Gäurandweg

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Gäurandweg
Data
length 120 kmdep1
location Germany,
Baden-Wuerttemberg ,
Black Forest
Supervised by Black Forest Association
Markers Green diamond with red rose hip on a white background
Markers
Starting point Mühlacker
48 ° 57 '9.6 "  N , 8 ° 50' 43.4"  O
Target point Freudenstadt
48 ° 27 ′ 50.5 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 41.5 ″  E
Type Long-distance hiking trail
Height difference 492 mdep1
The highest point Freudenstadt ( 732  m )
Lowest point Mühlacker ( 240  m )
Level of difficulty light
season Spring to autumn
Months March – October

The Gäurandweg is Nordschwarzwald the easternmost of the Schwarzwaldverein assisted long-distance trails . With a length of 120 kilometers, it leads in six stages from Mühlacker to Freudenstadt .

The sign of the Gäurandweg is a green diamond with a red rose hip on a white background.

Brief description

The red rose hip in front of a green diamond marks the Gäurandweg.

The Gäurandweg runs between the northern Black Forest in the west and the Stroh- and Heckengäu in the east. From the Enz valley from Mühlacker , the path leads via Pinache and Wiernsheim past Mönsheim to Friolzheim , Tiefenbronn and Steinegg . From there it continues via Neuhausen and Simmozheim past Althengstett to Calw - Stammheim . The route goes through the villages Gültlingen and Sulz am Eck before in Nagold the Nagoldtal reached. Via Rohrdorf and Beihingen we continue to Haiterbach . The route leads from Haiterbach via Salzstetten to Schopfloch . The route leads via Glatten to Freudenstadt .

Day tours / stages

First stage: Mühlacker - Steinegg

  • Distance: 22 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 5.5 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea  level ) 		Further information
Mühlacker 0,0 240
Pinache 6.0 349 District of Wiernsheim
Wiernsheim 3.0 366
Paulinensee 3.0 380 BBQ hut
Friolzheim 4.5 451
Tiefenbronn 3.0 432
Steinegg 2.5 418
Gäurandweg - second stage: view from the NSG Büchelberg to Weil der Stadt and Merklingen
Gäurandweg - second stage: Impression near Simmozheim at the NSG Hörnle and Geißberg

Second stage: Steinegg - Calw-Stammheim

  • Distance: 24 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 6 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea level) 		Further information
Steinegg 00,0 418
Neuhausen 04.5 482
Büchelberg nature reserve 02.5 550
Möttlinger Köpfle 04.5 576 Forest playground
Simmozheim 02.0 483
Stammheim 10.5 469 District of Calw

Third stage: Stammheim - water tower Oberjettingen

  • Distance: 20 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 5 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea level) 		Further information
Stammheim 0,0 469 District of Calw
Validlingen 9.0 454 District of Wildberg
Sulz at the corner 4.0 465 District of Wildberg
Sulzer Eck 1.5 576 BBQ hut
Kühlenberg 3.0 625
Oberjettingen water tower 2.5 605

Fourth stage: water tower Oberjettingen - Beihingen

  • Distance: 20 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 5 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea level) 		Further information
Oberjettingen water tower 0,0 605
Nagold 4.5 411
Hohennagold ruins 1.5 515
Rohrdorf 2.5 418
Forest village 3.0 561
Egenhauser Kapf 3.5 627
Egenhausen 2.0 560
Hang up 3.0 460 District of Haiterbach

Fifth stage: Beihingen - Schopfloch

  • Distance: 19 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 5 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea level) 		Further information
Hang up 0,0 460 District of Haiterbach
Haiterbach 3.5 706
Salzstetten 7.5 596 District of Waldachtal
Rödelsberg 7.0 718
Schopfloch 1.5 667

Sixth stage: Schopfloch - Freudenstadt

  • Distance: 14 kilometers
  • Walking time: approx. 4 hours
Place / sight Distance
(km) 		Height
(m above sea level) 		Further information
Schopfloch 0,0 667
Smooth 4.0 535
Lauterbad 7.0
Freudenstadt 3.0 732

literature

  • Reinhard Distel and Heinz R. Wittner: Hiking guide Black Forest high trails. 7th edition, Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-8134-0213-4 , pp. 142-153.
  • Martin Kuhnle: Black Forest Middle / North. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8 , pp. 60–79.
  • Gäu.Rand.Weg, leaflet, Plenum Heckengäu

Web links

  • Wanderservice Schwarzwald - Web application of the Black Forest Association for the visualization of the Black Forest hiking trails in Google Maps with various overlays (route network, signposts, accommodations, ...)
  • Heckengäu-Natur-Nah - Description of the Gäurandweg and overview map