The best cycling routes in Winterhalde

The wayside cross we encounter here does not bear the Corpus Christi; instead, a Bible verse from the Gospel of John (Chapter 15) is incorporated into the beams: 'I am the vine, you are the branches.' In a reflection on the seven biblical 'I am' sayings of Jesus, Sr. Thekla Baumgart OSB writes: + 'The images all come from Jesus' everyday life and were catchy and understandable for the people of his time. For us today, some are understandable, while others are alien, or their significance has changed. What the seven 'I am' sayings have in common is their structure: the self-declaration 'I am...' (I am the vine) is followed by the consequence, i.e., a call to action – Whoever remains in me. This then leads into a promise: bears rich fruit.'

The Waldach is an almost 25 km long river in western Baden-Württemberg in the transition area between the Northern Black Forest and the Gäu, which flows into the river Nagold in the town of Nagold in the district of Calw from the right and south. The Waldach is a small river on the eastern edge of the Northern Black Forest towards the Upper Gäu, which drains a landscape triangle framed by the watercourses of the Upper Nagold to the north, the Upper Neckar to the southeast, and its tributary the Glatt, in a generally northeastern direction, with an approximate arc to the northwest, towards the Nagold. The Waldach originates in the municipality of Waldachtal, named after it, from some small streams. The Schneckenbächle, the official upper course[4], springs from the source furthest from the mouth, about 1.5 km south-southwest of the center of the village of Tumlingen, in the municipality, and at about 635 m above sea level, shortly before a strip of forest where the border with the neighboring municipality of Schopfloch to the southwest runs. The initially northeastern course in a flat, straight valley floor already turns to a north-northwesterly course before the village boundary; in and shortly after Tumlingen, the stream receives two larger left tributaries, the Weiherbach and the Heppersbach, which still originate beyond the border in Schopfloch territory. Here it also enters the Northern Black Forest, characterized by the colorful sandstone, from the natural region of the Upper Gäue, characterized by Muschelkalk in the underground. The Waldach then winds its way through the village of Lützenhardt, the hamlet of Vesperweiler, the village of Cresbach, and the hamlets of Ober- and Unterwaldach of the municipality, now on a northeastern course in a valley deepened by about 80 meters towards the wooded and interspersed with cleared patches marginal heights, above which, shortly before the last hamlet, the Rüdenberg castle ruin stands on a left confluence spur. Afterwards, it enters the municipal area of Pfalzgrafenweiler, whose central namesake settlement lies to the left on the height, and under forest slopes, after the Vörbach ruin, located on another left confluence spur, the narrowing valley floor also fills with forest, where no significant road runs anymore. For the next four and a half kilometers of its northeastern course, above which a viewing tower located to the left above the valley on the site of the Mantelberg ruin offers a view, the following Bösinger Mühle of Pfalzgrafenweiler is the only settlement in the valley, .... Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldach

The Waldach is a river just under 25 km long in western Baden-Württemberg in the transition area between the Northern Black Forest and Gäu. It flows into the town of Nagold in the district of Calw from the right and from the south into the Nagold. The confluence is located at the end of the Nagold knee opposite the Schlossberg with the ruin Hohennagold at less than 400 m above sea level. In total, the Waldach is 24.681 km long and has a catchment area of around 157 km². Its largest tributary is the Steinach, which alone contributes about 53.6 km² to the catchment area.

Great view from the bike path over Altingen, Kayh and Mönchberg to the Schönbuch

Great Christmas gathering in Waldachtal

Always a beautiful sight!

The “Posthotel zur Sonne” (Post Hotel at the Sun) was built in 1697 as one of the first larger buildings outside the Upper Gate on the Vorstadtplatz (Suburb Square) by butcher, innkeeper, and mayor Johann Philipp Deublin. In the 18th century, there was already a royal route for coaches that led from Stuttgart via Nagold to Freudenstadt and Strasbourg. In 1807, King Frederick established a post office in the Gasthaus zur Sonne. A stable for changing horses was added in 1812. At times, up to 50 animals were housed there. In 1898, the business moved to a new post office building on Leonhardstraße. Under Paul and Emma Luz, the post office was transformed into a hotel. During renovations in 1906, running water and electricity were installed. Professor Robert Nachbauer from Stuttgart had the magnificent half-timbering in the Franconian style uncovered and designed the artistically significant inn sign. `` . ... . After taking over the hotel in 1950, Karl-Friedrich and Lore Scholl had it modernized. Until its sale in 1984, the Hotel Post remained in the possession and management of the same family for generations, although the names changed: Deublin, Gschwindt, Luz, and Scholl.

Today, on a Sunday at the end of October, you can finally see the market square in its full size. Without market stalls and without large crowds.