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.

Hornisgrinde

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The Hornisgrinde, 1,164 m (3,820 ft), is the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. The Hornisgrinde lies in northern Ortenaukreis district.

Zwickgabel

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The village of Zwickgabel is a woodcutter settlement of the 18th century. Since 1932 there is a small Protestant church in Zwickgabel.

Raumunzach

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Raumünzach is a residential area in the municipality of Forbach in the northern Black Forest , which was founded in 1775 by forest workers. The settlement with around 30 residents is located on the B 462 and the junction of the L  83 to Hundsbach and the Schwarzenbachtalsperre as well as at the mouth of the mountain stream of the same name into the Murg .

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