Last Updated on 06/10/2023
The High Black Forest is the southern part of the mountain range around the Feldberg mountain. This part is named high for a simple reason – here is the highest point of the Black Forest. The set includes narrow mountain roads, high, albeit thin, waterfalls and gorges.
After the Triberg waterfall, Lake Titisee and Feldberg are the second point of attraction for the largest number of tourists, which is facilitated by the only convenient federal road from east to west in the Black Forest, passing from Freiburg past Titisee, and a greater amount of snow on the mountain in winter.
Regions nearby:
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South
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Along the Rhine near Basel. Swiss side. Rheinfelden, Augusta Raurica
Along the Rhine. Basel
To the west
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Blue rectangle – cable cars, blue with s – chair lift, green – funicular
Everything important that you can see in the region – with notes and links.
- 1 – top
- 2 – very good, although not so well known
- 3 – good for a short vacation or a layover. Several medium-level interesting places
- 4 – local or specific, not for everyone
Marks without brackets – I was there (there are links to the posts). With brackets – I wasn’t there. Of course, the notes are subjective
High Black Forest sights
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1. Villingen-Schwenningen
Historical center with city wall, Romanesque cathedral of the 12th-13th century, Franciscan monastery – museum of the history of the region (Villingen).
Museum of the Watch Industry (Link), small airplane museum (Link), source of the Neckar and marsh routes (Schwenningen).
How to get there: train
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2. Bad Dürrheim
Resort, healing waters. Nice thermal pool.
Adventure golf
Museum of Carnival Masks Narrenschopf. Link
Read more about Swabian carnival: in Rotweil or in Ulm
How to get there: buses from Villingen or Schwenningen
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3. Donaueschingen, Hüfingen
Donaueschingen has a large count’s residence with a park, but you can only get there by prior arrangement with excursion. Link
Princely Collection – minerals, fossils and contemporary art.
Brewery
Source of the Danube.
Hüfingen has the historical center, Roman ruins, and the Aquari swimming pool.
How to get there: train
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4. Blumberg
Steam locomotive railway (Link)
How to get there: train
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5. Bonndorf, Löffingen
Near these towns lies Germany’s most known gorge, the Wutachschlucht, a favorite destination for hikers clubs of pensioners. All approaches to the gorge are well presented on the Internet – how to get there by public transport, where to go, etc.
Löffingen also offers a visit to the small, nice historical center, the Schwarzwaldpark (local animals, attractions) and the Badeparadies Hochschwarzwald thermal pool.
How to get there:
Löffingen – train
Bonndorf – buses
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6. Lenzkirch
Clock museum. Link
Adventure golf
How to get there: buses (Titisee, Bonndorf, Schluchsee lake)
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7. Schluchsee
A lake with all the necessary entertainment – boat rides, an outdoor swimming pool, etc.
Model railway – Modellbahnzentrum (whether it works is questionable)
How to get there: train, buses
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8. Grafenhausen
Brewery Rothaus. Link
The Hüsli Museum is the former summer residence of a Berlin singer, a collection of local household items and art, a tiled stove in the “Black Forest” style. Link
How to get there: buses
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9. Bernau, St. Blasien, Menzenschwand
In Bernau there is a museum on an old farm Link
Museum of the artist Hans Thoma Link
In St. Blasien cathedral with a large dome.
Menzenschwand offers treatment with radon.
How to get there: buses
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10. Todtnau / Todtmoos
The longest coaster in Germany Hasenhorn Coaster (you need to climb on a chair lift, Link) and the highest waterfall in Germany (this title is also disputed by the waterfall on Königssee lake) – Todtnauer Wasserfall.
Suspension bridge
At Todtmoos waterfall and mine Schaubergwerk „Hoffnungsstollen“ Link
Todtnau – bus 7300 from Titisee or Feldberg station
Todtmoos – buses with transfers
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11. Feldberg
Cable car to the highest mountain in the Black Forest (1277 m). At the top is an observation tower. The village also has a rope park and a glass-blowing workshop (Link).
In winter, skiing and sledding.
Buses 7300, 9007 from Titisee
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12. Titisee-Neustadt
Boats on the lake. Thermal pool Badeparadies Schwarzwald. Adventure golf
Rope park.
Marklin Model Museum (in the city, Link) and a model railway (in the cafe Feldbergblick).
Dreiseenbahn steam trains (from Titisee via Schluchsee to Seebrugg, Link).
How to get there: train
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13. Hinterzarten, Breitenau
Ravennaschlucht and Höllental gorges from Breitenau
Museum of Old Farm Equipment (in Hinterzarten). Link
How to get there: train to Hinterzarten,
Bus from Hinterzarten to Breitenau
Höllental
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14. St. Märgen, St. Peter, Black Forest panoramic road
In St. Peter was a Benedictine monastery, there remains a Baroque church and a beautiful library in the Rococo style.
In St. Märgen was an Augustinian monastery, the church remains, and a museum of the region is open.
The Black Forest panoramic road (Schwarzwald Panoramastrasse) runs from Waldkirch or Glottertal via St. Märgen and St. Peter, Titisee to Feldberg (www.schwarzwald-panoramastrasse.de/).
How to get there:
bus 7216 from Freiburg
bus 7261 from Titisee
bus 7205 from St Peter and then along Black Forest panoramic road to the beginning of the serpentine descent to Waldkirch
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15. Oberried, Buchenbach
Buchenbach is interesting for the old farm-museum Hansmeyerhof. Link
There is Steinwasenpark Oberried – local animals, chairlift, coaster (toboggan on a rail), toboggan in a chute, cinema, outdoor and indoor playground, suspension bridge (park for ages up to 12). Link
Buchenbach – bus 221, 222
Oberried – some buses from Kirchzarten
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16. Freiburg
Old city. Cathedral (the tower and altar are especially interesting).
Rhine Imperial Cathedrals. Freiburg, Worms, Speyer, Mainz
Museums: museum of old art Augustinermuseum (before the 20th century), museum of new art, archaeological, museum of nature and man.
Funicular
Adventure golf
Cable car to the mount Schauinsland. There’s a mine Museums-Bergwerk at the top (Link).
Thermal pool Keidel Mineralbad (good).
Zoo Mundenhof (small and free).
Rope park
Brewery Ganter. Link
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17. Breisach
City on the Rhine. Cathedral of St. Stephen’s (15th century), medieval town hall.
How to get there: train
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18. Bad Krozingen, Staufen, Münstertal
Bad Krozingen – thermal pool Vita Classic.
Staufen – old town, castle ruins, wineries. Rope park
In Münstertal:
baroque monastery Link, mine Besuchsbergwerk Teufelsgrund Link
How to get there: train
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19. Badenweiler
Thermal pool, textile-free pool in “Roman” style
ruins of roman baths Link
castle ruins
How to get there: buses from Müllheim
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20. Bad Bellingen
Thermal pool, English park and rose garden Landhaus Ettenbühl.
Adventure golf
Rope park
How to get there: train
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