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Baden-Württemberg
Waldshut
St. Blasien

View of St. Blasien Cathedral – Windberg Gorge loop from St. Blasien

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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Waldshut
St. Blasien

View of St. Blasien Cathedral – Windberg Gorge loop from St. Blasien

Moderate

4.6

(140)

461

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View of St. Blasien Cathedral – Windberg Gorge loop from St. Blasien

04:35

15.2km

460m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald (Kernzone)

Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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63 m

St. Blasien town center

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Definitely worth a detour when visiting the area....

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500 m

View of St. Blasien Cathedral

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The Philosophenweg runs above St. Blasien, from which you have a beautiful view of the city.

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1.56 km

Windberg Gorge

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The Windberg Gorge, where a mountain stream works several hundred meters over a boulder field, so that in addition to a large and endless small waterfalls offer a magnificent canyon tour, and only a few meters from St. Blaise.

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2.45 km

View of St. Blasien Cathedral

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Nice view from the Albsteig to the cathedral of St. Blasien

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4.40 km

This is a great hiking trail with wonderful views of the magical Black Forest landscape.

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4.75 km

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4.76 km

Wittlisberger Chapel

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The chapel looks back on a still short history: On 17 November 1995 she was consecrated to the patron saint Anna. The doors of the chapel are open daily from …

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11.4 km

View of the Albsee

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Very nice circular hiking trail about three kilometers, with many rest stops around the reservoir.

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15.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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10.3 km

2.22 km

1.93 km

523 m

284 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.66 km

2.51 km

2.38 km

1.36 km

1.33 km

< 100 m

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Wednesday 26 August

29°C

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Comments

July 23, 2023,Von Häusern zum Windberg-Wasserfall , nach St. Blasien , dem Albstausee und über Höchenschwand zurück 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️🌞👍🏻
Hiking day with Anke in the Black Forest 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️🌞😬👍🏻

First of all, I have to say that my GPS is going completely crazy at the moment and my mileage information is therefore not correct.... we walked a total of 15 kilometers... the altitude meters are correct😬👍🏻

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St. Blasien lies in the valley of the Alb at the foot of the Feldberg. A Benedictine monastery in today's St. Blasien was first mentioned in the 9th century. After a fire in 1768, a new abbey church was built in the early classical style. The dome with a diameter of 46 meters and a height of 63 meters is …

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Another nice tour through nature. Past the Windberg waterfall, through the romantic Windberg Gorge to the village of St. Blasien. The imposing cathedral determines most of the center. In the village, the banana / mandarin food that was taken away clearly lost against the temptation of the resident pastry chef. 🙃
Well strengthened it went towards the Albstausee. There a …

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A varied round with Mandy, she described the tour in detail. Since I unintentionally canceled the navigation on Komoot in between, the rest of the recording is available as a 2nd lap. 🫣

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With constant drizzle, I made my way back to St. Blasien and through the Windberg Gorge. Behind the cathedral, it goes along the Alb, across the Alb and through the forest back to houses. A beautiful moment, in a clearing I discover two small deer, which at first take no notice of me, but then run away. Nice circular hike …

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This round includes both nature and culture. The Windberg Gorge is an adventurous path with a lot of stone rubble on the paths. The cathedral in St Blasien is worth a visit.

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A nice tour 👍
Just think about changing the direction ...
We only started at noon, but only had shade on the lake and the last long ascent just didn't want to end .....
Through the gorge with the waterfall at the beginning of the tour, you linger every few meters anyway and enjoy the view of the stream 😉 …

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