The Hansjakob Way I (), also called the Little Hansjakob Way (''Kleiner Hansjakobweg''), is a three-day circular walk in the
Central Black Forest in
Germany
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. It begins and ends in Schapbach, a village in the municipality of
Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, between
Wolfach and
Freudenstadt.
The roughly 44-kilometre-long
hiking trail
A hike is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer time.
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is named after the Baden author and parish priest,
Heinrich Hansjakob (1837–1916). The path was opened in 1981 and is sponsored and maintained by the
Black Forest Club.
The walk runs to the settings for Hansjakob's stories, ''Erzbauern'' (1899), ''Waldleute'' (1897) and ''Abendläuten''. The waymark is a white diamond with a black Hansjakob hat, the headwear in which Hansjakob is portrayed in many contemporary pictures and photographs. At all the sights along the way, information boards have been erected, that relate mainly to the life and stores of Hansjakob.
Day tours/stages
First Stage: Schapbach – Wittichen Abbey – Schenkenzell
Schapbach – Schmiedsberger Platz –
Kaltbrunner Tal –
Wittichen Abbey (12.5 kilometres) – Vortal –
Schenkenzell (16.5 kilometres)
Second Stage: Schenkenzell – St. Roman – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen)
Schenkenzell – Wittichen Abbey – Salzlecke –
Heubach – Teufelstein – St. Roman (
Sulzbächletal) – Kohlplatz – Bäch – Schapbach –
Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) (22.5 kilometres – from Wittichen Abbey only 18.5 kilometres)
Third Stage: Wolftal – Wildschapbach – Schapbach
Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) – Schwarzenbruch (
Oberwolfach
Oberwolfach () is a town in the district of Ortenau (district), Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the site of the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics, or Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach.
Geography
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) – Hirschbach – Wildschapbach – Schapbach (13 kilometres)
Schapbach.gif, View of the onion towers of Schapbach
St. Roman 001.jpg, Bergdorf Wolfach-St. Roman
Hansjakobstein Schwarzenbruch.jpg, Hansjakob Rock on the Little Hansjakob Way on the Schwarzenbruch
Literature
* Martin Kuhnle: ''Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord.'' Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013, , pp. 154–165.
External links
Black Forest hiking service web facility of the Black Forest Club for visualising the Black Forest trails on Google Maps with various overlays (trail network, waymarks, accommodation, …)
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Hiking trails in Baden-Württemberg
Freudenstadt (district)
Transport in the Black Forest