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Black Forest High Road starting at Baden-Baden

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Recorded distance
53 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 02
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

Sustained elevation change, linked bends and open summit views. It also links naturally to Black Forest National Park.

Access context

Check motorcycle weekend restrictions and noise-control closures on specific roads. Specific flag: weekend restrictions possible; traffic.

Seasonal context

Apr-Oct

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Baden-Baden

    Baden-Baden is so nice they named it twice, as the old joke goes, though the doubling actually comes from distinguishing it from other places called Baden. Romans soaked in its hot springs, and the remains of their baths lie under the old town, but the town's golden age came in the nineteenth century, when European royalty, aristocrats, writers and gamblers flocked here to take the waters, stroll the avenues and lose fortunes at the casino. Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Brahms all spent time here. Baden-Baden is one of the eleven Great Spa Towns of Europe, listed together by UNESCO in 2021.

    Read the complete Baden-Baden write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Baden-Baden sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Freudenstadt.

  2. 2. Freudenstadt

    Freudenstadt was built to a plan. In 1599, Duke Frederick I of Württemberg laid out the town as a refuge for Protestants fleeing persecution in Austria, and the heart of it is a vast market square, one of the largest in Germany, an almost perfect square about two hundred metres on each side, with covered arcades along its edges. There was meant to be a castle in the middle, but it was never built, and the open space became the town's living room instead. The town, with about twenty-four thousand people, was almost destroyed at the end of the Second World War and rebuilt in a similar style.

    Read the complete Freudenstadt write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Freudenstadt comes up 53 km in.

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