Viewpoint The Geiersberg

The Geiersberg is the name given to the top of the hill which overlooks the village of Dauendorf. Located along the road that connects Dauendorf to Pfaffenhoffen (departmental road 110), the Geiersberg at an altitude of 261 meters offers an unequaled view of northern Alsace: the country of Hanau, the northern Vosges, the forest of Haguenau and the Outre forest. As well as on a clear day, the Black Forest massif in Germany, 50 kilometers away.

A bench in Vosges sandstone, known as the "Napoleonic bench", was erected in 1854 according to the Historic Monuments and has been protected as such since 1988.
These benches, which appeared around 1850, pay homage to Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. The sandstone bench sits between two venerable lime trees, probably as old as the bench, a little over 150 years, in front of which is placed an orientation table inaugurated in 1995. A very old pear tree, of the same age, sitting on the sides of the lime trees and still bearing fruit regularly, was felled in 2012.