 On the other hand, it is also adjacent to a major river and land route which for centuries has been a focus of commercial and cultural currents, but also of major military currents in times of war.Lauterbourg is connected by a railway line with Strasbourg to the south and Wörth am Rhein to the north.The town has had its own railway station since 1876, and since the reversion of Alsace to French control it has been connected to both the French and German rail networks.