The Wutach Gorge is in the southern Baden-Wuerttemberg, the "royal stages" of the Schluchtensteig.
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The Wutach Gorge is primarily the narrow valley of the Wutach River. In recent years, the surrounding towns and communities have come together as a holiday region under the name of their greatest tourist attraction. It is bordered to the west by Black Forest, extends along the southern part of the Baar and is bounded in the east by the Klettgau and the Randen in the Switzerland.
places
- Blumberg
- Bonndorf in the Black Forest: Health resort near the Wutach Gorge
- Bräunlingen
- Eisenbach
- Friedenweiler
- Grafenhausen
- Hüfingen
- Lenzkirch
- Loeffingen
- Stühlingen: Border town on the Wutach after leaving the gorge area
- Wutach: Community from various small towns in the catchment area of the Wutach
Other goals
background
This river originates from Seebuck in the Feldberg massif, flows as Seebach through the Feldsee and Bärental into the Titisee. Under the name of Appraisal At first it flows as a calm river in a south-easterly direction. After the river has passed the Gutach Bridge, its gradient increases and it digs deeper into the rock. From left and right the Haslach and the Rötenbach flow into the river, whose name is now in Wutach changes and continues to flow in an easterly direction. At the level of Bonndorf From the south the Lotenbachklamm flows into the Wutach Gorge, a little further on the Gauchach Gorge. Near the Wutach knee Blumberg its direction south, in the Rage flue the rock walls are sometimes over 300 m high. Behind Stühlingen the valley widens, and at Waldshut-Tiengen the Wutach finally flows into the Rhine.
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getting there
mobility
The Wutach Gorge and its side gorges are largely under nature protection, they are only allowed on foot to be committed; Riding and biking are forbidden in the longitudinal paths of the gorge.
Tourist Attractions
A popular attraction among railroad enthusiasts is the Sauschwänzlebahn, it owes its name to Germany's only roundabout tunnel in the area of Stockpile and has a very winding route with several tunnels. During the summer months from May to October, a museum train runs on a 25 km long and scenic route from Blumberg-Zollhaus to Weizen and back.
activities
Hiking in the Wutach Gorge region
Wutachflühe - lower Wutach Gorge - Wutachmühle (19 km) 
The stretch from Grimmelshofen along the Wutachflühe to Blumberg, and further along the Schleifebächle via Achdorf is the least traveled section of the Wutachschlucht; this section corresponds to most of the first two stages of the Schluchtensteig and has to be done in two daily stages if you don't shorten the route.
At the 1 Gasthaus Wutachschlucht at the former Lausheim-Blumegg stop the Wutachtalbach near 1 Grimmelshofen the hike leads into the Wutach Gorge. In the 1 Railway bridge the Wutach is crossed. Then the path leads slowly uphill as a narrow path through the Wutachflüh nature reserve past the Mannheimer Felsen, the 2 Lintel and the 3 Bagpiper dobel to the lookout point 4 Anger flare. (see abbreviation)
The designated Schluchtensteig route runs on 1 Hikers' car park Wutachfluchten pass briefly along the county road 5742, under the railway line, and then turn left up to the 5 Ottilienhöhe. Then it goes uphill to the summit of the 6 Buchbergs (open refuge). From there, the hike initially leads steeply downhill 2 Blumberg, the town center is reached via Friedhofstraße.
Of From Blumberg, the path initially leads partly over stairs and ladders through the small gorge of the Schleifenbach (7 Schleifenbachklamm) with its waterfall and then back to the Wutach, which is reached again shortly before Achdorf.
Of 3 Achdorf up to the Wutachmühle the valley is wide. To 4 Aselfingen the Schluchtensteig runs to the right of the Wutach, while the cross path to the left of the Wutach is signposted. Shortly after Aselfingen at the 8 Wutach Bridge Aselfingen Both paths come together again and then run together to the left of the Wutach.
The 9 Wutachmühle, which is reached after about four kilometers, is now just a sawmill. The former inn is not managed; at the 2 Wutachmühle hiking car park on the other side of the Wutach, however, there is one kiosk.
abbreviation: to complete the route in one day, you can do without the ascent to Ottilienhöhe and the route via Blumberg and a good 2 km on the road K5742 directly after Achdorf, the distance is reduced to approx. 14 km.
- Wutachmühle hiking car park, Bus stop of the hiking bus
Wutachmühle - Schattenmühle (17 km)
The part of the Wutach Gorge, most of the second stage of the Schluchtensteig is probably the most popular section in the Wutach Gorge; There is a considerable rush of hikers on beautiful early summer days. Circular hikes are not easy to implement, but a line of the Wutach Gorge hiking bus operates to transport hikers back to the starting point of their tour.
