Hiking trail
• Loop tour
Klostersteig Kniebis trail with detour to the Ellbachseeblick viewing platform
Medium
4:00
h
7.43
km
164
m
164
m
Fascinating hike along the premium trail Klostersteig, extended by a visit to the viewing platform Ellbachseeblick.
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Tour details
Best time of year
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
Duration
4:00
h
Distance
7.43
km
Ascent
164
m
Descent
164
m
Highest point
927
m
Lowest point
830
m
Condition
Technique
Landscape
Experience
Specifics of the tour
Cultural highlihts
Tour signs
Description
The Klostersteig trail is a mirror of the history of Kniebis. On narrow paths, you'll see historic locations and experience unspoilt nature just as it was at the time of the abbey's original residents. This diverse trail takes you through thick forest, sunlit clearings, babbling brooks and wildflower meadows.
A detour will take you to the nearby Ellbachseeblick observation deck with views over the Ellbachsee lake and Mitteltal towards the Hornisgrinde, the northern Black Forest's highest peak.
Author's recommendation
Tea time with traditional Black Forest cake in the Café Günter
Directions
From the abbey ruins you ascend via the Feuerwehrwegle path to the Speichersee lake and Rossbrunnen spring (detour to Ellbachseeblick viewing platform). Past the Alter Gleisweg track, which dates from the Zähring era, through forest and meadows with wonderful views over the village of Kniebis, and through the Abendwiese clearing, you reach the Platz der Besinnung (Place of Contemplation) before descending into the Forbachtal. The idyllic trail then leads you along the Forbach river, past former mills and back to the start.
Equipment
Rugged footwear is recommended.
Safety information
Be careful, the footpaths are slippery when wet. No accessibility in case of snow.
by
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt Tourismus
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