visitblackforest.info Sales Guide Black Forest Highlands Zum Kuckuck! Erlebnisse inklusive. The Red Inclusive Card More than 100 attractions daily free of charge! Member of: Cuckoo! Welcome to the Black Forest Highlands. The Black Forest Highlands lie at altitudes of between 700 and 1,500 metres and comprise the 17 villages of Breitnau, Eisenbach, Feldberg, Friedenweiler, Häusern, Hinterzarten, Lenzkirch, Löffingen, Grafenhausen, Ühlingen-Birkendorf, Schluchsee, St. Blasien, St. Märgen, St. Peter, Titisee-Neustadt, Todtmoos and Bergwelt Todt- nau. It is here that the world-famous Cuckoo Clock and the delicious Black Forest Gâteau have their home. The unique natural landscape of the Black Forest Highlands is located in the heart of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park, the second largest of its kind in Germa- ny. Take a deep breath and let yourself be whisked away into the home of endless spaces, fresh air and the scent of pines in the Black Forest Highlands. visitblackforest.info _ 2 _ 3 Contents Welcome 03 About us 04 How to reach the Black Forest Highlands 06 Opportunities Unique Outdoor Opportunities 18 Legends, Customs and Traditions 20 Culinary Highlights 22 Attractions The Red Inclusive Card 24 Family Highlights 25 Culture & Tradition 26 Unspoiled Nature 27 Bus and rail for free: KONUS-Guest Card 29 Sports & Leisure Activities 28 Hofgut Sternen 30 Fantastic Shopping Experiences 36 Regional Tours Tour 1: Black Forest Panorama Tour 39 Tour 2: Culinary Delights 40 Tour 3: Natural Highlights 41 About Us Tour 4: Culture and Tradition 42 Tour 5: A Perfect Family Adventure 43 Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH was founded in 2009 with the aim of marketing one of Germany’s most beautiful holiday destinations. It currently employs around Day Trips 100 members of staff, generates 4 million overnight stays and welcomes more than Excursions in the area surrounding the Black Forest Highlands 44 5,5 million day trippers from around the world every year. Multi-Day Tours Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH represents more than 2,000 holiday accom- Tour 1: German Clock Route 47 modations with a total of almost 30,000 beds in one of Germany’s largest and most Tour 2: The Highlights of South West Germany 48 spectacular holiday destinations. From campsites, private rooms, holiday apart- ments and farmhouse accommodation up to luxurious five-star hotels, the holiday Tour 3: Car Country South West Germany 49 destination of the Black Forest Highlands offers a diverse selection of accommoda- Tour 4: Fairytale Castles, Palaces and Monasteries 50 tion. A Selection of Accomondations Accommodations 52 Your on-site Incoming Agency provides the Conferences/Events following range of services: Please contact us with any Your Congress Bureau in the Black Forest Highlands 61 requests and questions at: • Arranging accommodation for FITs and groups Annual Event Highlights 62 Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH • Organising and booking programmes of activities Incoming Department Contact 71 • Guided tours with tour manager in a variety of languages Freiburger Str. 1 • Coach transfers and excursions 79856 Hinterzarten Tel: +49 (0)7652/1206-8003 We would be delighted to design a package tailored to your individual needs. [email protected] _ 4 _ 5 Black Forest Highlands How to reach the Black Forest Highlands Whether you are coming by plane, train or car. The Black Forest Highlands are easy accessible through airports in Stuttgart, Zurich, Basel and Frankfurt. Use the railway network to reach Freiburg from where trains connect with the Black Forest Highlands every 300 km 30 minutes. Or just rent a car from the airport, every larger train station or city. Frankfurt Germany Paris Airport Journey time by car: 6 h 15 Black Forest Highlands Journey time by train: 4 h 15 Heidelberg arlsruhe Stuttgart Airport Frankfurt Airport Journey time by car: 1 h 30 Stuttgart France Karlsruhe/Frankfurt Journey time by car: 3 h Journey time by train: 3 h Journey time by train: 3 h Stuttgart Baden-Baden Strasbourg Offenburg Strasbourg 15 B500 0 km Denzlingen Metzingen St. Peter Glottertal Black Forest Highlands 5 St. Märgen 0 km A5 A81 Colmar Colmar Eisenbach Interchange Rust Germany Munich Titisee- A864 Bad Dürrheim/ Breitnau Neustadt Donaueschingen Freiburg Friedenweiler B31 B31/33 B311 France A35 Höllentalbahn Exit Freiburg Hinterzarten Black Forest Highlands Löffingen Geisingen 1.493 m Titisee Feldberg Dreiseenbahn Lenzkirch Meersburg Konstanz Bergwelt B315 Schaffhausen Lake Constance A36 Todtnau Mulhouse Schluchsee Singen Basel Zurich B317 St. Blasien Land Häusern Friedrichshafen Basel Todtmoos B500 Waldshut Schaffhausen Basel-Mulhouse Airport Journey time by car:Switzerland 1 h Zurich Switzerland Journey time by train: 1 h 30 Zurich Airport Journey time by car: 1 h 30 