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Erstein Protects its Snails

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Walking about in the fields round Erstein, a small town of Alsace situated good 20 km south of Strasburg, I met the following panel.

If you want to know how bright weather can be in Alsace (if you choose the right moment to pass there...), click on the photo!

Photo: Hans-Rudolf Hower 2002

Inscription

Original Text

IL EST STRICTEMENT
INTERDIT
DE RAMASSER
LES ESCARGOTS

LE MAIRE

Translation

It is strictly forbidden
to pick up snails.

The mayor

Comment

The fact that it is officially forbidden to pick up snails demonstrates that snails locally are an important commercial good.

Picking up snails is forbidden here for the same reasons as picking up mushrooms or chestnuts is forbidden in other regions of Europe. In France, snails are part of good cooking, so they have their price...

Internet

Address / Owner

Subjects / Contents

Ville d'Erstein

Municipality of Erstein

Official site

Office de Tourisme d'Erstein

Official tourist agency of Erstein

Touristic information

Arrival by Public Transport

The railway station of Erstein is located on the line going from Strasburg to Mulhouse. There are busses to go from the station to the center of the town.

Indications concerning public transport correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.

Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2002

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Last updated: July 14, 2010