Le lac d’Alfeld doit son existence \u00e0 une digue construite par les Allemands entre 1883 et 1888 : 23 m\u00e8tres de haut, 255 m\u00e8tres de long \u00e0 la cr\u00eate. \u00c0 l’inauguration, l’ouvrage \u00e9tait salu\u00e9 comme une prouesse technique. Aujourd’hui, il retient un million de m\u00e8tres cubes d’eau et r\u00e9gule les crues de la vall\u00e9e de la Doller. Le nom du lac rappelle le p\u00e2turage englouti lors de la mise en eau.<\/p>\n
Depuis le parking, le chemin jusqu’au pied du barrage est plat et facile \u2014 accessible aux familles avec enfants et aux marcheurs occasionnels. Comptez ensuite 40 minutes de mont\u00e9e depuis la digue pour atteindre le Chalet et la cascade du Wasserfall, avec une vue panoramique sur la vall\u00e9e et les tourbi\u00e8res en contrebas : c’est le meilleur point de vue du site. Au printemps, les cascades sont \u00e0 leur niveau maximum ; en automne, la for\u00eat de feuillus vire au roux et \u00e0 l’ocre.<\/p>\n
D\u00e9tail \u00e0 ne pas n\u00e9gliger : le chemin autour du lac est r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement d\u00e9tremp\u00e9, m\u00eame par beau temps. Des filets d’eau ruissellent sur le sentier en toute saison \u2014 chaussures imperm\u00e9ables indispensables, pas seulement en cas de pluie.<\/p>\n
La digue \u00e9tait r\u00e9cemment en travaux, le passage sur la cr\u00eate ferm\u00e9. Le Club Vosgien a mis en place une d\u00e9viation balis\u00e9e, mais la situation peut avoir \u00e9volu\u00e9 : mieux vaut v\u00e9rifier avant de partir. Le balisage rectangle bleu permet de rejoindre le lac depuis l’\u00e9glise de Sewen si vous pr\u00e9f\u00e9rez ne pas d\u00e9marrer du parking de la D466G.<\/p>\n
Le lac est class\u00e9 en premi\u00e8re cat\u00e9gorie piscicole : truites fario, ombles chevalier, cristivomers. Des permis \u00e0 la journ\u00e9e sont disponibles \u00e0 l’Office du Tourisme de Masevaux-Niederbruck, sans engagement annuel. La baignade, elle, est interdite. L’Auberge du Barrage, sur place, permet de se restaurer au retour \u2014 pratique, car il n’y a aucune autre option \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 imm\u00e9diate.<\/p>\n
En \u00e9t\u00e9, le site est fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 le week-end, notamment par les motards qui empruntent la route du Ballon. Pour profiter du calme, une visite en semaine ou t\u00f4t le matin fait toute la diff\u00e9rence.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6556,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-6566","decouverte-vosges","type-decouverte-vosges","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decouverte-vosges\/6566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/decouverte-vosges"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/decouverte-vosges"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vosges-grandeur-nature.fr\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}