(Continuing from Alte Schloss)
If Broussel’s path above mentioned be followed towards the E. (20 min. from the Alte Schloss descend to the r.; 10 min. farther the path to Ebersteinburg diverges to the l.), the traveller reaches (in 3/4 hr, from the Alte Schloss) the culminating point of the old Baden and Gernsbach road (1223 ft.), near the Engelskanzel, a rock forming one of the E. extremities of the Batter. On the opposite side of the road rises the Teufelskanzel, a huge isolated block of rock rising from a grassy ravine. On the E.-side of this rock a good bridle-path leads in windings to the (1 hr., from Baden 2 hrs.) summit of the Grosse Stauffen, or Mercuriusberg (2205 ft.), so named from a votive tablet to Mercury found here, now preserved at Carlsruhe (p. 192), and replaced by a copy. The tower (138 steps) commands an extensive *view (comp. panorama sold here, 24 kr.) of Strassburg, Heidelberg, Baden and its environs, the Murgthal, etc. Refreshments at the top. A little way to the S. rises the Kleine Staufen (2001 ft.). The traveller may return hence to Baden direct by the Häslichhöfe (view), or by the Schafberg to Lichtenthal.
To Gernsbach. The old road leads from the Teufelskanzel towards the E. through the wood, and soon commands a view of the Murgthal (better road to Gernsbach by Lichtenthal, see below). Below the (1 1/4 M.) Neuhaus a broad and steep path descends to the r. to (1 1/4 M.) Staufenberg, whence the valley is followed to (1 1/2 M.) Gernsbach. The carriage-road from the Neuhaus continues to skirt the hill to the l.
Gernsbach (692 ft.) (*Stern; *Löwe; *Krone, or Post; * Wilder Mann; all moderate ; *Pfeiffer’s pine-cone bath and hotel above the village, at the point where the road to Schloss Eberstein diverges), on the Murg, is a pleasant and thriving little town, chiefly inhabited by timber-merchants , and now frequently resorted to as a summer residence. To Wildbad (p. 237), 18 M. from Gernsbach, a drive of 5 hrs., one-horse carr. 6, two-horse 10 fl.; diligence daily at 4 p.m., fare 2 ff. 6 kr. To Schönmünzach h and Freudenstadt diligence daily. Railway from Gernsbach to Rastatt, p. 193.