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The Ruhestein is a mountain pass () between the Murg valley and the Acher valley in the Northern Black Forest, Germany. The border between the old Ruhestein-Bergrennen 1946
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Around Ruhestein lies one of the two parts of the Black Forest National Park which was opened on 1 January 2014. The Ruhestein Nature Conservation Centre at the top of the pass has exhibitions and events about conservation. In addition, the head office of the national park and the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park are based here. The so-called Lothar Path on the Schliffkopf mountain was laid on an area of windthrow following the passage of Hurricane Lothar on 26 December 1999. Visitors are led along an 800-metre-long educational and experience trail, which takes them over steps, bridges and boardwalks through the 10 hectares of devastated forest, and enables them to observe how the forces of nature operate and how such areas recover naturally after storm devastation. West of Ruhestein the only '' klettersteig'' in the Northern Black Forest runs up the Karlsruher Grat.
Ruhestein Nature Conservation Centre
Mountain passes of the Black Forest Ski areas and resorts in Germany Freudenstadt (district) Mountain passes of Baden-Württemberg
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918.
The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a Margravia ...
and the Kingdom of Württemberg ran over the pass, a large sandstone erratic marking the former border. Today it forms the provincial, county and municipal boundary between Baiersbronn ( county of Freudenstadt) and Seebach ( Ortenaukreis). The Ruhestein is a rest area for all those who want to cross the mountain ridge from one valley to the other.
Ruhestein lies on the Black Forest High Road, which links Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
and Freudenstadt. It is a popular day trip and recreation destination and a well known winter sports resort with ski lifts on the Ruhesteinberg, ski jumps ( Große Ruhesteinschanze) and '' loipes''. The winding road between Baiersbronn-Obertal and the Ruhestein was used once, on 21 July 1946, for a mountain motor race, the Bergrennen Obertal-Ruhestein, during which 3 participants lost their lives./ref>
Around Ruhestein lies one of the two parts of the Black Forest National Park which was opened on 1 January 2014. The Ruhestein Nature Conservation Centre at the top of the pass has exhibitions and events about conservation. In addition, the head office of the national park and the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park are based here. The so-called Lothar Path on the Schliffkopf mountain was laid on an area of windthrow following the passage of Hurricane Lothar on 26 December 1999. Visitors are led along an 800-metre-long educational and experience trail, which takes them over steps, bridges and boardwalks through the 10 hectares of devastated forest, and enables them to observe how the forces of nature operate and how such areas recover naturally after storm devastation. West of Ruhestein the only '' klettersteig'' in the Northern Black Forest runs up the Karlsruher Grat.
References
Literature
* Frank Eberle, Hubert Huber, Roger Orlik, Martin Walter: ''Ruhestein-Bergrennen 1946. Der Neubeginn des deutschen Motorsports.'' SP-Verlag, Albstadt, 2011, .External links
{{Commons categoryRuhestein Nature Conservation Centre
Mountain passes of the Black Forest Ski areas and resorts in Germany Freudenstadt (district) Mountain passes of Baden-Württemberg