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[Hiking in Freiburg]
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Hiking in Freiburg
Zähringer Castle Circuit Path
Distance: 5 km
Elevation: 200 m
Walking time: 3.5 hrs
Start: Get off at the stop “Reutebachgasse” (tram lines 2, 4). Turn right onto
Reutebachgasse and follow the street until you go through the underpass; after
500 m, turn left and go into the forest towards “Altbach”. Follow the stream until
you reach the forest parking lot near “Pochgasse”. From there, continue 500
m up the Zähringer Burgstraße until you reach a footpath that branches off on
your left. Follow the “Köhlerweg” 500 m until you see a narrow path that leads
to the forest restaurant “Zähringer Burg”. Here you can enjoy a snack or meal
before following the path up to the castle ruins.
Circuit path: Rosskopf
Distance: 5 km
Elevation: 240 m
Walking time: 3.5 hrs
Start: Begin at the forest parking lot at St. Ottilien, reachable via Kartäuserstraße
and Ottilienfahrstraße. From here, follow the narrow path to “St.-Wendelins-Kapelle”.
Continue on the narrow, steep footpath up to Rosskopfsattel.
Follow the “Rosskopfhaldenweg” for 500 m
and turn left onto the narrow path towards “Husarenweg”. After 500 m, follow
the “Kandel-Höhenweg”, a narrow and steep path that leads up to the Rosskopf.
Circuit path: Waldsee
Distance: 5.5 km
Elevation: 100 m
Walking time: 2 hrs
Start: Start at the viewing pavilion at Sternwaldeck, which can be reached
from the stop “Holbeinstraße” (tram line 2) when you cross the road and follow
the narrow, gently sloping footpath. Continue to “Stefanienbrunnen”. Along the
narrow footpath, continue through the „Bleichedobel” towards “Franzosenschanze”.
Then go downhill to “Waldsee”. A circuit hiking trail will take you back to
Sternwaldeck along narrow and slightly sloped paths and past the “Wasserschlössle”.