Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne

Château du Warthenberg is a ruined castle in the commune of Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne, in the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is a listed historical monument since 1994.

The Saverne Tunnel (French: Tunnel de Saverne), also known as the Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne Tunnel (French: Tunnel d'Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne), is a twin-bore 4-kilometre-long (2.5 mi), high-speed rail tunnel in western Bas-Rhin, France. It carries the LGV Est line of France's TGV high-speed rail network through the narrowest part of the Vosges mountain range, beneath Mont Saint-Michel and adjacent to the Saverne Pass. The tunnel consists of two bores, containing one rail track each, that are connected by passageways every 500 metres (1,600 ft). The LGV Est crosses the 270 m (890 ft) Haspelbaechel viaduct near the western end of the tunnel. The tunnel was excavated by a tunnel boring machine between November 2011 and February 2013. Civil engineering work on the tunnel ended in April 2014 and it opened with the rest of the second phase of the LGV Est on 3 July 2016. The total cost of the tunnel was approximately €200 million.

Saint-Jean-Saverne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ savɛʁn] ; German: Sankt Johann bei Zabern; Alsatian: Sànt Johànn) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Eckartswiller (French pronunciation: ​[ɛkaʁt͡svilɛʁ]; German: Eckartsweiler) is a commune, in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Monswiller (German: Monsweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Steinbourg (French pronunciation: ​[ʃtainbuʁ]; German: Steinburg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Mont Saint-Michel (German: Michaelsberg) is a hill, 437 metres high, in the Vosges mountains in the French region of Alsace. It rises above the town and abbey of Saint-Jean-Saverne (St. Johann bei Zabern). It is home to a St. Michael's Shrine like its more famous cousin in Normandy, but historically is not related to it.

Ottersthal (French pronunciation: ​[ɔtəʁstal]; German: Otterstal) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Saverne station (French: Gare de Saverne) is a French railway station located on the Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg railway. It is located within the commune of Saverne, in departement Bas-Rhin, in northeastern France. The station was put in operation in 1851 by the Strasbourg–Basel railway company, which operates the section between the cities of Strasbourg and Sarrebourg on request by the Paris–Strasbourg railway company. As of 2022, it is a travellers station of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français, belonging to the regional railway network TER Grand Est. It is served by TGV (high speed) trains and by regional express transport trains.

The Jardin botanique du col de Saverne (2.5 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Saverne, is a botanical garden and arboretum located along the Col de Saverne near Saverne, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. It is open on weekends, and daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established in 1931 by naturalists including botanist Emile Walter (1873-1953). Since 1965 it has been jointly managed by the Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, the town of Saverne, and the garden association; in 2003 the Région Alsace also became a partner. The garden is located on the Saverne Pass hillside at an altitude of 335 metres, and organized into sectors by plant classification. It describes its indigenous orchid section as the largest in France, with about 20 species; the garden also contains an excellent collection of ferns, as well as alpine plants and a peat bog for carnivorous plants. The arboretum occupies one third of the garden area, and contains species from North America, Europe, and Asia. The garden's orchid collections include Aceras anthropophorum, Anacamptis pyramidalis, Bletilla striata, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium formosanum, Dactylorhiza maculata, Gymnadenia conopsea, Himantoglossum hircinum, Orchis militaris, Orchis morio, and Orchis simia. Fern collections include Adiantum pedatum, Asplenium scolopendrium, Athyrium filix-femina, Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris affinis, Gymnocarpium robertianum, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Phegopteris connectilis, Phyllitis scolopendrium, and Physematium obtusum. Other specimens of interest include Ononis natrix, Pleioblastus nagashima, Saruma henryi, Shibataea kumasasa, and Sinowilsonia henryi. Its arboretum contains a range of species including Abies cephalonica, Abies cilicica, Acer capillipes, Amelanchier lamarckii, Cladrastis sinensis, Crataegus mollis, Eryngium giganteum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Malus sieversii, Photinia davidiana, Picea asperata, Picea omorika, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus sylvestris, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sorbus aria, and Sorbus reducta.