Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Tourist office
( 8640;
www.freudenstadt.de
; Marktplatz 64; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
10am-3pm Sat & Sun; )
Has an internet terminal (per 5/60min €0.50/6). Hotel reserva-
tions are free.
Getting There & Away
Freudenstadt's focal point is the Marktplatz on the B28. The town has two train stations:
the Stadtbahnhof, five minutes' walk north of Marktplatz, and the Hauptbahnhof, 2km
southeast of Marktplatz at the end of Bahnhofstrasse.
Trains on the Ortenau line, serving Offenburg and Strasbourg, depart hourly from the
Hauptbahnhof and are covered by the 24-hour
Europass
. The pass represents excellent
value, costing €10.40 for individuals and €16.70 for families. Trains go roughly hourly to
Karlsruhe (€16.40, 1½ to two hours) from the Stadtbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof.
Kinzigtal
Shaped like a horseshoe, the Kinzigtal (Kinzig Valley) begins south of Freudenstadt and
shadows the babbling Kinzig River south to Schiltach, west to Haslach and north to Of-
fenburg. Near Strasbourg, 95km downriver, the Kinzig is swallowed up by the mighty
Rhine. The valley's inhabitants survived for centuries on mining and shipping goods by
raft.
This Black Forest valley is astonishingly pretty, its hills brushed with thick larch and
spruce forest and its half-timbered villages looking freshly minted for a fairy-tale. For sea-
sonal colour, come in in autumn (foliage) or spring (fruit blossom).
REACH FOR THE STARS
Swinging along country lanes 6km north of Freudenstadt brings you to Baiersbronn. It looks like
any other Black Forest town, snuggled among meadows and wooded hills. But on its fringes sit two
of Germany's finest restaurants, both holders of the coveted three Michelin stars.
