dates back to the Roman occupation of 100 A.D. The Château of La Petite-Pierre is the site of the administrative offices of the regional national park of the north Vosges region and houses exhibits of the natural terrain of the Vosges Mountains allowing visitors to familiarize themselves with the fauna and flower of the region. St. Louis Chapel built in the late 17th century and located about 100 yards from the Castle has been turned into a museum (Musée du Sceau Alsacien) which evokes the story of its provinces of Alsace and Northern Vosges, by presenting a few seals and original documents, as well as hundreds of Alsatian facsimile on specific subjects such as Sovereigns of the Holy Empire, of France, families, places, religious institutions, and Orders of Chivalry.
At Christmas time, it displays positives of wooden molds made between the 16th and 20th centuries by Alsatian wood engravers. Wingen-sur-Moder , a neighboring village (approximately 6 miles), boasts the Lalique workshops, founded in 1885 by Rene Lalique, a master Arts Nouveau glassmaker. Lalique is renowned in the world of crystal, and all crystal products are designed in this factory. Wingen-sur-Moder also boasts a monument honoring the U.S. 70th Infantry Division.
Historically, La Petite-Pierre and the rest of Alsace came under French rule in 1648 when King Louis XIV took the region from the Hapsburgs. Later, the new German Empire annexed Alsace as spoils of the Franco-Prussian Wars of 1870-71. Alsace was restored to France in 1918 after World War I. Alsace became part of Germany again in 1940 after the German conquest of France and reverted to its French status in 1945 at the end of World War II.
Links to La Petite-Pierre
Email: ot-payslpp@tourisme-alsace.info
Internet: www.ot-paysdelapetitepierre.com
