Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord Wanderführer Michael Müller Verlag

In the southwest of the republic, from Pforzheim to the north of Freiburg, Bettina Forst takes you to a first-class year-round hiking area: from the Mediterranean sunny Ortenau and the Rhine valley up to the Scandinavian cool heights. The Black Forest Nature Park Central/North, where most of the 36 tours take place, is the largest in Germany. On the way, you'll be in primeval moorland landscapes such as the Wildsee moor and on the legendary long-distance hiking trail "Westweg" along the Grindenkamm ridge, which is rich in views. We set out for the summits of the Kandel, Hornisgrinde and Schliffkopf or scramble along the Karlsruhe Ridge. Alone or with the family we experience the Gaishöll waterfalls and the spectacular Gertelbach gorge as well as calm waters such as Herrenwieser and Sankenbacher lakes, the "blue eyes of the northern Black Forest".