Run, Walter Speer, run!

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Run, Walter Speer, run!

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Run, Walter Speer, run!

03:23

11.0km

410m

Hiking

Behind the last houses of Bad Wildbad, away from the hustle and bustle, lies the beautiful nature of the Rennbach Valley and the Walter Speer Trail. On this eleven-kilometer tour, you'll immerse yourself in this magnificent landscape on idyllic paths around the Sommerberg.

Just a few meters past the starting…

by Nördlicher Schwarzwald

Last updated: July 16, 2025

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.23 km

Rennbachsee

Highlight • Lake

Nice little lake with a seating area.

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1.88 km

Rennbachtal Valley

Highlight • Gorge

In the narrow Rennbachtal you are usually alone and can enjoy the peace and quiet. The stony slopes are overgrown with dense moss and the small stream babbles peacefully.

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6.80 km

Five Trees Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A refuge, from which you have a view over the Enz valley and the Black Forest. What is rarely the case with such huts.

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6.85 km

Walter-Speer Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Walter-Speer-Weg starts on the Enz at the Marienruhe hiking car park and leads about six kilometers up to the Sommerberg. It takes around 120 minutes to climb.

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11.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.84 km

2.35 km

2.16 km

1.67 km

Surfaces

3.93 km

2.44 km

2.32 km

1.61 km

658 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

14°C

6°C

98 %

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Comments

September 18, 2025,Globetrotter Wandertage Schwarzwald - Renn, Walter Speer, renn

Globetrotter offers this tour on weekends. Since we wanted to do other hikes, we went ahead today (and tomorrow). Initially, we walked from the hotel through the village on asphalt, but this quickly changed, and we continued uphill on a wide path through the Rennbach Valley, over hill and dale. Knapp's Waterfall had dried up, and the Soldatenbrunnen fountain didn't …

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March 16, 2025,Renn, Walter Speer, renn!

Here you can truly immerse yourself in the Black Forest.
We start at the train station, which is super convenient for anyone traveling by public transport.

The Black Forest Association's hiking trails have their own signage, and we follow the gray signs. Along the way, we follow the corresponding diamond-shaped trails, which initially lead us uphill for a few meters …

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April 7, 2024,🙋‍♂️🐻🙋🦁Bad Wildbad ⛅️ Himmelsleiter 🪜Rennbach 💦💧Rennbachtal ☺️ Waldbadezimmer 🛁 Walter-Speer-Weg 🏃‍♀️ 👍😎

Hello 🙋‍♂️🙋today a tour with Öpchen 😍we went to Bad Wildbad and right at the beginning the Himmelsleiter 🪜with over 365 steps up 🫣 to Paulinenhöhe 😄the Rennbachsteige was closed due to tree felling work (everything full of branches)🥺but with a small detour we still got on the path ☺️then it went nicely along the Rennbach 💦along ☺️and through the …

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January 17, 2026,Schwarzwald: Renn, Walter Speer, Renn!

The hiking trail "Renn, Walter Speer, Renn!", established by the Nördlicher Schwarzwald Tourism GmbH, is a circular trail near Bad Wildbad. The trail name "Renn, Walter Speer, Renn!" is a play on words. It refers to the Rennbachtal, a left-side valley of the Enztal. Walter Speer was a forestry director in Bad Wildbad. One of the ascent paths to the …

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July 13, 2024,Wildbad, Rennbachtal - Walter Speer Weg

A really beautiful tour with a steep climb at the beginning on narrow paths once you're out of the city... past 3 huts on forest paths and then a long, relatively gentle descent on a narrow path to Wildbad - great tour, not very busy. We'll definitely do it again!

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May 26, 2023,Renn Walter, renn! - Rennbachtal & Walter-Speer-Weg

Bad Wildbad train station - Rennbachsee - Laudihütte - Grundweg Rennbachtal - Soldiers' fountain hut - Saustallhütte - 5 trees - Walter-Speer-Weg - Sommersteige - Bätznerstraße - Bad Wildbad police

Hike modified again because unforeseen logging work destroyed the path in Rennbachtal. Found a great trail to Grundweg instead.

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September 10, 2024,2024-09-10 - Bad Wildbad: Rennbach

This was an approximation to tourismus-bw.de/touren/renn-walter-speer-renn-214c339e29 , except that the Walter-Speer-Weg was replaced with its bike path substitute (Auchhalderweg) as the slippery trails got on my nerves. Maybe I'll do the Walter-Speer next time. Even the bike trail had some highlights -- the woods around Bad Wildbad are full of beautiful places.

September 18, 2023

Behind the last houses of Bad Wildbad, away from the hustle and bustle, lies the beautiful nature of the Rennbach Valley and the Walter Speer Trail. On this eleven-kilometer tour, you'll immerse yourself in this magnificent landscape on idyllic paths around the Sommerberg.
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Just a few meters past the starting

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