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Schauinsland Observation Tower – View from the tower towards Belchen loop from Langenbach-Trubelsbach

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Schauinsland Observation Tower – View from the tower towards Belchen loop from Langenbach-Trubelsbach

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Schauinsland Observation Tower – View from the tower towards Belchen loop from Langenbach-Trubelsbach

03:55

13.7km

330m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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4.38 km

View of the Black Forest Valley

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A very nice view

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4.94 km

View of the Black Forest Valley

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From this point you have a good view of the valley and the Feldberg

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5.64 km

Schauinsland Observation Tower

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Over 85 steps you reach the 22 meter high viewing platform of the Schauinsland Tower, actually called "Eugen-Keidel Tower". In good weather you can look into the Vosges and the Swiss Alps. The tower is always open.

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5.65 km

View from the tower towards Belchen

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Top view. Very good hiking trail.

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5.91 km

Windbohrer Sculpture on the Schauinsland Ridge

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A circular path lined with interesting wooden sculptures stretches high above the treetops at the summit of the Schauinsland. In the direction of the Rappenecker Hütte you come to this sculpture trail.

Right at the beginning the impressive sculpture "360 degrees dream time" is enthroned. The artist and sculptor Thomas Rees from Kappel has transformed the trunk of a mighty silver fir into a mystical figure. The silver fir stood in the Freiburg city forest for over 100 years, the dry summer of 2003 hit it so hard that it dried up and had to be felled three years later. Rees has carved an impressive face into the hollow lower part of the trunk. You can sit protected like in a wing chair and dream. Not only the magnificent view from up here, but also the individual works of art, including the high wind drill, also designed by Thomas Rees, invite you to linger on the signposted path again and again. "The interplay of place, history and material determines the shape of my works, which invite you to feel, look, walk through and experience," says Rees, whose sculptures are often created intuitively and spontaneously. The 1,284 meter high Schauinsland is a popular destination in the Black Forest. About 15 kilometers from Feiburg, it can be reached quickly by car or the Schauinsland cable car, which overcomes around 750 meters in altitude. It takes about an hour for the well-developed circular route to the summit.

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View of Feldberg and the Rhine Valley from the Schauinsland Sculpture Trail

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A very nice view of the valley

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6.38 km

English Memorial on Schauinsland

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The evening ringing of the Hofsgrund church and the courageous commitment of the entire Hofsgrund population saved the lives of the majority of a group of 27 students from the Strand School in London-Brixton who were in distress at the Schauinsland on the evening of April 17, 1936. Any help came too late for 5 students between the ages of 12 and 14. Four of them could not be resuscitated by the Hofsgrund rescuers in the inn "Hof". The fifth student died just 10 minutes after the ambulance arrived at the Freiburg University Hospital early in the morning of the next day. Another was kept alive in the clinic. It was only in retrospect that the full extent of the accident on April 17, 1936 could be overlooked: a group of 28 people - 27 students between the ages of 12 and 17 and their teacher - had got into mountain difficulties and if the rescuers from Hofsgrund hadn't been there , even more people would have died. Completely disoriented, the teacher and the group finally climbed up the Kappler Wand cross-country in fog and heavy snowfall to seek shelter somewhere. But five young people had died that evening on Freiburg's local mountain due to exhaustion and circulatory failure.
Source: hainmueller.de/publikationen/17-april-1936-wanderung-in-den-tod-am-schauinsland.html

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10.5 km

View of the Black Forest Mountains

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On this way, beautiful views are always offered. Beautiful round Hosfgrund - heap possible.

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13.7 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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8.10 km

3.18 km

1.73 km

638 m

Surfaces

6.82 km

2.50 km

2.32 km

1.15 km

789 m

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Highest point (1,260 m)

Lowest point (1,040 m)

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Monday 31 August

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October 22, 2021,Schauinsland–Schöne Ausblicke

Hike from the hiking car park (hotel) Notschrei to the Schau-ins-Land tower, then over the English monument to Hofsgrund and back to the Notschrei. During the whole hike there were wonderful views of the Schau-ins-Land tower and the Feldberg. What I liked best was the descent from the Schau-ins-Land tower to Hofsgrund. There it went downhill on beautiful paths.

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November 21, 2021,🌲 Schwarzwald 📍Hofsgrund zum Schauinsland 😍

Relaxed tour with wonderful panoramic views 😍

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October 9, 2021,Gipfeltour am Schauinsland 09.10.2021

Impressions of my today's summit tour. The start and finish was in Hofsgrund. From there it went with fantastic views to the summit and via the medicinal herb path back to Hofsgrund. A successful autumn tour.

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December 30, 2021,Schauinsland Höhenweg 🏔️🏞️🚡🌫️

Today we were drawn to Freiburg's local mountain, the Schauinsland.
This high trail is said to have been Germany's most beautiful hiking trail in 2012. Why so critical?
First of all, the information on the homepage is not correct. New signage? Nope, little to no signage, without a GPS sat nav we would have been lost.
The path itself is …

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October 3, 2022,🇩🇪🥾🎒Panoramawege Schwarzwald / Schauinsland (1284m) Hofsgrund Schniederlihof Engländerdenkmal Windbohrer

Autumn hiking tour in local areas. The hike should still have holiday character, which is why the choice fell on Freiburg's local mountain Schauinsland with Germany's longest cable car. In fact, we rode this cable car for the first time and have been living in Markgräflerland for decades🫢. The hike begins at the Schauinslandbahn mountain station and initially runs down …

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August 30, 2024,Gipfeltour auf dem Schauinsland 🤗

Today we hiked on the Schauinsland. A very beautiful summit tour. The heat was relatively high. We were happy for every bit of shade.

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June 8, 2023,Wanderung auf dem Schauinsland - Höhenweg

Today we were on the Schauinsland - Höhenweg. An ingenious circular route with many magnificent views. For the last third of our way we were pursued by a thunderstorm. We were faster. 🤗🌩️⛈️

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November 27, 2024,🏔 Schauinsland (1284m)

- Golden hours on the Schauinsland, with summit happiness -

Beautiful round trip to Hofgrund, followed by a climb to the summit. My goal was to reach the summit just before sunset. I arrived at the top just in time in an icy wind and was able to enjoy the beautiful panorama all the way to the Alps. The alpenglow …

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Schauinsland Observation Tower – View from the tower towards Belchen loop from Langenbach-Trubelsbach

View of the Black Forest Valley

View of the Black Forest Valley

Schauinsland Observation Tower

View from the tower towards Belchen

Windbohrer Sculpture on the Schauinsland Ridge

View of Feldberg and the Rhine Valley from the Schauinsland Sculpture Trail

English Memorial on Schauinsland

View of the Black Forest Mountains

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