The Col du Bonhomme is 949 m high on a gorge in the Vosges Mountains in France. The pass connects Kaysersberg with Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. The Route des Crêtes also passes through it. Here it is worth making a detour on a good little winding road. The pass got its name from the nearby village of Le Bonhomme.
Between 1871 and 1918, the pass was a border crossing between Lorraine and Alsace, which was ceded to Germany under the Treaty of Frankfurt. The former boundary stone is located 100 m south of the D148 pass (Route des Crêtes).
During World War I, the pass was the scene of fighting between French and German soldiers. On September 8, 1914, the commander of the French 41st Infantry Division, 69-year-old General Bataille, and six men were killed in a German artillery attack. At the pass is the memory of the general and his men.
