A route through the Black Forest cannot really be boring. Every street, every road offers you a fantastic driving adventure or a gigantic view. You often do not know what to expect after the beautiful bend that you see ahead. The beautiful, varied environment and beautiful roads make me appreciate this route with 4 stars.

The route starts in Schonach im Schwarzwald and passes through Triberg, where there is the possibility to visit the falls. With a drop height of 163m, these are among the highest waterfalls in Germany. Definitely worth a visit. This can be done on the road, but also in the evening after a walk from the hotel.

Cuckoo clocks, who doesn't know them? Always fascinating to see how the cuckoo comes out to indicate the time. The cuckoo clocks were invented in the Black Forest and have been around for hundreds of years. One of the first mechanical cuckoo clocks dates from 1629 and belonged to the royalty of Saxony. It is said that the peasants and the women had nothing to do in the long evenings in winter and that they therefore worked on timepieces. That is how the cuckoo clock would have originated. In the past, such a clock used to work with a bellows, pipe and a pendulum, but nowadays these clocks have a quartz mechanism and cuckoo is called in countless ways. Throughout the Black Forest you can find various sights that have something to do with these clocks.

For example, the route already passes Eble Uhren park in the beginning. The Eble family witnessed the development of the Black Forest clock. As in many places, the living room used to be the workshop, which was only living space on Sundays when the workbenches were cleared along the windows. It just goes to show that the Elbe family has been involved in the clock world for some years now.
Their Uhren Park is home to the world's largest cuckoo clock. This extraordinary 'watch of superlatives' has been recreated - based on an original watch of a cuckoo clock. Only 60 times the size. For example, the largest gear diameter is 2.60 m, the pendulum is 8 m long and the timepiece alone has a weight of 6 kilos! Since everything had to be made to measure, construction took 5 years. It is clear that these types of clocks are not built every day, it is a one-off construction. Fortunately, it can be viewed from the inside and the outside.

To stay in the world of clocks for a while: In the town of Schramberg there are three museums within a stone's throw of each other: The Steim car collection, the Diesel museum and the Auto and Clock world museum.
More than 200 cars and two-wheelers are on display in the Auto & Clock World Museum. This does take some space. And there is a lot of space in the monumental industrial building of the Hamburg-Amerikanischen-Uhrenfabrik (HAU)! The 'vehicle worlds and post-war time story' of the Martin Sauter collection is spread over four floors. The clock museum is located on the fifth, also top floor.
The Steim car collection is the collection of a real car collector, open to the public. The cars are in pristine condition with good information signs. The layout of the museum over 2 floors makes it easy for everyone to see everything from the vehicles. Some real rarities.
The diesel museum is the last museum and can be visited free of charge. Here you will find, among other things, the giant diesel generator that was supposed to supply the factories there at the time. In addition, there are some steam powered models from before 1900.
All three museums are definitely worth a visit!

The route runs between Schiltach and Schenkenzell along the Schenkenburg ruin. The Schenkenburg was probably built between 1220 and 1250 by the descendants of the Schenken von Zell family, who also gave the village of the same name its name. They took care of their mining interests in the Wittichen area. Other castles owned by the family that also served to protect the mining area included Wittichenstein Castle and Schenkenzell Castle Stables.

After a few dozen kilometers of winding through the Black Forest, the Köningshammer Museum is located at Friedrichstal. The museum was founded in 1996 by a group of retired master blacksmiths. The small museum in the suburb of Baiersbronn in Friedrichstal shows the historical industrial history of the Royal Swabian iron and steel works in the northern Black Forest.
Transmission-powered forging hammers (tail hammers) are demonstrated in the covered outdoor area. For the forging festivals, a special scythe oven is regularly fired to heat the steel. An extensive collection of the forged product range, tools and photo documents is housed in the museum hall.
Friedrichstal became known worldwide for its scythes. This exhibition focuses on depicting the maximum 38 steps of the forging process of a scythe.

At the northernmost point of this route, just below Baden-Baden, the route comes from the B500, or Schwarzwaldhochstraße. This road, which runs almost through the entire Black Forest, is almost 233km long and consists of two parts. The northern part starts at Wintersdorf and runs via Baden-Baden to Alexanderschanze. The southern part starts at Triberg im Schwarzwald and runs via Titisee-Neustadt to Waldshut-Tiengen. The route of this review mainly runs through the northern part.
South of Baden-Baden in particular, there are hardly any places on the route. Between Baden-Baden and Kniebis, the road is part of the tourist-interesting Schwarzwaldhochstraße. Here the route rises to a maximum of more than 1,000 meters. The road is very beautiful, and you often have views over the Rhine Valley and the Vosges. The southern part is also at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters and runs along a number of lakes. That part is also touristy.
A number of view and high points are indicated on the route, such as Helbingfelsen, Seibelseckle, Ruhestein and Alexanderschanze. All places where it pays to stop and see or take a picture. The route leaves the B500 at the latter point.
Incidentally, the attentive driver may have noticed that shortly after the start of the route a few kilometers were already driven on the B500. That is the last part of the southern part.

Bobbahn Mehliskopf can also be found along the B500. This toboggan run is open all year round.
The park was built in 2001 and expanded considerably in 2013. On the toboggan run, speeds of 40km / h are achieved through the 13 curves. Rest assured, no one has ever flown off the track, safety first!

The route continues along the Mummelsee. The lake is located at an altitude of 1,036m, has an area of 3.7 hectares, a circumference of 800 meters and a maximum depth of 17 meters. Since the lake is located along Schwarzwaldhochstraße, it is one of the most visited lakes in Baden-Württemberg. Definitely stop at this beautiful lake. Don't forget to enjoy the view on the other side of the B500! Watch out with crossing!

After a few more kilometers, the route first passes through Oberwolfach, shortly afterwards through the picturesque center of Wolfach. The terrace at hotel Krone really invites you to take a break and enjoy all the beauty that can be seen.
After Wolfach, the route winds over a great stretch of asphalt towards the end point in Schonach im Schwarzwald.

Have fun on this tour!