The Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Black Forest Trail () is an east–west hiking trail of several days' duration through the Black Forest in Germany from Donaueschingen to Breisach. The 109-kilometre-long hiking trail is managed and maintained by the Black Forest Club.
Short description The Black Forest–Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Trail begins in Donaueschingen. It then runs through the valley of the River Breg up to the watershed between the Danube and the Rhine. Leading through the valleys of Simonswälder Tal and the River Elz, the route reaches the Rhine Plain and the Kaiserstuhl. It ends in Breisach on the Rhine. The entire route is signed and waymarked, with the intention that no maps or route instructions are needed.
Day tours/stages
First Stage: Donaueschingen – Vöhrenbach Overview Distance: 25,5 km Duration: c. 6.5 hours Place/Attraction Route(km) Height(m above NHN) Further information Donaueschingen 0 675 Aufen 3.5 690 Quarter of Donaueschingen Neue Fron 2,0 765 Eichbuck Hut 0,5 763 Barbecue area Wolterdingen 1,5 717 Tannheim 5.5 750 Village in the borough of Villingen-Schwenningen Spitalhöfe 3.5 820 Herzogenweiler 1.5 870 Village in the borough of Villingen-Schwenningen Schuhbartle 2.0 930 forest car park Schlossermatte 1.0 898 Saint Michael's Chapel 3.5 862 Vöhrenbach 1.5 797
Route description
From the start point at Donaueschingen railway station the route runs past the Kreiswehrersatzamt and then left initially along the Brigach, which it crosses on a wooden bridge by Saint Mary's Church. Following the edge of the wood, the walk reaches the village of Aufen and then Wolterdingen. In Wolterdingen the route turns right at the church and leaves the village along Emil-Hauger-Straße. After the end of the village it goes past the Upper Pond (‘’Oberen Weiher’’) to the right of the path, and then runs for about a kilometre parallel to the Landesstraße on a tarmac track to Tannheim. Passing through Tannheim the route passes a sawmill with a prominent chimney heading for Spitalhöfen, and then heads through the forest to Herzogenweiler. The route only grazes Herzogenweiler and leaves it along Jägerhausallee. At the end of the road the trail turns right. It then goes straight before turning right by a transmission tower on Linienweg, continuing to the forest car park of Schuhbartle. There it crosses the Kreisstraße 5734. The trail then goes along Alte Herzogenweiler Straße on the tarmac of the Kreisstraße, veers right off the metalled track and continues straight on along the road on a grass path to the Schlossermatte. On a bend it goes right, initially steeply uphill and then level over the Ochsenberg and descends again to Saint Michael’s Chapel, next to which there is a barbecue area. The route finally runs along a road to Vöhrenbach, to the end of this stage.
Second Stage: Vöhrenbach – Obersimonswald Engel Overview Distance: 22.5 km Duration: c. 5 hours Place/Attraction Route(km) Height(m above NHN) Further information Vöhrenbach 0 797 Schönenbach 4.5 828 Village in the borough of Furtwangen Furtwangen 3.5 870 Crosses the Mittelweg Beim Staatsberghof 2.5 990 Crosses the Westweg Südlicher Staatsberg / Winkel 1.0 1.045 Gütenbach 3.0 827 Teichschlucht 1.0 705 Crosses the Zweitälersteig Wildgutach / Pfaffenmühle 1.0 612 Village in the borough of Simonswald Vitenhof 1.0 548 Footbridge over the Wildgutach Luxenhof 0.5 585 Haldenschwarzhof 1.0 600 Crosses the Zweitälersteig Obersimonswald Engel 3.5 450 Village in the borough of SimonswaldCrosses the ZweitälersteigGasthof Engel and bus stop
Route description
Third Stage: Obersimonswald Engel – Denzlingen Overview Distance: 23.5 km Duration: c. 6 hours Place/Attraction Route(km) Height(m above NHN) Further information Obersimonswald Engel 0 450 Gasthof Engel Häuslerain 1.5 414 Ibendörfle 3.0 388 Ochsenbrücke (bridge) 1,5 361 Café Märchengarten 1.5 328 Niederbruck / Altsimonswald 0.5 325 Am Ottensteg / Bleibach 3.0 299 Village in the borough of Gutach Gutach 1.5 299 Kollnau 1.0 281 Village in the borough of Waldkirch Waldkirch 2.0 260 Crosses the KandelhöhenwegCrosses the Zweitälersteig Mauracher Hof 6.0 245 Chapel of St. Severin 0.5 278 ruins Denzlingen 1.5 234
Fourth Stage: Denzlingen – Oberrotweil Overview Distance: 27.5 km Duration: c. 6.5 hours Place/Attraction Route(km) Height(m above NHN) Further information Denzlingen 0 234 Nimburg 10.5 187 Village in the borough of Teningen Eichstetten 3.5 189 Saint Catharine 6.5 492 Chapel Auf dem Eck 3.0 400 hiking car park Mondhalde 1.5 370 Oberrotweil 2.5 240 Village in the borough of Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl
Fifth Stage: Oberrotweil – Breisach Overview Distance: 10 km Duration: c. 2.5 hours Place/Attraction Route(km) Height(m above NHN) Further information Oberrotweil 0 240 Village in the borough of Vogtsburg Achkarren 3.0 228 Village in the borough of Vogtsburg Breisach 7.0 189
External links Black Forest hiking service: web facility of the Black Forest Club for visualising the Black Forest trails on Google Maps with various overlays (trail network, waymarks, accommodation, ...)