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Viewpoint Kappler Wand – Schauinsland Observation Tower loop from Schauinsland

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Viewpoint Kappler Wand – Schauinsland Observation Tower loop from Schauinsland

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Viewpoint Kappler Wand – Schauinsland Observation Tower loop from Schauinsland

01:27

4.59km

170m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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View of the Black Forest Valley

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From this point you have a good view of the valley and the Feldberg

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609 m

Spirit of the Forest Sculpture and Viewpoint

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A nice place to linger and rest.

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1.07 km

View of Feldberg and the Breisgau Bay with Freiburg

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Really very nice view of Freiburg. The new SC Freiburg Stadium can be seen slightly to the right. :-)

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1.23 km

Windbohrer Sculpture on the Schauinsland Ridge

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A circular path lined with interesting wooden sculptures stretches high above the treetops at the summit of the Schauinsland. In the direction of the Rappenecker Hütte you come to this sculpture trail.

Right at the beginning the impressive sculpture "360 degrees dream time" is enthroned. The artist and sculptor Thomas Rees from Kappel has transformed the trunk of a mighty silver fir into a mystical figure. The silver fir stood in the Freiburg city forest for over 100 years, the dry summer of 2003 hit it so hard that it dried up and had to be felled three years later. Rees has carved an impressive face into the hollow lower part of the trunk. You can sit protected like in a wing chair and dream. Not only the magnificent view from up here, but also the individual works of art, including the high wind drill, also designed by Thomas Rees, invite you to linger on the signposted path again and again. "The interplay of place, history and material determines the shape of my works, which invite you to feel, look, walk through and experience," says Rees, whose sculptures are often created intuitively and spontaneously. The 1,284 meter high Schauinsland is a popular destination in the Black Forest. About 15 kilometers from Feiburg, it can be reached quickly by car or the Schauinsland cable car, which overcomes around 750 meters in altitude. It takes about an hour for the well-developed circular route to the summit.

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Viewpoint Kappler Wand

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From the precipice of the Kappler Wand, you have a beautiful view towards Freiburg. It's also not far to the Schauinsland Tower, but it's quieter...

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Schauinsland Observation Tower

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Over 85 steps you reach the 22 meter high viewing platform of the Schauinsland Tower, actually called "Eugen-Keidel Tower". In good weather you can look into the Vosges and the Swiss Alps. The tower is always open.

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3.27 km

English Memorial on Schauinsland

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The evening ringing of the Hofsgrund church and the courageous commitment of the entire Hofsgrund population saved the lives of the majority of a group of 27 students from the Strand School in London-Brixton who were in distress at the Schauinsland on the evening of April 17, 1936. Any help came too late for 5 students between the ages of 12 and 14. Four of them could not be resuscitated by the Hofsgrund rescuers in the inn "Hof". The fifth student died just 10 minutes after the ambulance arrived at the Freiburg University Hospital early in the morning of the next day. Another was kept alive in the clinic. It was only in retrospect that the full extent of the accident on April 17, 1936 could be overlooked: a group of 28 people - 27 students between the ages of 12 and 17 and their teacher - had got into mountain difficulties and if the rescuers from Hofsgrund hadn't been there , even more people would have died. Completely disoriented, the teacher and the group finally climbed up the Kappler Wand cross-country in fog and heavy snowfall to seek shelter somewhere. But five young people had died that evening on Freiburg's local mountain due to exhaustion and circulatory failure.
Source: hainmueller.de/publikationen/17-april-1936-wanderung-in-den-tod-am-schauinsland.html

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View of Feldberg and the Rhine Valley from the Schauinsland Sculpture Trail

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A very nice view of the valley

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4.59 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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2.03 km

1.73 km

830 m

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2.08 km

1.50 km

1.02 km

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Viewpoint Kappler Wand – Schauinsland Observation Tower loop from Schauinsland

View of the Black Forest Valley

Spirit of the Forest Sculpture and Viewpoint

View of Feldberg and the Breisgau Bay with Freiburg

Windbohrer Sculpture on the Schauinsland Ridge

Viewpoint Kappler Wand

Schauinsland Observation Tower

English Memorial on Schauinsland

View of Feldberg and the Rhine Valley from the Schauinsland Sculpture Trail

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