Experience Gaggenau

For a stay in Gaggenau, you can choose how to balance nature, bathing options and local history. The network of trails invites you to take walks and longer excursions; the Murgleiter trail also starts in Bad Rotenfels. Rotherma offers an extensive bathing area and a large sauna complex. The Waldseebad is defined by its location in the Traischbach Valley and its long tradition. The village festival, Rotenfels Castle and the Unimog Museum add to the cultural and leisure options. You can plan your trip around the themes that matter to you.

Hiking in Gaggenau and the Murg Valley

Gaggenau is in the Murgtal holiday region, which is characterised by extensive forests. Its well-developed network of trails covers nearly 500 kilometres and invites you to take walks and longer excursions. This gives you a choice of routes for different activities, from a walk to a longer excursion. Check the current route before setting out on a specific hike.

The Murgleiter is on a different scale: this 111-kilometre long-distance hiking trail starts in Bad Rotenfels and leads to the Schliffkopf near Baiersbronn. The German Hiking Institute has certified it as a premium hiking trail. The local trail network and the Murgleiter therefore offer different scales for planning: walks and longer excursions on the one hand, and a long-distance route with clearly defined endpoints on the other.

Bathing options and special places

In addition to an extensive bathing area, Rotherma offers a sauna complex covering more than 5,000 m², with a rock sauna, ice grotto and salt world. The bathing area and sauna offer different ways to enjoy a visit. If you are planning your stay around these facilities, check the operator’s latest information in advance.

The spa park in Bad Rotenfels offers an exercise trail, a Kneipp foot-treading pool, a mini-golf course, a beer garden and the Rotherma running trail. Its options combine exercise with mini-golf and a beer garden. If you are planning a visit, check the latest information about the individual facilities. The Waldseebad is set amid idyllic woodland in Gaggenau’s Traischbach Valley and has a tradition stretching back almost 100 years.

Village festival, castle and museum

The Michelbach Village Festival showcases more than 900 years of history, customs and village life in a variety of ways, with the old half-timbered houses in the town centre providing the backdrop. The community of local associations has organised the festival with the local council every two years since 1978, on the first weekend in September. As dates can vary in practice, check the latest festival dates before your trip.

Margrave Rotenfels Castle is now home to the State Academy for School Art, School and Amateur Theatre, and has been restored to its former glory since 1995. The Unimog Museum has specific opening hours: it is open Tuesday to Sunday, as well as on Easter Monday and Whit Monday, from 10 am to 5 pm. Rides on the outdoor course are available during opening hours. Opening hours and ride availability may change, so check the operator’s information before your visit.

The nature trail was created in 1970 by Gaggenau teacher Willi Echle and renovated in 2020. Eight stations introduce forest habitats and their inhabitants. The trail combines time in nature with learning about forest habitats. For a specific walk, you should also check the current route.

Culture in the wider destination of Rastatt

The wider destination of Rastatt offers more historical themes to explore. Rastatt City Museum is housed in a Baroque town palace opposite the Residential Palace. Its permanent exhibitions cover Rastatt’s history over the past 300 years, as well as prehistory and early history. Rastatt Palace was the first Baroque residence to be built on German soil and was modelled on Versailles. The cultural focus in Rastatt thus complements the hiking, bathing and local history themes described for Gaggenau with urban history and Baroque residential architecture.

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