The best running trails in the Kinzigtal

Tradition and customs Black Forest Costume Museum The Black Forest Costume Museum, located in the "Alten Kapuzinerkloster" (Old Capuchin Monastery), offers an excellent insight into the development of Black Forest costumes. Influenced by the spirit of the age and fashion trends, by prosperity, poverty, and confessional ties, the individual costumes of the Black Forest become clearly apparent in the 18th century. The Costume Museum displays over 100 original Black Forest costumes in large display cases, presented realistically and in life-size, supplemented by artfully crafted individual pieces and objects from rural life. A special feature is also the museum's surroundings. The Old Capuchin Monastery, which houses this important costume collection, is the only perfectly preserved Baroque monastery complex of the Capuchin Order in the entire southern German region. The Costume Museum is accessible by elevator and is therefore also easily manageable for people with walking difficulties or those using a walker and wheelchair. Source: https://info.haslach.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schwarzwaelder-trachtenmuseum

The Monastery Church St. Christopher History and building regulations The foundation stone for the Haslach monastery was laid in November 1630 – in the midst of the Thirty Years' War – by Count Friedrich Rudolph von Fürstenberg, thus putting into action the plan of his deceased father Christoph II. The master builder of the monastery complex was a Capuchin from the canton of Bern in Switzerland. He implemented what the Capuchin building regulations demanded, namely that such a monastery should reflect the poverty of the order, both internally and externally. The furnishings of the monastery church, consecrated only in 1661, correspond to these building regulations, with the exception of the altars; a simple wooden ceiling, no organ loft, and hardly any pictures or figures on the walls, with the exception of the Stations of the Cross. The Capuchins, along with the Franciscans, were particularly keen promoters of the Stations of the Cross tradition (see section "Stations of the Cross"). Furnishings and special features of the church The altars currently in the church were the work of a monastic brother named Adam from Gündelwangen in the Black Forest, who lived in the Haslach monastery. Around 1752, he was commissioned as a carpenter to create "initially" a tabernacle with four relic panels. With his work, he must have proven himself capable of providing replacements for the altars that had become "worm-eaten," and the result is evident in the church space. Of particular importance is the high altar painting by the Prague court painter Mathäus Gundelach from 1614, commissioned at the time by Count Christoph II. von Fürstenberg. In the late Renaissance style, it depicts the Coronation of Mary in heaven and, below, surrounded by a large host of saints, the Count himself, the founder of the monastery, in a kneeling, praying posture. In memory of the founder Christoph, the holy martyr Christopher became the patron saint of the monastery and monastery church; he is depicted on the left of the high altar painting as the giant carrying the Christ child on his shoulder. In connection with Saint Christopher as the patron saint of the monastery and monastery church, the custom of blessing vehicles should be mentioned, which takes place annually around the saint's name day (July 24) in the monastery square. The early Christian martyr, who belongs to the group of the 14 Holy Helpers, is also the patron saint of travelers and drivers. ...... Source: https://info.haslach.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schwarzwaelder-trachtenmuseum/altes-kapuzinerkloster/klosterkirche

Great pavilion with a great view

If you don't look closely, you might easily miss this. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see.

Not really a rest area - no change since February until today (11.02.2025).

Unfortunately, there is only one cup left as a place to sit at the rest area (22.02.2025)

Beautifully situated bathing lake

Historic city center for strolling