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Hornberg Castle

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Hornberg Castle

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Hornberg Castle

Name: Hornberg Castle
Rating: 2

Recommended by 27 mountain bikers

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Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord

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Location: Altensteig, Calw, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Hornberg Castle – Berneck Castle loop from Berneck

37.2km

03:07

590m

600m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. Egenhausen Playground – Ölmühle Egenhausen loop from Egenhausen

30.3km

02:23

560m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Altensteig Hydroelectric Power Plant – Flößerweg Altensteig–Ebhausen loop from Rohrdorf

37.2km

02:27

450m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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Florian

August 29, 2016

Hornburg:
The Hornburg was built about 800 years ago by the Lords of Fautsburg. When in 1399 the last one died from the house Hornberg, already large parts of the property were sold to the Margrave of Baden and the counts of Württemberg. In 1548, the Swabian reformer Johannes Brenz hid as a castle guardian "Huldreich Engster" before the imperial troops at the castle. Subsequently, the castle fell into decay.
1603 Badener sold the castle horn mountain together with the city Altensteig and the house Württemberg. Of the original buildings, only the lower two-thirds of the tower survived.
In 1958, the International Forum "Castle Liebenzell" begins with the reconstruction. Initially, the tower is used as accommodation for the German-French Youth Exchange. French and German pioneers are building an access road out of abandoned narrow-gauge railway material.
In 1972, the Staatsvorstverwaltung established the first of four Waldschulheims in Baden Württemberg. Since then, Waldschulheim Burg Hornberg has been an important environmental education institution in the district of Calw and an out-of-school learning location for schools throughout Baden-Württemberg.
(Source: info board)

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Blackforest-Mountainbiker

September 21, 2020

Antiquity

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sport_biken

July 2, 2022

beautiful castle that has been completely renovated the footpath to the Baiermühle in the valley is also recommended.

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Location: Altensteig, Calw, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Hornberg Castle

1. Hornberg Castle – Berneck Castle loop from Berneck

2. Egenhausen Playground – Ölmühle Egenhausen loop from Egenhausen

3. Altensteig Hydroelectric Power Plant – Flößerweg Altensteig–Ebhausen loop from Rohrdorf

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