konus-schwarzwald.info Free rides everywhere. KONUS locations overview. General Terms and Conditions. Discoveries guaranteed! Updatet: April 2019 With KONUS, you ride for free! Aitern B 5 Küssaberg C 6 The portion of visitor tax paid by a local gov’t for KONUS is currently 42 Alpirsbach C 3 Lahr OT Reichenbach* B 3 cents per night of accommodation. Bad Bellingen A 6 Lauf B 2 Badenweiler A 5 Laufenburg + OT Grunholz + 1. KONUS is valid for 2nd class regional transportation within Free rides. B 6 Bad Herrenalb C 2 OT Luttingen the KONUS region; see outline map (does not include ICE, IC, 1. All over the Black Forest. Bad Krozingen A 5 Lautenbach B 3 EC, ECE trains or mountain railway). Bad Liebenzell D 2 Lauterbach C 4 2. The KONUS Guest Card is only valid if filled out completely (includ- Bad Peterstal-Griesbach C 3 Lenzkirch C 5 ing total number of persons and departure date). If you are not yet Leave the car parked and ride buses and trains for free when hik- Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach C 3 Loffenau C 2 Bad Säckingen B 6 C 5 able to determine your departure date, please enter the presum- ing, making discoveries, or going shopping: All made possible with Löffingen Bad Teinach-Zavelstein D 2 Lörrach A 6 able date for your departure. Under the German Registration Act, the KONUS Guest Card. It provides free rides on buses and trains Bad Wildbad C 2 Lossburg im Schwarzwald C 3 you are required to register stays of more than three months (if you throughout the Black Forest - as often as you want and entirely Bahligen a.K. A 4 Malsburg-Marzell A 6 have a German residence, after six months) with the local registra- free. It’s the only ticket you’ll need! Baiersbronn C 3 Mühlenbach B 4 tion office (including address) within two weeks. Ballrechten-Dottingen A 5 A 5 Müllheim 3. Do not write on the KONUS Guest Card directly. If the registration How do you get KONUS? Berghaupten B 3 Münstertal A 5 form is filled out by hand, then a carbon copy has to be produced in Register with one of 148 Black Forest holiday locations to re- Bernau i. Schwarzwald B 5 Neubulach D 2 Biberach (Baden) B 3 the presence of your accommodation provider. The electronic Guest ceive your KONUS Guest Card when registering with your host. Nordrach B 3 Biederbach B 4 Oberharmersbach B 3 Card will be produced by your host. Supplemental changes made Some types of accommodation (such as youth hostels and Note: Blumberg C 5 Oberkirch B 3 directly on the KONUS Guest Card will render it invalid for public clinics) are exempt from the visitor tax and therefore are unable Bollschweil A 5 Oberried B 5 transportation. to issue a KONUS Guest Card. Be sure to ask your host about the Böllen A 5 Oberwolfach C 3 4. KONUS is only valid for people. It does not cover free transportation KONUS Guest Card before booking. Bonndorf C 5 Ohlsbach B 3 Bötzingen A 4 Oppenau B 3 for animals or bicycles. To that end, the respective tariff provisions KONUS Guest Card How long is validity, and where is it accepted? Bräunlingen C 5 Ottenhöfen B 3 from the transport companies and associations 1. Bus and rail for free The KONUS Guest Card is valid throughout the duration of your Breisach am Rhein A 5 Pfalzgrafenweiler D 3 apply accordingly. Breitnau B 5 B 6 stay for 2nd class transportation on all regional buses and trains Rickenbach 5. KONUS is only valid in connection with a valid photo ID of the per- Buchenbach B 5 Sasbach (Ortenau) B 2 son whose name appears on the KONUS Guest Card. That person from participating transportation providers, as well as on trams Bühlertal C 2 Sasbach a.K. A 4 and buses in the cities of Freiburg and Karlsruhe. Dachsberg B 6 Sasbachwalden B 2 must also be personally present when the KONUS Guest Card is Note: Exceptions are ICE-, IC-, EC- and ECE connections as well as Dobel C 2 Schenkenzell C 3 being used by a group. Donaueschingen C 5 mountain railways and funiculars. Schiltach C 4 6. The KONUS Guest Card is not transferrable. Dornstetten C 3 Schluchsee B 5 Durbach B 3 Schömberg D 2 7. If you have registered as a group yet wish to use KONUS as a ticket Ehrenkirchen A 5 Schonach C 4 for individual group members, then you can obtain individual Eichstetten a. K. A 4 Schönau B 6 KONUS guest cards from your accommodation provider by present- Eisenbach C 5 Schönenberg B 5 ing and exchanging your KONUS group guest card. We recommend K 12.08.19 bis 26.08.19 Elzach B 4 Schönwald C 4 having individual KONUS guest cards issued when you register if Anni Schwarzwald Endingen a. K. A 4 Schramberg C 4 Ferienwohnung Tannengrün you won‘t always be traveling as a group. KONUS Guest Card. Enzklösterle C 