Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Around
Trains go hourly to Feldberg-Altglashütten (€2.10, 11 minutes) and Titisee (€2.10, 22
minutes). Bus 7257 links Schluchsee three or four times daily with the Neustadt and Tit-
isee train stations (€2.10, 40 minutes).
City, mountain and e-bikes can be rented for €9/10/22 per day at
Müllers
(An der Stau-
mauer 1; 10am-6pm Apr-Oct)
. An hour's pedalo/motor boat/rowing boat hire costs
€6/15/6.
Triberg
0722 / POP 5000
Home to Germany's highest waterfall, heir to the original 1915 black forest gateau recipe
and nesting ground of the world's biggest cuckoos, Triberg leaves visitors reeling with su-
perlatives. It was here that in bleak winters past folk huddled in snowbound farmhouses to
carve the clocks that would drive the world cuckoo, and here that in a flash of brilliance
the waterfall was harnessed to power the country's first electric street lamps in 1884.
Sights & Activities
WATERFALL
Triberger Wasserfälle
(adult/concession €3.50/3; Mar-early Nov & 25-30 Dec)
Niagara they ain't but Ger-
many's highest waterfalls do exude their own wild romanticism. The Gutach River feeds
the seven-tiered falls, which drop a total of 163m. It's annoying to have to pay to experi-
ence nature but the fee is at least worth it. The trail up through the wooded gorge is
guarded by tribes of red squirrels after the bags of nuts (€1) sold at the entrance.
Weltgrösste Kuckucksuhr
Triberg is Germany's undisputed cuckoo-clock capital. Two timepieces claim the title of
world's largest cuckoo clock, giving rise to the battle of the birds.
To the casual observer, the biggest is undeniably the commercially savvy
Eble Uhren-
Park
(
www.uhren-park.de
; Schonachbach 27; admission €2; 9am-6pm Mon-Sat,
10am-6pm Sun)
, listed in
Guinness World Records
, on the B33 between Triberg and
Hornberg.
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