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.
German routing:
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.