From the Wutachmühle, the Wutach valley becomes narrow and gorge-like. The path leads past the 10 Gauchach estuarywhere the river on the "Kanadiersteg", a covered wooden bridge, can be crossed.
The Schluchtensteig initially remains on the south side of the Wutach, but changes after 11 Wutach exit to the north side of the river before coming on 12 Rümmelesteg changes back to the other side of the river.
After 13 Anger seepage (Here part of the water of the Wutach seeps away, only to emerge three kilometers downriver when it emerges from the Wutach) the path continues partly on narrow ledges through the narrow gorge and then past the 14 Schurhammerhütte on to the former spa hotel 15 Bad Bollwhich was badly damaged in a fire in 1975 and the remains of which was removed in 1992; only the former chapel still bears witness to the spa complex. The fact that the access road was destroyed by a huge landslide on the north bank in 2017 is also a reason that no more activities will be resumed in the area of the former Bad Boll.
Since the Schluchtensteig route on the south bank was destroyed by the landslide, 16 crosses one here on the other side of the river and continues on the Münzlochweg. At the former Dietfurt-Hof and the 17 Dietfurt Bridge stay on the north side of the Wutach and pass the 18 Veil fall at the Schelmenhalde to Shadow mill.
- 2 Gasthaus Schattenmühle, Schattenmühle 1, 79843 Loeffingen. Tel.: 49 7654 1705, Fax: 49 7654 921454, Email: [email protected]. Guest house with restaurant and guest rooms.Open: Closed Wed.
- 3 Bad Boll hiking car park with entry into the Wutach Gorge near the former Bad Boll
- 4 Schattenmühle hikers' car park, Bus stop of the hiking bus
Schattenmühle - Kappel - Lenzkirch (10 km)
Compared to the Shadow mill is the lower one 19 Entrance to the Lotenbachklamm at a hiking car park.
The Schluchtensteig remains on the northern bank of the Wutach and climbs north of the road bridge 20 Stairs steeply up the slope and then follows a gravel road far above the impassable Wutach Gorge, only at the Glockenhalde leads 21 path down to the water. Take one below the former Göschweiler swimming pool 22 Footpath to the 23 Robber's CastleNeu-Blumegg Castle, a rock high above the Wutach, was located in the 14th century, and there are still few ruins to prove it. Shortly before that, a footpath allows you to cross the Wutach and reach Gündelwangen.
The footpath continues high above the impassable Wutach Gorge and then climbs to the 24 Bridge from Stallegg from. You do not cross this, but continue on the north side of the river on a gravel road and reach the barrage of the 25 Stallegg river power station.
This power plant is the oldest river power plant in Baden. It produced electricity from 1889 to 1979 and is currently being renovated. The footpath continues above the dammed Wutach, a gravel road leads to 26 Mouth of the Rötenbach, here a nice picnic area right on the water.
You cross the Rötenbach on a footbridge and immediately turn left, a footpath continues along the Wutach and after approx. 1.5 km you reach the 27 Mouth of the Haslach. From the mouth of the Haslach onwards, the Wutach is called Appraisal designated.
Cross the Wutach (Gutach) on a bridge and turn right, the path leaves the Wutach Valley and continues into the Haslachklamm. (If you cross the Haslach over the second bridge, you can go to Felling reach). Past the 28 Computing rock and the 29 Höllochfelsen the path reaches the route of the former Haslachtalbahn, which was closed in 1976, on which it continues towards Lenzkirch goes.
Below Chapel behind the former 30 Kappel-Grünwald train station the Schluchtensteig separates from the Crossing Freiburg – Lake Constance. The Schluchtensteig leads along the Mühlenbach through an underpass below the railway line back down to Haslach. Then it goes up again and again over the former railway line to Lochmühle and on to 5 Lenzkirch.
- 5 Hikers' parking lot near Kappel, from here entry into the upper gorge of the river, with the merging of the Gutach with the Haslach, the river now receives its name Wutach.
Lotenbach Gorge (1.5 km) 
From Hikers' parking lot on the B315 Bonndorf - Holzschlag - Lenzkirch can be accessed through the Lotenbachklamm in about 1.5 km down to the Hike shadow mill. The Lotenbachklamm is often used as an entry into the middle section of the Wutach Gorge.
- From the hiking car park you cross the street, a narrow footpath leads to the Waldecke in the Waldhein, soon you meet for the first time on the Lotenbach.
- The well-developed path leads partly over footbridges along the Lotenbach; it is impressive what deep cuts and stilling basins the Lotenbach has dug into the rock.
- About halfway there branches off 31 Footpath to the hill of the protected area "Höll".
- On the last stretch the valley widens and the path becomes wider, unexpectedly you stand in a clearing at the hiking car park at the lower entrance to the Lotenbachklamm.
