Kingersheim works well as a base: 5 minutes from Richwiller, 21km from Grand Ballon.
Kingersheim is in Grand Est, France, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Richwiller, about 4 km away.
Kingersheim (French pronunciation: [kiŋ(ɡ)əʁsaim] ; German pronunciation: [kɪŋɐsˌhaɪ̯m]; Alsatian: Kingersche) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est (formerly Alsace), northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the MulhouseRead more conurbation. A few centuries ago, it was still a small village but nowadays Kingersheim has become the eighth municipality of the Haut-Rhin. The town is mainly a residential district but we can also find an important commercial area which extends up to Wittenheim. Its inhabitants are called Kingersheimois and Kingersheimoises.
Within an hour or so of Kingersheim: Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf) (3 km), Hartmannswillerkopf (15 km), Grand Ballon (21 km), Eguisheim (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Kingersheim?
The nearest famous roads are Route des Crêtes (Vosges), Route des Vins d'Alsace and Alsace Wine Route.
Where is Kingersheim?
Kingersheim is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Richwiller.
Road trip
Drive to Kingersheim
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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Hartmannswillerkopf
A WWI mountain battlefield of trenches and a vast crypt overlooking the Alsace plain.
15 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Grand Ballon
The highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Eguisheim
A concentric wine village of cobbled lanes spiralling around its castle, voted favourite village of France.
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Basel
A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
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
landmark
Basel Zoo
Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.
33 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
Maison Ferber
Village bakery in Niedermorschwihr where Christine Ferber, the 'jam fairy' revered by top pastry chefs worldwide, hand-cooks over 200,000 jars a year in copper pots; gourmets detour off the Wine Route for her kougelhopf and mirabelle preserves.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Kingersheim
21 kmGrand BallonThe highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
36 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.
39 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.
41 kmRoute des Vins d'AlsaceA 170 km wine road threading flower-decked villages and vine-clad hills below the Vosges mountains.
42 kmAlsace Wine RouteA 170-kilometer scenic wine road winding through vine-covered hills and storybook villages from Marlenheim to Thann.
51 kmFeldbergThe Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.