Pocketguide for Walkers Welcome to the walking paradise of Bad Herrenalb! Dear Guests and Walkers, Our „seven valleys“ town is the ideal starting point for your walk through the unique landscape of the Black Forest Nature Park Central/North. Unspoilt nature as far as the eye can see, great panoramic views of the surrounding hills and the healthy climate air make every walk a very special experience. During or after your day’s walking the local gastronomy provides you with culinary delights. Regional specialities, fresh food from the monastery kitchen or the classic slice of Black Forest gateau – here is food for the road for everyone. You can relax and unwind after an eventful day outdoors with the varied wellness offers in Bad Herrenalb. Experience soothing relaxation and enjoy the healing waters of Bad Herrenalb well-known for their curative effects. 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DE-76332 Bad Herrenalb . reservation: +49 (0) 7083-927-0 Contents How to get here .................................................................................. 6 Themed walks and adventure trails .................................................. 30 Signposting system in the Black Forest ............................................... 8 Guided walks ..................................................................................... 34 Walks easy Walk planner ...................................................................................... 35 Through the Untere Gaistal to the Aschenhütte ...................................... 10 Circular walk via the Natural Springs Trail (Quellenpfad) and Wurstberg ..... 12 Even more walking opportunities ..................................................... 36 Walks medium Legal notice ....................................................................................... 38 Once round Bad Herrenalb ................................................................... 14 Via Rotensol into the Holzbachtal (Holzbach valley) ............................... 16 Walk into the Eyachtal (Eyach valley) ..................................................... 18 To the Bernstein cliffs ........................................................................... 20 Via the Frauenalb convent to Bernbach ................................................. 22 From the Gaistal to the Teufelsmühle ..................................................... 24 Walks hard Long circular walk via the Teufelsmühle ................................................. 26 Via Gernsbach to Baden-Baden ............................................................. 28 4 5 Bad Herrenalb is easily and quickly accessible both by public transport How to get here and in your own car. When arriving by car, on the A 5 coming from Frankfurt or Basel take the Ettlingen exit and follow the signs to Bad Herrenalb (23 km). From Frankfurt the Stuttgart region the spa town is reached coming from the A 8 via the Karlsbad / Bad Herrenalb exit and following the signs to Bad Herrenalb A5 (20 km). A65 The connection to the nearest train station in Karlsruhe is made using the Stadtbahn line S1. You can reach Bad Herrenalb in approx. 40 minutes with Karlsruhe the S-Bahn directly from the Karlsruhe station forecourt. From the station in Bad Herrenalb the local buses provide a connection to the local districts of Ettlingen Neusatz, Rotensol and Bernbach and to other destinations in the S1 surrounding area. Pforzheim Baden-Baden Stuttgart The nearest airports are the airports of Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Stuttgart. Bad Herrenalb A8 Calw Free travel by bus and train! Strasbourg Travel free by bus and train all over the Black Forest – KONUS makes it possible! From one overnight stay in Bad Herrenalb accommodation you will Offenburg Freudenstadt receive the KONUS guest card. This can be used as a ticket to travel 2nd class on the local public transport throughout the Black Forest and right to Karlsruhe. You can find an overview of the KONUS area Basel and a few walk tips at www.konus-schwarzwald.de You can obtain information on connections and timetables from us at the Tourist Office. 6 7 Signposting system in the Black Forest The Black Forest-wide walking route network, which connects all important There are signposts at every crossroads on marked walking routes. For each walking destinations and starting points with each other, makes finding direction the walker will find at least one signpost sheet with destinations your way easy. The marking and signposting system for the walking routes and details of distances. developed by the Black Forest Association is used uniformly in the whole of the Black Forest. On the signs you can read at a glance where you are and underneath the height above sea level. In addition, from the signposting for each direction, you can see the next place and under that other nearby destinations and sights. Right at the bottom is the final destination of the walk. You can also see from the signs in which places there is a car park or a bus stop. Local walking routes connect local walking destinations and starting points to the walking route network. They are marked with the yellow diamond . The yellow diamond is the main sign of the walking signposting and guides you safely from place to place. Regional walking routes complete the network of long-distance walking routes, they connect well-known places and landscapes. Regional walking paths are labelled with the blue diamond . Around Bad Herrenalb there are for example the Graf-Rhena path to Ettlingen and the Albtal path marked with the blue diamond. Long-distance walking routes are marked the whole way with their own sign. The Westweg leading from Pforzheim through the Black Forest to Basel runs past Bad Herrenalb and is marked red along the whole route. Tip: for optimum navigation we recommend taking the following walking maps: “Wanderparadies Albtal – Bad Herrenalb, Dobel, Marxzell”, scale 1:25 000 or “Oberes Enztal – Karte des Schwarzwaldvereins”, scale 1:35 000. Both are available from us at the Tourist Office. 9 Bad Herrenalb 0 1 km L564 Bad 00 4 b Through the Untere Gaistal to the Aschenhütte l Herrenalb L340 A 6 0 Length 6,9 km This simple circular walk leads along the Roten- 0 577 Tourismusbüro Ascent ▲ 198 m bach up to the Ferienheim Aschenhütte and then back into the centre of Bad Herrenalb. Sägwasenplatz Highest point 548 m ᕡ e r g 6 0 b 5 i e n Walking time 1:57 h M a 7 5 00 50 Difficulty easy 4 Starting and end point of the walk: 50 563 714 Circular walk the walk starts and ends at the Tourist Office at the Rathausplatz. ᕣ G a Prediger- is Ascent b a weg c e h ch m Dus oße 0 0 Gr 6 0 2 5 750 6 624 1 3 600 Wurstberg 0 0 5 6 450 692 00 523 R ot 0 5 e 573 4 n 300 b a 486 c A Aschen- h 150 s 0 5 5 c G ä h e t r h hütte S t i c h en bach ᕢ km 1 2 3 4 5 6 550 532 5 Aschenhütte 0 5 538 Route description: from the Tourist bach valley). After approx. 3 km we 6 0 5 Office we go through the archway turn off right over the Rotenbach h Gaistal 7 0 c 0 a 2 b 6 0 along Klosterstraße towards Kloster- past the Ferienheim Aschenhütte . 0 567 is 7 0 a 5 741 scheuer, there left to the Sägwasen- On the lane we walk down into the G A