Hiking To the Nideck's giants

Oberhaslach

This is a is a walking trail created for a sculpture symposium (2003). More than 80 projects on the local Nideck legend were received from the whole world. 8 monumental pink sandstone sculptures are the result.

Take rue des Ecoles, then rue Schotten. At the intersection take at left to Rue du Ringelstein and then follow the trail at the right of the house No. 19 and reach the forest road further on. Turn left to join the sculptures trail (yellow ring).<br /> Stay on the same path to see the sculpture n°2,3,4 and 5 which are respectively "549" from François Weil, "Le dialogue des géants" from Tomasz Domanski, "Le royaume du laboureur" from Bénédicte Weber and Sylvain Chartier and "Existe-t-il ou n'existe-t-il pas ?" from Christian Fuchs.<br /> Leave the Sandweg forest road by taking the path on the left. At the next cross road, go straight forward to reach the ruins of the Hohenstein Castel and admire the valley from the panoramic view. <br /> Go back and stay on the right at the cross road to continue the walk until the next sculpture. <br /> Pay attention around you in order to see the sculpture n°6 and 7, respectively "Le portique des géants" from Alfi Vivern and "Sans titre" from Kim de Ruysscher. Stay on the forest path.Take the forest path to the left under the sculpture "The Giants Portico". <br /> You will se the last sculpture : "Le château égyptien de la poupée de la fille du géant" from Gerardo Arribas. Continue to the car park. After the car park, at the crossroad, go up to the left.<br /> After 600m, in a sharp turn on the left, look on the right hand side to see the first sculpture « Elephant Comb » from Ivan Bon then continue on the same path. Turn right to reach the small path that will go down to the right to join again the village of Oberhaslach (same route as on the beginning).

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