The Enztal located in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Regions and places
The Enz rises with two source rivers in the Northern Black Forest. The source of the Große Enz is on Schramberg near Enzklösterle, The Kleine Enz has its source between the Bad Wildbad district of Aichelberg (mountain resorts) and the Simmersfeld district of Aichhalden-Oberweiler. Both unite in Bad Wildbad - Calmbach north of Bad Wildbad. The river continues to flow through in a northerly direction Neuenbürg. In Pforzheim the Nagold flows into the Enz. Now it leaves the Black Forest and overflows Mühlacker and Vaihingen an der Enz by Bietigheim-Bissingen and further after Besigheimwhere it flows into the Neckar. The Enz Valley Cycle Path offers the ideal opportunity to get to know the valley from its source to where it flows into the Neckar.
The ruins of the Fautsburg can be found on the slope of the Kleiner Enz Valley. A complete circular hiking trail enables you to get to know the northern Black Forest and its history better: https://www.outdooractive.com/mobile/de/wanderung/schwarzwald/von-der-fautsburg-zu-den-bergorten/8581887/
Other goals
At the lower course of the Enz lies in the north of the Stromberg, in the south the Gaulandschaft with the Strohgäu.
background
language
German is spoken in the Enztal. Depending on the location, a Franconian or an Alemanic dialect is spoken.
getting there
In the street
The highway A81 leads past Bietigheim-Bissingen, also the A8 to Pforzheim. The lower part of the Enz valley crosses the B10 to Pforzheim, from here it goes B294 along the river practically to the source of the small Enz.
Of the A5 from the Rhine plain There is an alternative approach when coming: you drive the Black Forest Tälerstraße B462 of Rastatt until after Gernsbach and then L564 above Bad Herrenalb and Dobel in the Enztal near Höfen. Scenic, but quite curvy.
Arrival from the direction of Freudenstadt and from the southern Black Forest via the B294.
By train
The lower Enz valley has good rail connections from Pforzheim in the direction of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. From Pforzheim to the south the Enz Valley Railway, today the line S6 the AVG based in Karlsruhe.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Enzquelle
- Fautsburg cultural monument (in the small Enz valley - above the B294)
- historical center of Bad Wildbad - Calmbach
- historical spa facilities and city center of Bad Wildbad (bathing tradition)
- Neuenbürg Castle (http://www.schloss-neuenbuerg.de/)
- Neuenbürg visitor mine
- Black Forest treetop path in Bad Wildbad
- Wildline suspension bridge in Bad Wildbad
- Art Nouveau church from 1907 in Bad Wildbad Aichelberg
activities
- Enz Valley Cycle Path (http://www.enztalradweg.de/)
- Forest climbing park Enzklösterle (http://www.enzkloesterle.de/de/index.cfm?fuseaction=freizeit-aktiv&rubrik=waldklettergarten&id=617)
- Adventure Golf Park in Enzklösterle (http://www.enzkloesterle.de/de/index.cfm?fuseaction=golfpark)
- Historical circular hiking trail Fautsburg (https://www.bad-wildbad.de/urlaubsziel-schwarzwald/wandern/historischer-rundwanderweg-fautsburg-id_262/)
