RANDONNEE PEDESTRE - LES BALCONS DE CORCIEUX - A3

Marking: yellow round - blue round It is advisable to put on good hiking shoes, also provide the drink in a backpack, keep your dog on a leash and respect the paths. Departure : Corcieux, place de l'église. 1/ Take the rue Henry up to the crossroads (200 m) where you turn right towards the campsites: Les Bans-La Tour Follow the signs (yellow roundabout) until the next crossroads. Take James Wiese street on the right at the restaurant La Mangeoire You will pass the campsite Domaine des Bans and then the EHPAD Forfelet 2/ At the crossroads, turn right towards Maison Pierre Nicole (yellow roundabout) 3/ At the hamlet of Vichibure, turn left (yellow roundabout). Note, on the facade of the first house, the date of its construction (1827), its sandstone pediment and two inscriptions H10. CH6: during the German occupation in 1940, houses were requisitioned to house the enemy army. The inscriptions specified the number of men (H 10) and horses (CH 6) that could be accommodated. On the south-east facade of the next house dated 1723 notice the small window in the flamboyant gothic style * Continue and turn right at the next crossroads, direction La Folie (yellow roundabout) . After a short uphill on a tarmac road, continue on the dirt track. On your right you will see Corcieux, its bell tower and in the background the forest of Hennefête. 300 m further, on your left, notice granite boulders Continue straight ahead (yellow roundabout) on the pleasant forest path in the undergrowth which crosses the place called La Folie. Below, you will see the ruins of an old mill fed by the brook "Les Bans" 4/ Leave the track which rises on the left and follow the marked path on the right (yellow roundabout) and pass on an old stone bridge. On your right, there are old granite quarries At the end of the path, take the tarred road on the left for 100 m. At the crossroads, turn right and then immediately left to follow the stony path (yellow roundabout) 600 m further on, at a ruined farm, turn left towards Les Bal-cons de Corcieux. Cross a first asphalt road and take the next one (yellow roundabout) slightly uphill for about 100m. Then take the dirt track on the right. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the paths to the right and left, to reach the superb panorama of the Balcons de Corcieux on the edge of a meadow: on the left, the village of Corcieux takes shape; in front of you, the massifs of Saint-Dié des Vosges and in the background, the plateau of the Champ du Feu, the trapeze of the Climont Go along the meadow on the right and, a hundred metres further on, take a dirt track for about 50 metres 5/ At the intersection (blue roundabout), turn right on the track until you reach the next meadow which you cross with a beautiful view of the basin of Corcieux and the Mont Thiriville on your left Continue straight ahead on the grassy path (on the right, the Tête de Nayemont dominates at 967 m) which then crosses a small wood 6/ At the intersection (signs), turn sharply to the left (blue roundabout), direction Rambaville. Follow the signs (blue roundabout) and cross the meadow on the right Continue on the path (blue roundabout) on a slight downhill slope until you reach Le Haut Mont (alt 660 m). At the crossroads, take the direction Rambaville-Corcieux When you reach the small hamlet of Rambaville, turn left on the asphalt road. After 200 m, take the dirt road on the left (blue roundabout), alt 570 m. At the farm, observe a beautiful calvary, turn left and cross the bridge over the stream Goulle After a short rise on a tarred road, turn right (blue roundabout). A little further on, a second calvary * dominates the brook The pleasant path of Champ Balland brings you back to Corcieux (Blue Round), alt 560 m 7/ At the crossroads, turn to the right, rue du Chenel, cross the Haut des Creux allotment to reach the centre of Corcieux and the church square where you started from. To be seen: A GOTHIC WINDOW: This small window in the flamboyant Gothic style, carved in Vosges sandstone, dates from the time of the Counts of Martimprey. Jean-François 1st (1664-1746), having obtained the right of high and low justice in 1717, had made of this construction a prison (imposing iron bars). THE CALVARY OF RAMBAVILLE: This calvary (La Croix George) is located between Rambaville and Champ Balland. Nicolas George is said to have erected this cross on the occasion of the death, on January 1, 1812, of one of his relatives. Roadside crosses or calvaries represent both a geographical and historical heritage of our countryside.