Helewand Chapel – View of Schwarzenbach Valley loop from Eisenbach

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Hochschwarzwald

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Eisenbach

Helewand Chapel – View of Schwarzenbach Valley loop from Eisenbach

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Helewand Chapel – View of Schwarzenbach Valley loop from Eisenbach

02:04

7.40km

140m

Hiking

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: August 26, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.53 km

Helewand Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

The small altar of the Helewand Chapel has been moved to a safe place and can only be seen here on very special days.

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2.94 km

View of Schwarzenbach Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The "Gäg Wäg" offers an absolute highlight here ⭐

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2.95 km

Gäg Wäg Schwärzenbach (Humor Trail)

Highlight • Trail

The "Gäg Wäg" is well done 👌

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2.95 km

View of Schwarzenbach from the Heart Frame

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.62 km

View from Wenzelshäusle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Alpine panorama in good weather ... and the boards = 🐷-well done 😉👌

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3.63 km

Gag Trail – Cow-Themed Fun Trail

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Muhve your body!

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4.60 km

Barbecue area and shelter Platzberg with playground and starting point of the Gäg Wägs

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Beautiful refuge with barbecue and great playground.
"Unfortunately" with parking right in front of it, so probably more car-driving picnickers and families stop here as hikers and bikers.

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5.16 km

Café Feldbergblick

Highlight • Cafe

Delicious cake, great view

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7.40 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.51 km

1.17 km

376 m

314 m

Surfaces

3.24 km

2.21 km

1.85 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,110 m)

Lowest point (1,030 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

2°C

38 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

August 15, 2024,Eisenbach - Schwärzenbach, incl. Gäg-Wäg

Away from the screen - towards nature! People should put their cell phones away, turn them off, leave them at home and just look at nature and enjoy it.

The rural youth group Schwärzenbach dedicated its 72-hour campaign 2019 project to this motto. The result is the Schwärzenbacher Gäg-Wäg: an approx. 5 km long hiking trail through Schwärzenbach, on which …

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September 15, 2024,Nachmittags Runde, Sportplatz -Gägsweg

This afternoon it was really nice, blue skies and not so cold anymore. We took a little walk from the sports field where a football game ⚽ was going on.
We love the beautiful view of the Feldberg and as far as Titisee! Autumn is coming in leaps and bounds and the colors are already changing a bit 🍂

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August 25, 2024,Gäg-Wäg in Schwärzenbach

Heard about this stretch of trail by chance - it's very beautiful and you can laugh a lot - wonderful views of the Titisee and Feldberg. The food along the trail is also very good.

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