Black Forest crossing Rottweil – Lahr

Black Forest crossing Rottweil – Lahr
View of Welschensteinach above the Kinzig valley
Data
length	99 km
location	Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg , Black Forest
Supervised by	Black Forest Association
Markers	red-blue diamond on a yellow background
Starting point	Rottweil 48 ° 9 ′ 53.5 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 21.8"  E
Target point	Lahr 48 ° 20 ′ 26.3 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 9.6 ″  E
Type	Long-distance hiking trail
The highest point	Hochwälder Höhe ( 960  m )
Lowest point	Lahr bus station ( 171  m )
Level of difficulty	easy / medium
season	Spring to autumn
Months	March – October
Viewpoints	Huberfelsen

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Schwarzwald-Querweg Rottweil – Lahr is a four-day hiking route through the Black Forest from Rottweil to Lahr . The 99-kilometer hiking trail was laid out in 1935 and has been maintained and looked after by the Black Forest Association ever since . His signpost is a red-blue diamond on a yellow background. As a rule, the blue side of the diamond points to Rottweil and the red side to Lahr.

Brief description

The Rottweil – Lahr cross-way leads out of the Neckar Valley initially over open terrain with views of the heights of the Middle Black Forest . On the second day from Königsfeld , the path goes through forests down to Hornberg in Gutach Valley. After a steep ascent to the watershed between Kinzig and Elz on the third day, the fourth day continues into the Schuttertal to Lahr .

Day tours / stages

First stage: Rottweil - Buchenberg

Overview

• Distance: 25 km
• Walking time: approx. 6 hours

Place / sight	Distance (km)	Height (m above sea  level )	Further information
Rottweil	0,0	560
Horgen	8.0	625	District of Zimmer ob Rottweil
Devil lake	3.5	641
Sinking	0.5	690	District of Niedereschach
Fischbach	1.0	660	District of Niedereschach
Castle Hill	4.0	726	Gasthaus Kranz (built 1468) Remains of a former moated castle from the 13th century
Koenigsfeld	3.0	760	Crossing with the Ostweg
Waldau ruins	1.5	737	Cultural monument Hof Beck
Albblick / Martinsweiler	1.5	770	Crossing with the Ostweg
Buchenberg	2.0	820	District of Königsfeld

Directions

Martinsweiler with the ruins of Waldau and Albblick

The crossing begins at the train station in Rottweil, leads through the city center and leaves the city via Hausener Straße. Soon after, an underpass runs under Autobahn 81 . After a few branches it goes downhill to Horgen. In the village the path crosses the Eschach and leads over the Teufenstraße past the water treading basin into the Teufenbach valley. Behind the Teufensee the route goes noticeably uphill to Sinkingen. The path continues downhill along the district road 5720 to Fischbach. Then the hike runs along the Glasbach to Burgberg, which you leave via Burgstrasse. Königsfeld is then reached via the church of the Brethren , a pietistic faith movement within the Evangelical Church, on whose initiative the town was founded in 1806. In Königsfeld the cross way crosses with the east way ; Both paths then run on the same route to Martinsweiler. After the two paths have separated, it is about two kilometers to Buchenberg.

Second stage: Buchenberg - Hornberg

Overview

• Distance: 21 km
• Walking time: approx. 5 hours

View from the Obersteighöhe

Place / sight	Distance (km)	Height (m above sea level)	Further information
Buchenberg	0,0	820
Hiesemichelshöhe	4.5	895	St. Georgen bus stop approx. 2 km
Hochwälder height	2.0	960	Crossing with Mittelweg Bengelhütte
Gasthof Staude	2.5	889
At the Lindenbüble	2.0	895	Crossing with Mittelweg SV -Wanderheim Lindenbüble in 300 m
Hornberger Höhe	5.0	800
Philippsruhe	1.0	725	Refuge
Immelsbacher Höhe	1.0	584	Refuge
Healthy well	2.0	490
Hornberg train station	1.0	384

Directions

From Buchenberg, the stage first leads over the Hochwälder Höhe. From there the cross-path runs to the Lindenbüble hiking home, which is about 300 meters away from the path, on the same route as the Mittelweg . The common route goes on mostly asphalted route past the Gasthaus Staude and the scattered settlement Holops, a district of Sankt Georgen . From the Lindenbüble hiking home, the hike leads partly steeply downhill to the train station in Hornberg. Points of the route are the Hornberger Höhe, the Philippsruhe, the Immelsbacher Höhe and the Gesundbrunnen.

