Rench Valley Trail

Rench Valley Trail
Rench Valley Trail
	View of the Rench valley from the Bauernkopf
Length	98 km
Location	Germany,; Baden-Württemberg,; Black Forest
Trailheads	Bottenau; Ruins of Schauenburg
Use	hiking trail
Elevation change	863 m
Highest point	Schliffkopf (1,055 m)
Lowest point	Bottenau (192 m)
Difficulty	medium
Season	spring to autumn
Waymark	blue and green diamond with a stylised "rs" on a white background
Maintained by	Black Forest Club

The Rench Valley Trail (German: Renchtalsteig) is a 98-kilometre-long 'prestige hiking trail (Prädikatswanderweg) in the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park in Germany. It runs in five stages around the Rench valley with its start and finish near Oberkirch.

History[edit]

The Rench Valley Trail was first certified on 15 January 2011 by the German Rambling Association as a high quality German trail (Qualitätsweg Wanderbares Deutschland)^[1] and opened on 22 May 2011.

Short description[edit]

From its starting point in Bottenau the Rench Valley Trail runs through vineyards to Schloss Staufenberg and continues to the Mooskopf with its Moos Tower. With steep ascents and descents in places, the route runs along the southern side of the Rench valley past Oppenau and Bad Peterstal to the Alexanderschanze. After passing the source of the Rench, the highest point on the route is reached: the Schliffkopf. The path now runs downhill to the ruins of All Saints' Abbey and the All Saints Waterfalls. Returning to the Rench valley, the route reaches its finishing point at the ruins of the Schauenburg.

References[edit]

^ "Pressemitteilung" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Wanderverband. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original (pdf; 82 KB) on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2016-02-22.

Literature[edit]

Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord (publ.): Wandern auf dem Renchtalsteig.
Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8, pp. 122–139.

External links[edit]

Renchtalsteig – Website of Rench Valley Tourism
Renchtalsteig – Website of Black Forest Tourism
Wanderservice Schwarzwald – Hiking portal of the Black Forest Club with various map views and overlays (trail network, signposts, accommodation, …)

[1] "Pressemitteilung" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Wanderverband. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original (pdf; 82 KB) on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2016-02-22.

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v t e Long-distance paths of the Black Forest Club
Ridgeways (north–south trails)	Westweg - Pforzheim–Basel Mittelweg - Pforzheim–Waldshut Ostweg - Pforzheim–Schaffhausen
East–west trails	Gengenbach–Alpirsbach Rottweil–Lahr Kaiserstuhl–Rhine Freiburg–Lake Constance Hotzenwald Trail High Rhine Trail
Perimeter trails	North Perimeter Way Kandelhöhen Way Gäu Perimeter Way Jura-Lake Constance Way
Other Black Forest trails	Little Hansjakob Way Great Hansjakob Way Ortenau Wine Path Breisgau Wine Way Markgräfler Wiiwegli Rench Valley Trail Schluchtensteig Two Valleys Trail