Hansjakob Way II

Hansjakob Way II
Information sign at Biberach station
Length	92 km
Location	Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest
Trailheads
Use	Circular walk
Elevation change	740 m
Highest point	Brandenkopf (945 m)
Lowest point	Steinach (205 m)
Difficulty	Easy
Season	Spring to autumn
Waymark	Black Hansjakob hat in white diamond Waymark
Sights	Brandenkopf Tower; Urenkopf Tower
Maintained by	Black Forest Club

The Hansjakob Way II (German: Hansjakobweg II), also called the Great Hansjakob Way (Großer Hansjakobweg), is a five-day circular walk through the Central Black Forest in Germany, from Haslach im Kinzigtal returning to Haslach. The roughly 92-kilometre-long hiking trail is named after the Baden author and parish priest, Heinrich Hansjakob (1837–1916). The route was opened in 1983 and is sponsored and managed by the Black Forest Club.

The waymark is a white diamond with a black Hansjakob hat, the headwear in which Hansjakob is portrayed in many contemporary pictures and photographs. At all the sights along the way, information boards have been erected, that relate mainly to the life and stores of Hansjakob.

Day tours/stages

First Stage: Haslach – Wolfach

Haslach – Sandhaas Hut – Hausach – Gutach/Tower – Wolfach (16.5 km)

Second Stage: Wolfach – Brandenkopf

Wolfach – Hohenlochen – Burzbühl – Bettelfrau – Brandenkopf (11 km)

Third Stage: Brandenkopf – Zell am Harmersbach

Brandenkopf – Durben – Oberharmersbach – Mühlstein (Nordrach) – Zell am Harmersbach (21 km)

Fourth Stage: Zell am Harmersbach – Höhenhäuser

Zell am Harmersbach – Niller Eck – Steinach – Heidenschlössle – Höhenhäuser (Gasthof Kreuz) (27 km)

Fifth Stage: Höhenhäuser – Haslach

Höhenhäuser – Biereck – Hansjakob Chapel – Hofstetten – Haslach (17.5 km)

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  Upper Farm in Sulzbach Valley (1st Stage)
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  Village Church, Hausach-Dorf (1st Stage)
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  At the Vogt auf Mühlstein (3rd Stage)
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  Mostbänkle (‘Cider Bench’; 3rd Stage)
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  Barberast, Welsch­bollenbach (4th Stage)
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  Höhenhäuser (4th/5th Stage)
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  Fehrenbach Crucifix (5th Stage)

Literature

• Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, München 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8, S. 166–187.

External links

• Black Forest hiking service: web facility of the Black Forest Club for visualising the Black Forest trails on Google Maps with various overlays (trail network, waymarks, accommodation, …)