Munchhausen is a small town rural character located at the confluence of the Sauer and Rhine in the north-east of Alsace and France. This ancient village of boatmen, fishermen, shoemakers and prospectors now about 700 inhabitants. The bike path skirts the border areas of outstanding natural Lower Valley Sauer and Grosswörth.
The resort consists of two distinct parts:
- The top village, built on a promontory overlooking the old bed of the Rhine, about fifteen meters.
- The lower village, located on the old riverbed, are protected by dikes of high water.
The village is bounded to the east by the Rhine, the third largest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube, forming a natural border between France and Germany and west by hills and the valleys advanced Vosges du Nord.
