Alt Eberstein

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On a rocky eminence 2 M. to the N.E. of the Alte Schloss, and above the village of Ebersteinburg, are the ruins of *Alt-Eberstein {Ebersteinburg 1601 ft.), which, like the Yburg (p. 197), was once a Roman watch-tower.

Teufelskanzel

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The Teufelskanzel is a legendary rock south of Ebersteinburg . According to legend, the devil is said to have preached here. On the opposite angels pulpit then an angel appeared and also delivered a sermon. The legend is recorded on a mural of the Trinkhalle .

Staufenberg Neuhaus

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From Bædeker's Rhine - 1873: Route 45 page 238
The line runs parallel with the mountains of the Black Forest. In the distance to the 1. rises the grand-ducal castle of Staufenberg, founded in the 11th cent. by Otho of Hohenstaufen, Bishop of Strassburg, and still in good preservation.


 

Appenweier

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Appenweier consists of the main municipal Appenweier (4,075 inhabitants), Urloffen (4,301 inhabitants), known for horseradish-growing, and Nesselried (1,383 inhabitants). The Nesselried district runs through the Wannenbach valley, while Urloffen lies north of Appenweier.
Wikipedia


Bædeker The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance (1878) Route 46 page 285, describes Appenweier as a village with 1400 inhabitants.


 

Büttensteiner Waterfalls

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The All Saints Waterfalls (German: Allerheiligen-Wasserfälle) are located in the Black Forest on the territory of the town of Oppenau in the German state of Baden-Württemberg at an elevation of about 500 m above NN. The Lierbach stream, also called the Grindenbach, cascades, as a natural waterfall, down seven steps, a total drop of 83 metres. Due to the scouring of the rocks under the cataract which have formed basin-like holes known as Gumpen or kolks), the falls are also called the Büttensteiner Waterfalls ("Tub Stone" waterfalls) or Sieben Bütten ("Seven Tubs").

Seebach (Baden)

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The state-approved health resort Seebach is located in the northern Black Forest in the upper Achertal . The Acher rises on the district of Seebach. The municipality extends from 400 meters up to the summit of Hornisgrinde in 1164 meters above sea ​​level . More than 75 percent of the municipal area is covered with forest. In the area of ​​the municipality of Seebach, directly on the Black Forest High Road, lies the Mummelsee at more than one thousand meters altitude.

Mummelsee

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The Mummelsee is a 17-metre-deep lake at the western mountainside of the Hornisgrinde in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. It is very popular with tourists travelling along the Schwarzwaldhochstraße. According to legends, the lake is inhabited by a Nix and the King of the Mummelsee.