Durbach – Discover Winegrowing and Trails

If you are looking for a hotel in Durbach, you can get your bearings by exploring the town’s winegrowing and trails through the countryside. Around 460 hectares of vineyards shape the surrounding landscape. Riesling has been grown since the 18th century on the 400-metre-high Klingelberg near Schloss Staufenberg in Durbach; Klingelberg is therefore one of Germany’s highest Riesling sites. A broad vineyard landscape and a named historic Riesling site thus offer two distinct points of reference for winegrowing.

Trails and Vineyard Landscapes in Durbach

Durbach’s three Black Forest scenic trails are the “Durbacher Weinpanorama”, “Durbacher Weitblick” and “Gebirger Höfe-Weg”. Each premium trail is 10 to 15 kilometres long and offers hikers special opportunities to enjoy the region. Hikes through Durbach’s vineyards offer recurring views of the Rhine Plain and the Black Forest. In Durbach and Ebersweier, there are walking paths that can be explored at a leisurely pace without major inclines. Your options therefore have different defining features: the stated lengths of the scenic trails and walking paths without major inclines.

The townscape, the Riesling site and the trails each offer a different perspective, without requiring you to focus your stay on just one theme. If trail length is an important consideration for you, you’ll find it listed for the scenic trails. By contrast, the walking paths in Durbach and Ebersweier are characterised by their inclines. When hiking through the vineyards, recurring views towards the Rhine Plain and the Black Forest are part of the nature experience.

The Ortenau District as a Wider Destination

The Ortenau District lies between the Rhine and the Black Forest. This wider destination has 23 nature reserves covering a total area of around 3,110 hectares. They stretch from the Rhine Plain to the higher elevations of the Black Forest. The Taubergießen Nature Reserve covers 1,695 hectares and is one of the largest nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg.

More Things to See and Do in the Ortenau District

The Ortenau District also offers its own water-based attractions: Rulantica offers water fun for the whole family all year round, with numerous indoor and outdoor water attractions. The experience also includes Hyggedal, a relaxation and sauna area. Europa-Park is located in the municipality of Rust. This wider destination therefore offers water attractions and a relaxation and sauna area as distinct highlights.

For culture lovers, a tour of the historic farmhouses at the Vogtsbauernhof Open-Air Museum shows how people in the Black Forest lived and worked up to 600 years ago. MiMa displays unique minerals from the Black Forest collected by the Friends of Minerals and Mining Oberwolfach association (Verein der Freunde von Mineralien und Bergbau Oberwolfach e. V.). In Gengenbach, the night watchman’s tour includes 12 stops and the traditional night watchman’s song. The public tours are free of charge; no registration is required. Check the tour dates before your trip.

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See the wider travel guide: Ortenau District.