Chalampé works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rumersheim-le-Haut, 30km from Freiburg Minster.
Chalampé is in Grand Est, France, with about 1,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rumersheim-le-Haut, about 4 km away.
Chalampé (French pronunciation: [ʃalɑ̃pe] ; German: Eichwald) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France, just across the river Rhine from Neuenburg, Germany.
The town was founded by soldiers of Marshal Dubourg who in 1709 had beaten the Austrians under Count Claude Florimond de MercyRead more in the War of the Spanish Succession. It is located in an area called Eichwald (oak forest) by the otherwise German-speaking population of the Alsace and bears its French name since 1735. Before Johann Gottfried Tulla and others straightened the Rhine in the 19th century, the river had changed its course several times, moving the border. Thus, the village was sometimes considered to be part of Germany.
Within an hour or so of Chalampé: Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf) (17 km), Basel (29 km), Hartmannswillerkopf (29 km), Freiburg im Breisgau (30 km).
Are there any good drives near Chalampé?
The nearest famous roads are Route des Vins d'Alsace, Alsace Wine Route and Route des Crêtes (Vosges).
Where is Chalampé?
Chalampé is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Rumersheim-le-Haut.
Road trip
Drive to Chalampé
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf)
The former Schlumpf brothers' secret collection in Mulhouse, the largest car museum in the world, with over 100 Bugattis including two Royales, hidden from the public until a factory occupation revealed it in 1977.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Basel
A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Hartmannswillerkopf
A WWI mountain battlefield of trenches and a vast crypt overlooking the Alsace plain.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Freiburg im Breisgau
The sunny gateway to the Black Forest, with a Gothic minster, Bächle waterways in the old town, and a vibrant university atmosphere.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Basel Zoo
Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Eguisheim
A concentric wine village of cobbled lanes spiralling around its castle, voted favourite village of France.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Freiburg Minster
A red-sandstone Gothic masterpiece whose lacy openwork spire towers over a market square at the edge of the Black Forest.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Colmar Old Town
A fairy-tale Alsatian town with brilliantly colored half-timbered houses along the canals of its 'Little Venice' quarter.
32 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Chalampé
34 kmGrand BallonThe highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
35 kmFeldbergThe Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.
40 kmRoute des Vins d'AlsaceA 170 km wine road threading flower-decked villages and vine-clad hills below the Vosges mountains.
43 kmAlsace Wine RouteA 170-kilometer scenic wine road winding through vine-covered hills and storybook villages from Marlenheim to Thann.
48 kmRoute des Crêtes (Vosges)A ridge road built for military supply in the First World War, running the length of the Vosges summits with views to the Black Forest and, on clear days, the Alps.
52 kmBallon d'Alsace SummitGrassy 1,247 m summit at the meeting point of Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comte, reached by a classic hairpinned climb first raced in the 1905 Tour de France; views stretch to Mont Blanc on clear days.