European Heritage Days - Discover A Regional Nature Reserve

The regional natural reserve of Eiblen and of Illfeld covers an area of more than 81 hectares close to the major bed of Ill, after the confluence of Thur. It is constituted different natural housing environments, especially: • a space of freedom for the course of Ill, which preserves here relatively wild characteristics, advantageous for the development of manifold circles (benches of gravels, tidal reservoirs, abrupt banks, etc.) as well as of a fauna and a specific flora, • circles bordering the street manufactured by the man, preserving a great biological wealth: the site is marked by the presence of an oak grove-ash grove and old meadows liable to flooding, working thanks to an important network of irrigation channels. Moreover, a protective orchard shelters 47 old varieties of fruits, throughout Quatelbach (watercourse artificial energy from Mulhouse to Neuf-Brisach). Reserve has in addition to a rich and various flora. Among its flowers, it is possible to quote in particular the tilted ornithogale, the intermediate barbarée and the vulgar filipendule. Reserve shelters from faunistic species such as the beaver, the goosander, the shrike écorcheur and the kingfisher of Europe. The whole site is open to the public

We will discover the orchard, the Ill benches and the meadows during a guided tour.

After the tour, we can share a drink or a meal in a restaurant in Ensisheim.