- 6 Lotenbachklamm car park for hikers
- Hikers' car park at the lower entrance to the Lotenbachklamm
Three gorges - hiking trail / Gauchach gorge (11 km)
The Three Gorges hiking trail can be accessed from the sawmill or start from the Bachheim hiking car park; counterclockwise, the slippery climbs in the Engeschlucht are a bit easier to master, in dry weather the direction of the round trip makes no difference.
- Of the behind the sawmill follow the gravel road that follows the course of the river. At the 32 Canadian footbridge cross the Wutach to the north and turn left on a footpath.
- The path follows the Gauchach, after rain it is often a bit muddy and puddles form; The Gauchach is crossed on three footbridges.
- After about two kilometers you get to the , in the shady beer garden on the Gauchach you can enjoy drinks and simple meals.
- The footpath now continues along the Gauchach, after two crossings on footbridges you come to the junction with the path through the 33 Narrow canyon: the path rises first and runs on the flank of the slope above the Tränkebach, then it runs near the creek bed and crosses it several times on footbridges, a section at a waterfall was made accessible with a ladder.
- The gorge slowly widens, at the upper end you cross the stream again; the footpath widens to a forest road and after a stretch you arrive on a paved road 6 Commercial road towards Bachheim.
- You can go around it and take the "Kiesstrasse" to the parking lot at the Three Gorges Hall. At the Dorfkiosk Bachheim / "Wirtschaft mit Herz" offers drinks and simple snacks, the beer garden comes in for a break.
- In the direction of the forest you pass one 34 Picnic area With a fireplace and play opportunities for the children (also parking facilities here) on the gravel road "Sandgrubenreute" down to the Wutach. On the last stretch of the journey, the path becomes one 35 Footpath and you get to Wutach, to the east / left you get back on the Schluchtensteig route past the Wutach exit to the junction at the "Kanadiersteg" and back to the Wutachmühle.
Alternative Gauchach Gorge:
Instead of branching off into the narrow gorge for the circular hike, you can use the Gauchach Gorge can also continue upwards to the Grünburg homestead (from here to Unadingen) or even further to 7 Unadingen Posthaus car park for hikerswhere at the inn "Altes Posthaus" also stops the hiking bus or you can return to Bachheim on foot.
Alternative Bachheim - Bad Boll (Day tour, approx. 22 km):
Those who want to extend the circular hike can continue from the Bachheim village kiosk on the paved road, the 36 Rabbit pit cross and past the Reiselfingen gravel pit and within sight of the Reiselfingen glider airfield (gliders are still pulled into the air with the winch here) past the forest area 37 Bulls Hike towards Wutach.
The 38 descent It is not difficult to find the Wutach Gorge: a footpath leads down to the bridge and crosses the Wutach at the height of the former Bad Boll. On the way back to the Wutachmühle, you can enjoy the most spectacular sections of the Schluchtensteig stage in the Wutach Gorge.
- Wutachmühle hiking car park, Bus stop of the hiking bus
- 8 Car park Drei Schluchten Halle
- 3 Naturfreundehaus Burgmühle
- 4 Bachheim village kiosk
- 5 Altes Posthaus inn
If no circular hike is planned, you can take the bus Südbadenbus Use the timetable for the SBG hiking bus (lines 7259 and 7344, only on weekends) on the website www.wutachschlucht.de.
kitchen
- Gasthaus Schattenmühle, details see above
- You can get little things at the Naturfreundehaus Burgmühle and at the Bachheim village kiosk ("with a heart")
Blossom of the Märzenbechernightlife
If you are looking for the nightlife, there is certainly no space in the nature reserve of the Wutach Gorge (bathing is prohibited), free camping,
security
In the area of hiking trails in the Wutach Gorge are everywhere Rescue sectors denotes which are to be indicated in the event of an emergency report in order to enable the rescue workers to find the location of the accident. At the bottom of the canyon, cell phone reception is often impaired or there is no signal. In the event of an emergency, it is best to hire an assistant to climb to the edge of the canyon and send the emergency report from there, stating the location of the accident and the rescue sector.
After heavy rainfall and especially in winter after the onset of the first snowfalls until after the snow has melted, the canyon paths along the Wutach and in the Engeschlucht are impassable. On wutachschlucht.de the ranger service informs about the accessibility of the routes.
climate
In the southern Black Forest, cumulus clouds often accumulate, even in midsummer, and thunderstorms can suddenly occur, which you can hardly see coming at the bottom of the gorge; an app with rain radar helps with tour planning.
literature
- W259 hiking map 1:25 000 Blumberg: Wutach Gorge, Donaueschingen; LGL Baden-Württemberg; ISBN 978-3863984854
- KOMPASS hiking map Wutachschlucht - Waldshut - Tiengen 1: 25000; ISBN 978-3850265263
