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The Murgtal located in Baden-Wuerttemberg in the Northern Black Forest.
Regions
The Murgtal in the northern Black Forest lies between the Alb valley in the northeast and the valleys of the Enz and Nagold in the southeast. In the south it is almost enough Freudenstadt. To the west it is bordered by the knee and the knee , the Black Forest High Road, this goes north over the Bühlerhöhe and after Baden-Baden in the Baden Rhine Plain.
places
The most important places are from south to north
Other goals
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- 7 Kaltenbronn - Popular excursion destination above Gernsbach with the Hohlohturm and the well-known high moors.
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1 Schwarzenbach dam .
background
The Murg rises with the two source rivers Rotmurg and Rechtmurg below the 2 Grinding head, the second highest peak in the northern Black Forest at 1055 m. They unite in the Baiersbronn district 8 Obertal in a wide valley at an altitude of 600 m. It flows on through Baiersbronn, from here to the north through a narrow and sparsely populated valley. Shortly before Forbach, the Murg is at 9 Cherry tree washes closed, a little further north the Raumünzach flows into the Murg. The formerly wild water of the two rivers is in the Murg power plant used, one pumped storage power plant, the most important part of which is the Schwarzenbach dam is.
The valley widens north of Forbach, the Murg flows through the industrial towns of Gernsbach and Gaggenau to Kuppenheim. Here the Murg leaves the northern Black Forest and flows through Rastatt to the Rhine.
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getting there
By train
- Regional trains on the Rhine Valley Railway of Karlsruhe to Offenburg and Constancy keep in Rastatt.
- The line S7 / S71 the Albtal-Verkehrsgesellschaft Karlsruhe runs from Karlsruhe via Rastatt to Achern, the line S8 / S81 drives from Rastatt through the Murgtal to Freudenstadt, in addition to Eutingen im Gäu and at times to Herrenberg.
- The S7 and S8 trains run in Karlsruhe from the station forecourt (platform D), the S71 and S81 from the DB tracks in the main station.
By car
- The highway
A5 goes through the Baden Rhine Plain, of the
49 one comes to the
that through the Murgtal up Baiersbronn and further after Freudenstadt leads.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Residenzschloss and Schloss Favorite in Rastatt
- The old town in Gernsbach
- Eberstein Castle, restaurant and hotel Gernsbach
- The Unimog Museum in Gaggenau
- The old wooden bridge in Forbach
activities
hike
The Murg Valley has an extensive network of hiking trails. The Gernsbacher tour around the rafting town and the Landslide from Gaggenau to Schliffkopf are certified as premium hiking trails.
To go biking
The Tour de Murg is a popular route for bike trips, especially in connection with the light rail system. Starting in Freudenstadt or Baiersbronn, it follows the course of the river with a slight gradient. A popular training route for racing cyclists is the eleven-kilometer ascent from the Murg Valley with a 750 m difference in altitude and a middle section of up to 12% from Gernsbach-Hilpertsau via Reichental to the top of the pass Black miss at the Hohloh.
Kayaking
When the water level is high, some sections of the river in the middle Murg Valley are suitable as whitewater stretches for kayakers.
kitchen
In Baiersbronn there are three restaurants that have been awarded stars in the Michelin Guide. The Schwarzwaldstube in the Hotel Traube in Tonbach and the Restaurant Bareiß each have the maximum number of three stars.