Hansjakob Way I

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.

Hansjakob Way I
Signboard in Schapbach
Length44 km
LocationGermany,
Baden-Württemberg,
Black Forest
Trailheads
UseCircular walk
Elevation change403 m
Highest pointSchmiedsberger Platz (778 m)
Lowest pointWolftal (375 m)
DifficultyEasy
Seasonspring to autumn
WaymarkBlack Hansjakob hat in white diamond
Waymark
Waymark
Maintained byBlack Forest Club

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 Tal – Wittichen 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)

  • View of the onion towers of Schapbach
    View of the onion towers of Schapbach
  • Bergdorf Wolfach-St. Roman
    Bergdorf Wolfach-St. Roman
  • Hansjakob Rock on the Little Hansjakob Way on the Schwarzenbruch
    Hansjakob Rock on the Little Hansjakob Way on the Schwarzenbruch

Literature
  • Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8, pp. 154–165.
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