Forêt de la Robertsau
Alluvial woodland along the Rhine, logged for timber for centuries before becoming a protected nature reserve.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Forêt de la Robertsau in Strasbourg looks at a wood that resembles virgin jungle and is nothing of the kind. It follows centuries of contest between foresters with axes and the flooding Rhine, from the fifteen hundreds on, and the engineers who eventually entered the fight. Best heard standing on the Allée de la Digue, where the old river channels lie on one side of you.
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