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Seehaus Trail – Huguenot and Waldensian Trail Loop Pforzheim

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Seehaus Trail – Huguenot and Waldensian Trail Loop Pforzheim

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1. Buntsandstein Rock Formations – Seehaus Pforzheim loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

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2. Seehaus Pforzheim – View of Liebeneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

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3. Würm River Trail – Würm Rapids loop from Dillweißenstein

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Karsten

January 1, 2022

60 Huguenot refugees came to Pforzheim in 1688. The founding of the colony in 1700 was followed by the founding of numerous commercial manufactories: hat makers (1704), wig makers (1707), hairdressers (1715), confectioners (1707). Candle maker (around 1712), tobacco factory (1718), stocking factory (1730) and - supported by a margravial edict of 1767 - the jewelry and clock industry. These helped the city to an economic boom that has shaped it to this day and the name "Goldstadt". The name "Auguste-Viala-Strasse" commemorates the first independent entrepreneur in the state of Baden, the widow of the Huguenot clock manufacturer Jean Viala and clock manufacturer from 1725 to 1808.

The commitment of the Huguenots to the community was very pronounced. They trained the city's orphans in their factories and introduced innovations in the school system: in 1771 they founded an arts and crafts academy and a crafts school for apprentices from industry and trade who live on today in the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences and in 1788 with a "daughter institute" laid the foundation for schooling for girls in Pforzheim, in 1808 a school for poor children in the city was established.

Source: hugenotten-waldenserpfad.eu

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Martin

December 29, 2022

The European cultural hiking trail Huguenots and Waldensians follows the historical escape route of the Huguenots and Waldensians for more than 1,800 kilometers - 800 kilometers of which are in Germany. Coming from France and Italy, the route leads through Switzerland to Baden-Württemberg and on to Hesse to Bad Karlshafen.

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Starting from the Swiss border town of Schaffhausen, which is important for the exile history of the refugees, the cultural long-distance hiking trail runs through the Hegau and the southern Black Forest, further along the Neckar and then goes directly to Neuhengstett, the southernmost Waldensian town. Continuing north through the Kraichgau, the path runs through the local Waldensian villages, includes Pforzheim in a loop and then continues north. After crossing the Neckar, it continues through the Odenwald to reach the Waldensian towns of Rohrbach, Wembach and Hahn in the southern Rhine-Main area. Here the path makes a curve towards Walldorf, then runs through Neu-Isenburg to move north through Frankfurt into the Taunus. Offenbach, Hanau and Waldensberg are connected to this main route by a spacious loop. In the Taunus, the path crosses several towns, meets the Lahn and then moves through the Hessian hinterland to Marburg. From here the path continues north through the Burgwald, the Kellerwald and the North Hessian highlands to the northern terminus of Bad Karlshafen.

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Wein aus Nussdorf

September 14, 2022

Nice trail and slightly up from the Kupferhammer

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Distance 1.16 km

Uphill 70 m

Downhill 0 m

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Seehaus Trail – Huguenot and Waldensian Trail Loop Pforzheim

1. Buntsandstein Rock Formations – Seehaus Pforzheim loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

2. Seehaus Pforzheim – View of Liebeneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim Hauptbahnhof

3. Würm River Trail – Würm Rapids loop from Dillweißenstein

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