Mittelweg


The Mittelweg is a north-south long-distance path which runs through the Black Forest from Pforzheim to Waldshut. It is about 230 kilometres long and was established in 1903. Since then it has been maintained and sponsored by the Black Forest Club. Its waymark is a red diamond with a white bar on a white background.

Description

From Pforzheim the path initially runs over the plateau between the Enz and Nagold valleys. Passing the raised bogs of the Northern Black Forest it goes to Freudenstadt and continues through the Central Black Forest via the Fohrenbühl and St. Georgen to the Hochfirst. In the Southern Black Forest the ‘’Mittelweg’’ passes through the valleys of the Schwarza and Schlücht or Mettma and reaches the High Rhine at Waldshut.

Route

Common stages: Pforzheim – Lenzkirch

1st Stage: Pforzheim – Bad Wildbad

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Pforzheim-Kupferhammer0254Start of the Mittelweg, Ostweg and Westweg
2.Dillweißenstein2.5285District of Pforzheim
3.Büchenbronn2.5465District of Pforzheim
4.Hermannsee1460
5.Büchenbronner Height1.5609Büchenbronn Viewing Tower
6.Engelsbrand1.5547
7.Langenbrand3.5672Village in the municipality of Schömberg
8.Charlottenhöhe4684Vocational promotion centre building
9.Calmbach2.5399Village in the municipality of Bad Wildbad
10.Bad Wildbad4426

2nd Stage: Bad Wildbad – Besenfeld

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Bad Wildbad0426
2.Fünf Bäume4784
3.Grünhütte3.5837Ausflugslokal
4.Weißensteinhütte1.5883Branch to the Wildsee
5.Kaltenbronn4.6869Village in the municipality of Gernsbach, info centre
6.Hohlohsee1.2980Hochmoorsee
7.Hohloh Tower0.7984Viewing tower, refuge hut
8.Prinzenhütte1.3954Refuge hut
9.Toter Mann4.7915
10.Schramberg2.3906Log cabin
Memorial to Murg Navigation Forest Inspector, Arnsperger
The forest in the area belonged in the 18th century to the Murg Navigation, which sent wood from the Black Forest to Holland.
11.Neuhaus-Hütte3.7888
12.Besenfeld3.5782Village in the municipality of Seewald

3rd Stage: Besenfeld – Oberzwieselberg

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Besenfeld0782
2.Ruine Königswart3.5790Memorial site for Count Palatine Rudolf of Tübingen from the year 1209
3.Igelsberger Hardt4.5790
4.Frutenhofer Wald4.5700
5.Buschige Fichte4780
6.Freudenstadt4.5740
7.Oberzwieselberg5841District of Freudenstadt

4th Stage: Oberzwieselberg – Schiltach

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Oberzwieselberg0841
2.Schmiedsberger Platz8773Crosses the Little Hansjakob Way; refuge hut
3.Tor3705Crosses the Gengenbach–Alpirsbach Trail
4.Bocksecke1810
5.Emil Hut 1.5800
6.Salzlecke1760Refuge hut
7.Teisenkopf5764Viewing tower
8.Kuhberg-Mattenweiher1.5638
9.Schiltach4325

5th Stage: Schiltach – St. Georgen

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Schiltach0325
2.Dornacker3.5660
3.Bauernhof Grusenloch2.5770
4.Mooswaldkopf4879SV Wanderheim Fohrenbühl
observation tower
5.Fohrenbühl1787Village in the municipality of Lauterbach and Hornberg
6.Falkenhöhe4858
7.Benzebene3.5896
8.Windkapf1.5928
9.Lindenbüble3885SV-Wanderheim
10.Gasthof Staude2889Crosses the Rottweil–Lahr Trail
11.Hochwälder Height3966
12.St. Georgen3862

6th Stage: St. Georgen – Kalte Herberge

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.St. Georgen0862
2.Kreuzweg4951
3.Kesselberg Fuchsfalle41.010
4.Triberg Gallows 11.020
5.Stöcklewald Tower11.069SV Wanderheim
observation tower
6.Fürsatz31.036
7.Furtwangen5872Crosses the Black Forest–Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Trail
8.Hohles Bildstöckle51.060
9.Kalte Herberge21.029Gasthof

7th Stage: Kalte Herberge – Lenzkirch

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Kalte Herberge01.029
2.Hochberg31.130Gasthof Engel
3.Margrutt21.049
4.Ferdinandshöhe4.51.031
5.Am Wiedenkreuz31.010
6.Neustadt3.5828
7.Saiger Kreuz31.028
8.Hochfirst11.190Crosses the Freiburg–Lake Constance Trail
SV Wanderheim
observation tower
9.Hierabrunnen2.51.114Refuge hut
10.Lenzkirch3808Crosses the Schluchtensteig

Western branch: Lenzkirch – Waldshut

8th Stage: Lenzkirch – Häusern

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Lenzkirch0808
2.Brisgowenkapelle4.51.075
3.Schluchsee3.5951
4.Seebrugg railway station3932
5.Schluchsee Dam1931
6.Eisenbreche1.5914
7.Blasiwald-Althütte2.51.088Village in the municipality of Schluchsee
Crosses the Schluchtensteig
8.Häusern4891

9th Stage: Häusern – Waldshut

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Häusern0891
2.Höchenschwand31.010
3.Kreuzstein1968Forest car park
4.Fohrenbachmühle7600
5.Nöggenschwiel1.5719Village in the municipality of Weilheim
6.Heubach2737
7.Indlekofen3.5540District of Waldshut-Tiengen
8.Waldshut5343

Eastern branch: Lenzkirch – Waldshut

8th Stage: Lenzkirch – Rothaus

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Lenzkirch0808
2.Kinderheim Dresselbach71.064
3.Dürrenbühl41.028St. Cyriakus pilgrimage church
4.Rothaus2971Village in the municipality of Grafenhausen

9th Stage: Rothaus – Waldshut

No.Place/AttractionRoute
Height
Further information
1.Rothaus0971
2.Schaffhauser Säge3800
3.Klausenmühle31.090
4.Buggenrieder Mühle3730
5.Lochmühle4.5608
6.Mettmamündung2.5520Mouth of the Mettma on the Mettma Reservoir
7.Witznau4436
8.Gutenburg4.5390District of Waldshut-Tiengen
9.Gurtweil2.5373District of Waldshut-Tiengen
10.Waldshut3342