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Baden-Württemberg
Hochschwarzwald
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Münstertal

Ruins of Scharfenstein Castle – Stampfbach Waterfall loop from Hinteres Elend

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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Hochschwarzwald
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Münstertal

Ruins of Scharfenstein Castle – Stampfbach Waterfall loop from Hinteres Elend

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Ruins of Scharfenstein Castle – Stampfbach Waterfall loop from Hinteres Elend

04:05

12.2km

570m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 2, 2026

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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1.96 km

Ruins of Scharfenstein Castle

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Built about 1240 to 1250.

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2.18 km

Great view. Highly recommended.

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5.47 km

View of the Vosges

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very nice view

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6.76 km

Wiedener Pasture Slopes

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A dream of extensive high pastures at over 1000 meters above sea level. An ancient, beautiful cultural landscape!

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7.68 km

Beautiful and rustic landscape, especially in spring when nature awakens.

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8.30 km

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10.7 km

Stampfbach Waterfall

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The waterfalls were quite leisurely when I was here in October. However, that can change very quickly after a decent downpour and thaw.

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11.1 km

Stampfbach Bridge

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Several small bridges guide the Stampfbachpfad trail first to the right, then to the left of the cheerfully babbling stream. It is wonderfully cool here in the summer and the …

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12.2 km

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5.05 km

4.11 km

2.38 km

627 m

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Surfaces

4.48 km

2.85 km

2.59 km

1.54 km

718 m

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Thursday 9 July

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Comments

May 8, 2022,Scharfenstein - Wiedener Eck - Stampfbachwasserfall
About two years ago, the Ritterpfad am Scharfenstein was newly signposted in the upper Münstertal - a bit short at 5km, but now I have found a nice variant with an extension via the Wiedener Eck on the website of the Münstertal-Staaufen holiday region 😊
The starting point is the small hiking car park in Stampf, there are a few …

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PP Stampf Upper Münstertal


L 123 Münstertal to OT Spielweg, turn right into Untere Gasse, 2 km to the small Stampf hiking car park.

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The starting point of today's hike was a small hiking car park in Stampf, a remote district of Münstertal. The Ritterweg leads steeply uphill to the Scharfenstein, an imposing rock formation in the middle of the forest. From here the path follows the Stampfbach, which is currently carrying a lot of water and gushes down many small steps into the …

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