Mont Sainte-Odile

Mont Sainte-Odile
German: 'Odilienberg'
Mont Sainte-Odile and the Monastery
Highest point
Elevation764 m (2,507 ft)[1]
Coordinates48°26′15″N 7°24′16″E / 48.4374580°N 7.4044908°E / 48.4374580; 7.4044908
Geography
Mont Sainte-Odile is located in France
Mont Sainte-Odile
Mont Sainte-Odile
France
LocationAlsace, France
Parent rangeVosges Mountains
Monastery at Mont Sainte-Odile
Fountain Sainte-Odile
Section of the Pagan Wall
Location of the pagan wall (white lines) at Mont Sainte-Odile superimposed on geologic map (blue: Triassic conglomerates)
Site of Mont Sainte-Odile air crash of 20 January 1992

Mont Sainte-Odile (German: 'Odilienberg' or Ottilienberg; called Allitona in the 8th century) is a 764-metre-high peak in the Vosges Mountains in Alsace in France, immediately west of Barr. The mountain is named after Saint Odile. It has a monastery/convent at its top called the Hohenburg Abbey, and is notable also for its stone fortifications called "the Pagan Wall." In 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 crashed near this area.

  1. ^ Official maps of IGN available on the Géoportail.