Third stage: Hornberg - Höhenhäuser

Overview

• Distance: 28 km
• Walking time: approx. 7 hours

View from the broad plain above Hofstetten in a north-easterly direction to the Brandenkopf

Place / sight	Distance (km)	Height (m above sea level)	Further information
Hornberg train station	0,0	384
Castle Hotel Hornberg	1.5	445
Offenbacher Eckle	4.0	737	Small refuge
Fährlefelsen	2.0	755	Crossing with the Westweg
Huberfelsen	0.5	760	Natural monument with a viewpoint
Prechtaler Schanze	1.0	835
Haselberg	0.8	760	Crossing with the Westweg
Landwassereck	1.2	630	Inn on the L 107, temporarily closed in winter
Teaching sheath	2.5	618	hut
Heidenacker	5.5	530	parking spot
Biereck	4.0	588	Inn
Mountain houses	5.0	666	District of Biederbach Gasthof zum Kreuz junction with the Kandelhöhenweg junction with the Hansjakobweg II junction with the Zweälersteig

Directions

Behind Hornberg, the cross path leads to the Hornberg castle ruins with the castle hotel and from there further uphill to the refuge at Offenbacher Eckle. From the Fährlefelsen the path runs, together with the Westweg , past the Huberfelsen to the Prechtaler Schanze. Soon afterwards the two paths separate. The route continues past the Landwassereck inn to the Heidburg pass . Shortly before the Flachenberg, the path leads together with the Hansjakobweg to the Heidburg , of which hardly anything can be seen, and past the Gasthaus Biereck to the Gasthaus Kreuz in Höhenhäuser. The Hansjakobweg is equipped with picture boards that draw attention to events and stories in the life and work of Heinrich Hansjakob . At the Gasthaus zum Kreuz, the Rottweil – Lahr crossroad, the Hansjakobweg, the Kandelhöhenweg and the Zweälersteig cross each other .

Fourth stage: Höhenhäuser - Lahr

Overview

• Distance: 25 km
• Walking time: approx. 6.5 hours

Robert's Chapel

Place / sight	Distance (km)	Height (m above sea level)	Further information
Mountain houses	0,0	666
Lahr hut	1.0	660
Robert's Chapel	2.5	510	Branch into the Kinzig valley to Steinach in 9.0 km and Haslach in 11.0 km
Kreuzplatz	1.5	445
Kambacher Hut	3.0	520
Schwedenschanze	0.5	570
Sodhof	2.5	500	Gasthaus junction with the Kandelhöhenweg
Seelbach	3.5	215
Lahr key bus station	7.5	171
Lahr train station	3.0	160

Directions

From Höhenhäuser to Sodhof, the Rottweil – Lahr crossroad and the Kandelhöhenweg run on the same route. From the Gasthaus Kreuz, the hike goes downwards, past the mostly unmanaged Lahrer Hütte and via Landesstraße 103 to the Robertskapelle. From there it goes up to the Himmelsberg and then alternating undulating downhill and uphill to the Sodhof. Shortly afterwards, the Kandelhöhenweg branches off from the Querweg. Further downhill and through Seelbach, the path leads partly on the slope above the Schuttertal and partly in the Schuttertal to the bus station in Lahr. This is where the path markings for the cross path end. It's about three kilometers through the city from the bus station to Lahr train station.

Web links

Commons : Schwarzwald-Querweg Rottweil – Lahr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Black Forest hiking service : Web application of the Black Forest Association to visualize the Black Forest hiking trails in Google Maps with various overlays (route network, signposts, accommodations, ...)