The Rench Valley Railway (German: ''Renchtalbahn'') is a 29.1 kilometre long branch line from

Appenweier Appenweier () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany in the district of Ortenau. Geography Appenweier consists of the main municipal Appenweier (4,075 inhabitants), Urloffen (4,301 inhabitants), kn ...

to Bad Griesbach (Schwarzwald), that mainly follows the valley of the River Rench in the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

with maximum inclines of 1:99. The first section between Appenweier and Oppenau was opened on 1 June 1876 by the Rench Valley Railway Company (''Renchthal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''). It was taken over by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways on 31 May 1909, who had in any case operated the line from the outset. The

Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'' (), also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the Weimar Republic, German national Rail transport, railway system created after th ...

extended the line on 28 November 1926 to Bad Peterstal and on 23 May 1933 to Bad Griesbach.

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Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg Buildings and structures in Ortenaukreis Railway lines in the Black Forest {{Germany-rail-transport-stub