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Freiburg–Lake Constance Black Forest Trail

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means "cross route", referring to the fact that the classic long-distance routes in the Black Forest, which were developed in the early 20th century, run north–south. The Querweg (as it is briefly known) was developed in the mid-1930s. The longer name is used to distinguish this path from other
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The route is very well marked throughout its length, using a waymark of a red and white lozenge (divided vertically, and with its longer axis horizontal) on a yellow background. According to Bremke (1999), the original planners of the route intended that the red end should always point towards
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Available guide books (e.g. Bremke, 1999) describe walking the route in the west–east direction, which leads to sharp climbs on the first one or two days and then more gradual descents for the rest of the route. From Freiburg, the route passes through
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The route passes through or near numerous villages or small towns, so there is no difficulty in finding overnight accommodation and meals along the route. It would require more planning to walk it while staying in
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Konstanz and the white towards Freiburg; this rule is generally but not universally obeyed in the waymarking in place as of 2007.
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region before skirting Lake Constance in its final section, it offers a great variety of landscape and vegetation.
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easy, but in the Wutach Gorge, medium to difficult in places
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Index

Schwarzwald-Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee

Baden-Württemberg
Black Forest
Trailheads
Freiburg i. Br.
Konstanz
long distance path
Elevation change
Hochfirst
Freiburg
Waymark

Hochfirst
Hohenhewen
Black Forest Club
German
long-distance footpath
Black Forest
Baden-Württemberg
Germany

Freiburg
Freiburg
Rhine
Konstanz
Lake Constance
Stegen
Buchenbach
Hinterzarten

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