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Forbach is a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the district of Rastatt. It is located in the Murg river valley, in the northern part of the Black Forest mountains.
From Bædeker's The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance - 1878: Route 47
Forbach, a thriving village, with a picturesque church on a hill, is the finest point in the valley.
A lonely, but easily’ traced forest-path leads from Forbach to the W. to (3 hrs.) Herrenwies (Auerhahn), a village situated on a bleak and lofty plain surrounded by high mountains. About 1/2 hr. distant is the foresthouse of Sand (Inn; summer resort). Thence carriage -road to (3 hrs) Baden; also beautiful walk of 2 hrs. through the Bühlerthal, to railway stat. Bühl ; across the Hundseck (with guide) to the Hornisgrinde and Mummelsee 3 hrs.
Beyond Forbach the Murgthal, although more secluded, continues grand and beautiful, resembling some of the wildest Swiss valleys. About halfway to Schönmünzach the Rauhmünzach falls into the Murg; 1 M. above the confluence the former is augmented by the Schwarzbach. A new road leads through the valley of the Schwarzbach to (10 1/2 M.) Herrenwies .