ゲルンスバッハのおすすめ登山＆山歩きルート

The spa park in the heart of the city is characterized by its historic trees and spacious green spaces, making it a place to recharge your batteries. Its design offers two atmospheres: a "classic" one with cultivated park meadows, and a "wildly romantic" one with blooming riverside and forest meadows. The two sections are connected by bridges over the renaturalized Alb River.

Bad Herrenalb station opened on July 2, 1898, and has served as the terminus of the Albtalbahn (Alb Valley Railway) from Karlsruhe ever since. The station building from that year has been preserved in exemplary condition and now houses the station restaurant, a passenger waiting room, the local driving school, and several apartments. An old goods shed also still exists. Unfortunately, the old two-bay locomotive shed with its turrets was demolished during the gauge conversion. A new depot for light rail vehicles has served as its replacement since 1975, and was expanded to two tracks in 1990. The gauge conversion also changed the entire appearance of the station, as a turning loop had to be built around the station building to allow the light rail vehicles to turn around. In 1979, the platforms were given a hall roof, created from the roof of the former Baden-Baden city station. To mark the official handover of the new hall, a station festival was held, which remains an integral part of the city's events calendar to this day.

At the summit, there's no view at all in the middle of the forest. Not particularly worth seeing. The great view is from the restaurant a little further west.

Great views of the Murg Valley and the Rhine plain. The panoramic view is even better if you climb the tower. The road leading up has been patched several times and is quite steep, so be careful on the descent.

Be careful when crossing the stream as it is very slippery and there are large cracks between the stones.

From Karlsruhe Central Station, the S-Bahn line S1 departs twice an hour for Bad Herrenalb. Numerous hiking trails begin here at the terminus, and many information boards point them out.

A beautiful, large spa park through which the Alb River flows. The Alb is accessible at many points, which is very popular in the summer. Numerous benches and weatherproof hammocks invite visitors to linger. Thanks to the numerous trees, it's usually possible to find a shady spot.

The entrance to the Protestant monastery church is reached through the ruins of the former late Romanesque vestibule, built around 1200. The porch, known as Paradise, was raised in the late Gothic period in 1462. Paradise served as a meeting place for lay brothers (conversi) and as a burial place for the local nobility.