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Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Black Forest Trail
Simonswälder Tal
Length	109 km
Location	Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest, Kaiserstuhl
Trailheads	Donaueschingen; Breisach
Use	Fernwanderweg
Highest point	Southern Staatsberg/Winkel (1,045 m (3,428 ft 5+1⁄2 in) DE)
Lowest point	Breisach (189 m (620 ft 1 in) DE)
Difficulty	easy
Season	spring to autumn
Waymark	red diamond on a yellow background
Maintained by	Black Forest Club

The Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Black Forest Trail (German: Schwarzwald-Querweg Schwarzwald–Kaiserstuhl–Rhein) 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

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

Route description

Third Stage: Obersimonswald Engel – Denzlingen

Overview

• Distance: 23.5 km
• Duration: c. 6 hours

Fourth Stage: Denzlingen – Oberrotweil

Overview

• Distance: 27.5 km
• Duration: c. 6.5 hours

Fifth Stage: Oberrotweil – Breisach

Overview

• Distance: 10 km
• Duration: c. 2.5 hours

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, ...)

v t e Long-distance paths of the Black Forest Club
Ridgeways (north–south trails)	Westweg - Pforzheim–Basel Mittelweg - Pforzheim–Waldshut Ostweg - Pforzheim–Schaffhausen
East–west trails	Gengenbach–Alpirsbach Rottweil–Lahr Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Freiburg–Lake Constance Hotzenwald Trail High Rhine Trail
Perimeter trails	North Perimeter Way Kandelhöhen Way Gäu Perimeter Way Jura-Lake Constance Way
Other Black Forest trails	Little Hansjakob Way Great Hansjakob Way Ortenau Wine Path Breisgau Wine Way Markgräfler Wiiwegli Rench Valley Trail Schluchtensteig Two Valleys Trail

• Hiking trails in Baden-Württemberg
• Transport in the Black Forest