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Trail Along the Old Nagold – Kräheneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim

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Trail Along the Old Nagold – Kräheneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim

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Trail Along the Old Nagold – Kräheneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim

02:37

9.45km

160m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 14, 2026

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305 m

Golden Gate Pforzheim

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In the southwest of the city of Pforzheim is the Golden Gate Pforzheim. It is the entrance portal for the three long-distance routes: the West, Middle and East routes that …

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571 m

Forest Path on the Westweg, Black Forest Nature Park

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The Westweg starts with the ideal hiking trail!

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2.02 km

View of the Dillweißenstein Arch Bridge

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In 2000, a fish ladder was installed through an initiative of the Pforzheim Fishermen's Club 1875 eV. To provide the best view of the bridge, a grassy area with two …

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2.60 km

Trail Along the Old Nagold

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After the construction of the arch bridge (1856) with barrage and raft canal, the old river mouth was cut through the rear valley. The Nagold was thus shortened by one …

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4.30 km

The castle ruins Rabeneck stands in the district of Weissenstein and is the remainder of a medieval Niederadelsburg. This castle once closed off the Nagold revolving mountain to the "Hinterer Tal". Since 1997 there is a youth hostel.

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4.75 km

Kräheneck Castle Ruins

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Surrounded by old deciduous trees stands the Kräheneck castle ruins high above the Dillweißenstein district.
It was probably built in the 12th century and initially belonged to the Lords of Kräheneck, later to the Lords of Weißenstein.

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6.35 km

Stone Bridge (Nagold Bridge), Pforzheim

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The single-lane road bridge dates back to 1840 and was built to replace a wooden footbridge. Very nice building made of sandstone.

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6.77 km

Seegersteg footbridge over the Nagold River

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Here you can walk on both sides of the Nagold or cross the river over one of the bridges.

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9.45 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.29 km

3.39 km

1.04 km

341 m

333 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.23 km

1.93 km

849 m

717 m

663 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Tuesday 23 June

33°C

17°C

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June 9, 2022,Pforzheim: Burgruinen Hoheneck, Rabeneck, Kräheneck und Burgruine Pforzheim / Innenstadt

This tour is an extended variant of the Drei-Castle-Weg (pforzheim.de/fileadmin/user_upload/wsp/tourismus/aktivangebote/wandern/flyer_drei_burgen_weg.pdf), which is originally 5km long.

Today I used the 9 EUR ticket to get from Karlsruhe Hbf to Pforzheim (Kupferhammer) and I drove back from Pforzheim Hbf. There was a 45-minute journey from Karlsruhe Hbf with the IRE towards Stuttgart, and the return journey took 1 hour and 10 minutes. …

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July 16, 2023,Pforzheim - Kupferhammer 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️- 🌞🌳🦆🦋Dillweißenstein - Pfad an der "alten Nagold" - Bogenbrücke Runde🦋🦆🌳🌞

Found this tour on Komoot and changed it a bit out of necessity.
A varied tour in the southwest of Pforzheim with a lot of 🌳🌳 forest 🌳🌳 and subsequent 🍻🍟 stop 🍟🍻 in the Gasthaus Kupferhammer.

Source of the tour:
komoot.de/discover/Pforzheim/@48.8703837,8.6836634/tours?max_distance=5000&sport=hike&map=true&startLocation=

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December 17, 2021,Hausrunde nach Dillschde...

... as the natives call the Pforzheim district. After the fight with the Nordmann fir and the fairy lights, there was not much more in time😆 on the familiar paths to Dillweißstein and then up to the remains of the wall of Kräheneck Castle. On the old Nagold through the Hintere Tal and past the half-ruined buildings of the former …

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November 6, 2022,Nagoldrunde mit Geheimweg 🙂

From km 4.5 there is a route that not many people know, although it is very close by.

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October 13, 2023,Drei Burgen Weg und Nagoldauen in Dillweisenstein

Great late summer hike on the three castles path in Pforzheim, which is supplemented by the Nagold floodplains. It started at the Kupferdächle at the city park. First along the Nagoldauen to Dillstein and up to the Kräheneck castle ruins. The beautiful view over the city towards the Reichlinturm made up for the steep climb from the Nagold. We continued …

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Trail Along the Old Nagold – Kräheneck Castle Ruins loop from Pforzheim

Golden Gate Pforzheim

Forest Path on the Westweg, Black Forest Nature Park

View of the Dillweißenstein Arch Bridge

Trail Along the Old Nagold

Weißenstein Castle Ruins

Kräheneck Castle Ruins

Stone Bridge (Nagold Bridge), Pforzheim

Seegersteg footbridge over the Nagold River

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