The best running trails in Wildseemoor (Bannwald)

The Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald is a 1250 m long treetop path on the Sommerberg west of Bad Wildbad in the district of Calw, Baden-Württemberg, at an altitude of about 750 m above sea level. It was built according to plans by the Schönberg architect Josef Stöger. The facility, opened in 2014, offers knowledge about the forest and its wildlife at various information stations, as well as an observation tower. It is operated by the company Erlebnis Akademie AG. The entrance to the path can be reached from the mountain station of the Sommerbergbahn funicular via the Emmaweg or from the public car park via a zigzag path. The treetop path runs for a length of about 636 m and a height above ground between about 4 and 20 m. It follows the terrain with a constant gentle gradient and offers various didactic stations as well as experience stations such as balance beams or wobbly elements. In addition, there are 15 comic panels along the path, which are intended to provide excitement and convey knowledge, especially to children, as part of a treetop path comic rally. The entire path, including the ramp access in the observation tower, is barrier-free and reaches a maximum gradient of 6%. At the end of the path, you reach a 38.5 m high observation tower, which is mainly made of wood and, due to the arrangement of twelve doubly inclined, layer-glued main supports, looks like a large twisted cup. The supports are arranged rotationally symmetrically at the same distance from each other and are inclined both outwards and clockwise. They are connected to each other by steel tubes, cross-braced multiple times, and partly protected against the weather by sheet metal cladding. Access from the path into the tower is at a height of about five meters on the second turn of the 614 m long access ramp, which runs within the support columns, and which, after a total of nine turns, reaches the twelve-sided, approximately ring-shaped observation platform. This is attached to the outside of the supports with steel cantilevers and offers a view far into the Black Forest, the Rhine Valley, and the Swabian Jura. Orientation arrows to visual targets and to the other treetop paths of the operating company are attached to the parapet. At a height of 25 m, between the access ramp and a steel tube support standing in the middle of the tower, there is a triangular platform, from which a 55 m .....

In some pictures, a small wooden hut can be seen. Unfortunately, it burned down. Maybe a new one will be built; that would be nice.

This "Fatima Chapel" is dedicated to the Mother of God. It was named after the town of Fatima in Portugal, where Mary appeared to some shepherd children several times in 1917 (during the First World War). The Mother of God revealed three secrets to the children. Pope John Paul II attributed his survival of the assassination attempt against him, which occurred on May 13, 1981 – the anniversary of the first Marian apparition in Fatima – to the Mother of God. The bullet that nearly killed him was later incorporated as a votive offering into the crown of the statue of Mary of Fatima.

The elevation information has since disappeared from the sign. At 933 meters, it is the highest Black Forest pass north of the Murg River. The Murg side is significantly steeper and has a higher elevation gain than the Enz side. Coming from Reichental, the climb is also nicknamed the "Kaltenbronner Wand," reflecting its challenging nature.

Great drive with sensational views of the Rhine plain all the way to the Vosges.

There is another path above the sledding slope.

At each parking lot there is a hiking board with an overview.

From Reichental, the Schwarmis is a real challenge