Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The
tourist office
( 910 224;
www.st-peter-schwarzwald.de
;
Klosterhof 11;
9am-noon & 3-5pm Mon-Fri)
is under the archway leading to the Klosterhof (the abbey
courtyard). A nearby information panel shows room availability.
By public transport, the best way to get from Freiburg to St Peter is to take the train to
Kirchzarten (13 minutes, twice hourly) and then bus 7216 (23 minutes, twice hourly).
St Peter is on the
Schwarzwald Panoramastrasse
, a 70km-long route from Waldkirch
(17km northeast of Freiburg) to Feldberg with giddy mountain views.
Breisach
07667 / POP 14,500
Rising above vineyards and the Rhine, Breisach is where the Black Forest spills into
Alsace. Given its geographical and cultural proximity to France, it's little surprise that the
locals share their neighbours' passion for a good bottle of plonk.
From the cobbled streets lined with pastel-painted houses you'd never guess that 85%
of the town was flattened in WWII, so successful has been the reconstruction. Vauban's
star-shaped French fortress-town of Neuf-Brisach (New Breisach), which made the Un-
esco World Heritage list in 2008, sits 4km west of Breisach.
High above the centre, the Romanesque and Gothic
St Stephansmünster
shelters a
faded fresco cycle, Martin Schongauer's
The Last Judgment
(1491), and a magnificent al-
tar triptych (1526) carved from linden wood. From the tree-shaded square outside, the
Schänzletreppe leads down to
Gutgesellentor
, the gate where Pope John XXIII was
scandalously caught fleeing the Council of Constance in 1415.
Boat excursions along the Rhine are run by
BFS
(
www.bfs-info.de
; Rheinuferstrasse;
Apr-Sep)
; the dock is 500m southwest of the tourist office.
Some of Breisach's hotels have seen better days but there is a great
DJH hostel
(
7665;
www.jugendherberge-breisach.de
;
Rheinuferstrasse 12; dm 1st/subsequent night
€23/19.70)
on the banks of the Rhine, whose facilities include a barbecue hut and volley-
ball court.
The
tourist office
( 940 155; Marktplatz 16; 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-6pm Mon &
Wed-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat)
can advise on wine tasting and private rooms in the area. You'll
find the pick of the restaurants along Rheinuferstrasse and Richard-Müller-Strasse.
