Configuration of the house:
The living area is on the first floor and can only be accessed by a staircase, it consists of 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with shower,1 WC, 1 fully equipped kitchen and a dining...
Special features
A hunter and scultetus (mayor) in the service of Landgrave (Count) Louis IX of Hesse Darmstadt.
Christian Theophil Wanzel was born on the 16th of February 1748 in Gommernsheim (Palatinate).
As his name Theophil suggests – which corresponds...
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
You will find below some suggestions of possible activities to do on and around the estate, for young and old, outdoors and indoors.
OUTDOORS
Badminton, bowling, ballooning, skipping, kite flying, gardening, etc... at our estate.
Playground and fitness area behind the Obersteinbach Town Hall.
The challenge games at the Fleckenstein Castle (10 km away), see www.fleckenstein.fr
Minigolf of Niederbronn-les-bains (16km away)
Didiland amusement park in Morsbronn (22 km): rides
Games and attractions at the Tépacap adventure amusement park in Bitche Hasselfurth (24 km):
accrobranche, "unusual games" (a speciality of the park), laser game.
You will find all the information you need on their website:
www.tepacap-bitche.fr
Outdoor swimming pools in Niederbronn-les-Bains (17 km) and Dahn (30 km)
INDOORS
In Obersteinbach, in your holiday home:
Board games, DVD player, CD player, vinyl records, radio, cassettes.
Closeby:
Le p'tit Fleck for the little ones (discovery of nature) (10 km drive) at the Castle of Fleckenstein).
The Biosphaerenhaus (discovery of nature) in Fischbach (16 km drive) in Germany.
Workshop visits with demonstrations:
potteries, goat-sheds, glass blower's and glass tailor's workshops, clog-maker's workshops.
Indoor swimming pools:
in Niederbronn-les-Bains and in Dahn, in Germany.
Holiday destination
OBERSTEINBACH, VALLEY of the Steinbach
The region and the surrounding landscape of Obersteinbach:
The traveller will most certainly be dazzled by the beauty of this almost wild and irresistibly charming valley.
It was the writer Karl Gruber who - about a hundred years ago - described this feeling best:
"When the military road linking Wissembourg to Bitche enters the Sauer Valley, it no longer retains an indifferent appearance but becomes gracefully smiling. On both sides, it grows wings in the form of white birches, carrying you faster up the Steinbach stream in a generously airy space, towards the Palatinate and Lorraine passes.
Beech forests with giant peaks in colourful foliage diminish the severity of the Scots pine landscapes, strange sandstone sculpts the horizon with its range of stone colours, and when it is lacking, there are streams rich in chattering trout or pastures tracing a fairy-tale landscape among the farms surrounded by meadows.
Melancholy and idyllic cohabit here; strangely... men who love to follow their own path, that is to say artists, necessarily feel at ease there. Humour takes over in this nature, and the Human plays a rather modest role..."
What is remarkable is that these same images still perfectly describe this region of northern Alsace to this day: the picturesque little village of Obersteinbach is nestled, still, in the middle of the largest homogeneous European forest area, encompassing the Pfälzerwald and the Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park. It is the ideal place to admire the picturesque landscape of northern Alsace. A typical feature to visit are the rocks and many sandstone ruins that hide everywhere, reminder of what were once castles, proudly watching the passage.
Whether you are hikers, cyclists or mountain bikers, rock climbers or passionate horse riders, the opportunities are numerous, be it for a stay of a few days or for a holiday with the whole family. For those of you who wish to know a little more about history, many sites and museums allow for both original and exciting discoveries.
Sehr freundlich und gemütlichFrom Friends Borkowsky from Oelde (NRW) · 15.10.2023
Travel period: 09.10.2023traveling as: Friends
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Wir haben mit fünf Personen und einem Kleinkind in dem Ferienhaus mitten in einer idyllischen Landschaft eine wunderschöne Woche verbracht. Morgens bekamen wir frische Eier von den hauseigenen Hühnern, die wir jeden Tag bei ihrem Treiben beobachten konnten und die alle einen eigenen Namen hatten. Die beiden Besitzer sind extrem freundlich und hilfsbereit. Das Haus ist gemütlich eingerichtet, sehr sauber und es fehlt an Nichts. Kleiner Tipp: Fragt die Vermieterin nach der Geschichte des Hauses und der Ortschaft. Wir freuen uns schon auf unseren nächsten Besuch.
Schönes altes BauernhausFrom Z from Wiesbaden · 18.10.2021
Travel period: 10.10.2021traveling as:
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Traditioneller elsässischer Hof in malerischer Umgebung. Sehr nette, liebevolle und hilfsbereite Vermieter.