Switzerland Journey time by train: 2 h 30 Munich Airport Journey time by car: 4 h Journey time by train: 5 h 45 _ 6 _ 7 Titisee-Neustadt _ 8 _ 9 Rothauser Land _ 10 _ 11 Todtnau _ 12 _ 13 Feldberg _ 14 _ 15 Christmas Market in the Ravenna Gorge open all weekends in advent _ 16 _ 17 Unique Outdoor Opportunities not to be missed Unlike any other region, the Black Forest Highlands offer adventure, nature and relaxation all in one. Hiking and Walking Playing Golf Numerous sign-posted hiking trails The 18-hole golf course spans of various lengths and levels of dif- into the idyllic Altental. Biotopes, ficulty mean that the area’s unique streams and old Black Forest farm- natural landscape is just waiting to houses provide a unique landscape. be explored. Discover sunny pla- Take part in fun games in an unfor- teaus with their magnificent views gettable environment. With our Red Winter Action and shady forested areas on your Inclusive Card without paying any Enjoy magical moments in snow-cov- own or with a professional guide. Green Fee. ered woodlands at frosty tempera- tures in a horse sleigh or experience unspoiled nature on a snowshoe trek. Speed down slopes on a sled, take a walk in the deeply snow-cov- ered countryside or storm the high- Healing Climate est peak on skis or snowboards in the largest and highest winter sport area Due to its elevation and unspoiled in south-west Germany. nature the air quality of the Black Water Activities Forest Highlands have a healing function that ensures an all-round Crystal clear water and unspoiled feeling of well-being. Take a deep landscape provide the perfect en- breath of fresh mountain air and vironment for sailing, windsurfing, feel how your body relaxes and your rowing, fishing and diving. Go for a mind clears. swim in famous lake Titisee or the biggest lake in the Black Forest, lake Schluchsee and enjoy the refreshing lakes and ponds. Cycling and Biking Whether you are searching for ac- tion packed down hill trails or more relaxed tours through our unspoiled nature, the Black Forest Highlands await all cycling enthusiasts with sign-posted trails for everyone. For the more relaxed version elec- tronic bikes can be rent to discover the area from a different view. _ 18 _ 19 Legends, Customs and Traditions Not only home of the Cuckoo Clock but also of the Bollenhut Hat and the Black Forest Gâteau - World famous symbols for a picture-perfect holiday in one of Germany´s most Cuckoo Clock beautiful holiday destinations. Cuckoo Clocks, which are renowned the world over, have been manufac- tured in the Black Forest since as early as the 18th century. During the long winter months, they were carved from wood by hand on farmyards across the Black For- Black Forest Gâteau est in a process demanding skilful The world-famous Black Forest Gâteau craftsmanship and imagination, may be Germany’s most popular before being sold by or exchanged layered cream cake but there is no with world-famous clock dealers doubt that it tastes the best in the The Traditional Black throughout Europe, Russia and Black Forest Highlands. It is made Forest Costumes even as far afield as the USA. The fa- of cream, a biscuit base, cherries, mous cuckoo call is created by two Beside the famous Bollenhut Hat chocolate shavings and the famous bellows which pump air through a there are many different other tra- Black Forest Kirschwasser brandy. ditional costumes as every commu- small whistle. nity has its own uniquely designed dresses. Until a short basis the beautiful and elaborately designed Titisee – costumes were worn on a daily ba- the Sunken Town sis but today it is only traditionally It is thought that an abbey and worn during processions and tradi- town lay further down the Lake tional events. Titisee, along the street known as The Bollenhut Hat “Seesteige”, hundreds of years ago. The Bollenhut Hat has become a The town was very wealthy and its trademark of the Black Forest. The inhabitants valued luxury and lav- straw hat, which comprises 14 wool- ishness with such arrogance that len pom-poms that are red for un- they would carve the middle out of married women and black for mar- bread rolls, use the crust as shoes ried women, is worn since 1800 and and feed the rest to the animals. is still worn to special occasions. God’s punishment for the town’s wicked ways was looming; the heav- ens opened and a great flood inun- dated the town, wiping out every- one. The noble town with its towers Black Forest Ham and gates sank beneath the fathom- Black Forest Ham is Europe´s most less lake. popular and best-selling smoked In good weather, you can see the raw ham. It is prepared in the Black spire of the abbey below the surface, Forest using traditional methods and on a calm, sunny day, you can and smoked over a fir-wood fire, hear the bell chimes from the sunk- giving it its characteristic strong, en town.