Hansjakob Way I

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Hansjakob Way I
Wegtafel Hansjakobweg I.JPG
Signboard in Schapbach
Length44 km
LocationGermany,
Baden-Württemberg,
Black Forest
Trailheads
UseCircular walk
Elevation
Elevation change 403 m
Highest pointSchmiedsberger Platz (778 m)
Lowest pointWolftal (375 m)
Hiking details
Seasonspring to autumn
Waymark Black Hansjakob hat in white diamond
Waymark Wegzeichen Hansjakobweg.svg
Waymark
Maintained by Black Forest Club

The Hansjakob Way I (German : Hansjakobweg I), also called the Little Hansjakob Way (Kleiner Hansjakobweg), is a three-day circular walk in the Central Black Forest in Germany. It begins and ends in Schapbach, a village in the municipality of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, between Wolfach and Freudenstadt.

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The roughly 44-kilometre-long hiking trail is named after the Baden author and parish priest, Heinrich Hansjakob (1837–1916). The path was opened in 1981 and is sponsored and maintained by the Black Forest Club.

The walk runs to the settings for Hansjakob's stories, Erzbauern (1899), Waldleute (1897) and Abendläuten. The waymark is a white diamond with a black Hansjakob hat, the headwear in which Hansjakob is portrayed in many contemporary pictures and photographs. At all the sights along the way, information boards have been erected, that relate mainly to the life and stores of Hansjakob.

Day tours/stages

First Stage: Schapbach – Wittichen Abbey – Schenkenzell

Schapbach – Schmiedsberger Platz – Kaltbrunner TalWittichen Abbey (12.5 kilometres) – Vortal – Schenkenzell (16.5 kilometres)

Second Stage: Schenkenzell – St. Roman – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen)

Schenkenzell – Wittichen Abbey – Salzlecke – Heubach – Teufelstein – St. Roman (Sulzbächletal) – Kohlplatz – Bäch – Schapbach – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) (22.5 kilometres – from Wittichen Abbey only 18.5 kilometres)

Third Stage: Wolftal – Wildschapbach – Schapbach

Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) – Schwarzenbruch (Oberwolfach) – Hirschbach – Wildschapbach – Schapbach (13 kilometres)

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