| The French town of Lauterbourg
is situated in the most northeastern part of
France near the German border: on the German side a small
village with the same name can be found, yet with the
prefix "New" namely : Neulauterburg. F-67360 Lauterbourg: 2500 inhabitants / altitude : 630
feet D-76768 Neulauterburg: Borough Berg, Kreis Germersheim |
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Lauterbourg: Arrival on the French side: we have just left Germany. |
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Lauterbourg: looking back on the main road towards Germany. |
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Lauterbourg: View towards German Neulauterburg from the French side. |
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Lauterbourg: one last advertisement billboard of a known French Hypermarché chain and we enter German territory. |
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Lauterbourg: The city boundary also is the state boundary: in the background on the right side, a few German (yellow) street boards can be spotted. |
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Neulauterburg: Arrival on the German side: observe the little former customs border patrol house, now out of service. |
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We have left Lauterbourg/Neulauterburg en went eastwards to the Rhine, where we find the international bycycle path from Basle (Switzerland) to Mainz (Germany) |
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Direction north: we are approaching the invisible border. |
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Along the bycycle path: the Rhine on the right: the state boundary is situated in the middle of the broad river. |
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An old stone along the way: indicating 5.5 miles to Lauterbourg. |
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Detail: street board
for cyclists: to Germany or to the French hinterland? But what if you don't know that "Mayence" actually is the French translation of German town Mainz ?? |
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Detail: street board for cyclists. |
BK October 2001
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