2 Seebach C 2 Feldberg B 5 Seewald C 2 8. In the interest of securing transportation, groups of more than 10 Discover the Black Forest using 1251416612349842021755 Fischerbach B 4 Sexau B 4 persons traveling together must be registered with the respective Forbach C 2 Simonswald B 4 transportation authority at least three days prior to starting their buses and trains. Freiamt B 4 St. Blasien B 6 journey. Groups fundamentally can only be taken onto buses within Freudenstadt C 3 C 4 Mit Konus Environmental conservation and sustainable en- St. Georgen Participating associations of Friedenweiler C 5 the respective transport company‘s scheduled capacity. It is not al- kostenlos mobil ergy go hand-in-hand in the Black Forest, as St. Märgen B 5 Fröhnd B 6 St. Peter B 5 ways possible to accommodate all transportation wishes, especially demonstrated by the current 148 KONUS loca- transport companies Furtwangen C 5 Staufen A 5 during times of heavy traffic. When registering directly with the tions with some 10,000 hosts offering the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund GmbH Gaggenau OT Bad Rotenfels* C 2 Stegen B 5 transportation company, you‘ll receive either confirmation or alter- Karlsruhe inkl. Stadtgebiet, KONUS Guest Card. The KONUS Guest Card provides free rides on (only sub-areas, see general map) Tarifwabe 100 Gengenbach B 3 Steinach B 3 native suggestions. www.kvv.de Ettlingen Gernsbach C 2 Stühlingen OT Lausheim* C 5 all public transportation buses and trains throughout the entire Pforzheim Hbf 9. KONUS is valid starting on the day of arrival upon arriving at your Glottertal B 4 Sulzburg A 5 region. It is valid for 2nd class travel in all nine transport sectors. Tarifverbund Ortenau GmbH Rastatt www.ortenaulinie.de Gottenheim A 4 Titisee-Neustadt B 5 accommodation provider (check-in) until the day of departure. Bad Herrenalb Buslinie 880 Bad Liebenzell Weil der Stadt C 6 KONUS can be used for the departure journey, but not for the ar- Baden-Baden Grafenhausen Todtmoos B 6 Regio-Verkehrsverbund Freiburg GmbH Bad Wildbad Calw Buslinie 670 www.rvf.de Gutach Schwarzwaldbahn C 4 Todtnau B 5 rival journey. Gutach i. Br. B 4 Triberg C 4 Plan your trips online. Regio Verkehrsverbund Lörrach GmbH 10. You can obtain information on the participating transportation as- Kehl Jettingen Gütenbach B 5 Tunau B 6 www.rvl-online.de h Buslinie 7794 sociations, regional limits and the KONUS region from your accom- Mötzingen Haslach i. K. B 4 Ühlingen-Birkendorf C 6 24-hours a day. Freudenstadt Verkehrsverbund Schwarzwald-Baar GmbH Offenburg Eutingen im Gäu Hausach B 4 Unterkirnach C 4 modation provider and/or the local Tourist Information Offices, or www.v-s-b.de The electronic information on timetables in Baden-Württemberg Häg-Ehrsberg B 6 Utzenfeld B 5 on the Internet at www.konus-schwarzwald.info. If your journey Waldshuter Tarifverbund GmbH rankreic Häusern B 6 exits the KONUS region, then the regular transportation fee must (EFA) will offer the suitable current timetables of the local public F Vogtsburg i. K. A 4 transport system of busses and trains. www.wtv-online.de Herrischried B 6 Vöhrenbach C 5 be paid starting from the final location in the KONUS region. Verkehrs-Gemeinschaft Landkreis Rottweil Hinterzarten B 5 Waldachtal-Lützenhardt D 3 Freudenstadt GmbH Höchenschwand B 6 Quick and easy to find under: www.efa-bw.de Neufra Waldkirch B 4 Please be sure to comply with these Terms and Conditions as well as www.vgf-info.de Trossingen Bf Höfen an der Enz D 2 Tel. +49 1805.779966* Villingen- Wehr B 6 the general transportation terms and conditions of the participating Verkehrsverbund Rottweil GmbH Schwenningen Hofstetten B 4 Weilheim C 6 * 14 Ct./min for calls from the German landline network, prices for mobile and international calls Breisach Freiburg transportation associations and overlapping transportation compa- Horben B 5 may differ. www.vvr-info.de Wembach B 6 nies. Donaueschingen Hornberg C 4 Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim Wieden B 5 Non-compliance is subject to a transportation fee of at least EUR 60. Enzkreis GmbH Hüfingen C 5 Winden i. E. B 4 Neuenburg Editor: (only sub-areas, see general map) Ibach B 6 Wittnau A 5 Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH, www.vpe.de Weizen Ihringen A 4 Heinrich-von-Stephan-Str. 8b, 79100 Freiburg, Wolfach C 3 Waldshut- Kandern A 6 C 5 Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH Tel. +49 761.89646-0, mail@schwarzwald- Verkehrsgesellschaft Tiengen Wutach OT Ewattingen* tourismus.info, www.schwarzwald-tourismus.info Bäderkreis Calw mbH Lörrach Erzingen Kappelrodeck B 2 Zell a.H.