HIKING, BIKING, PARAGLIDING, WINTER SPORTS
ACTIVE VACATION IN THE BLACK FOREST
In the nature of the Black Forest is the peace and natural happiness that makes you forget everyday life. The view from the Buchkopf tower in Oppenau-Maisach over the Black Forest is amazing.
Or enjoy bike tours in the Renchtal valley or mountain bike tours to the nearby Black Forest National Park. And if you´re in the mood just to fly, Oppenau is your paragliding destination.
In winter, nature may be in hibernation, but it is always beautiful then. Discover the natural idyll around the Renchtal while winter hiking - and if there is enough snow - also cross-country skiing and skiing in the Black Forest.
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For your active holiday
Advantages at Hotel Mühlenglück
- Completely redesigned and renovated hotel
- Storage facilities for bicycles
- Bus stop Ibach-Ronecker in front of the door
- Renchtal guest card including KONUS guest card for the use of buses, Ortenau S-Bahn and other local trains in the Black Forest, as well as discounts with partners: Info about the guest card on Renchtal-Tourismus
- Enough parking space for cars and motorcycles directly in front of the hotel (also an Electric car charging station)
- Super starting point for any activities
Hiking vacation in the Black Forest
Hiking in the Renchtal valley
With 800 km of signposted hiking trails in the Renchtal, you'll be happy to plan a few extra vacation days to take in the highlight hikes. Our hiking tips:
- From the nearby Oppenau train station to the Allerheiligen waterfalls with the Allerheiligen monastery ruins.
- Quality hiking trail "Turmsteig" in Oppenau-Maisach (start approx. 3 km away) up to the Buchkopf tower
- Premium trail "Himmelssteig" in the neighboring village of Bad Peterstal-Griesbach
- 100 km long-distance hiking trail "Renchtalsteig", for example stage 2 from Oppenau to Bad Peterstal
- Hikes through vineyards and orchards in the Renchtal, for example to the Schauenburg ruin in Oberkirch or on the Oberkircher Brennersteig quality hiking trail
Let´s go biking
Biking in the black forest
The new Renchtal cycle path - from Lautenbach via Ramsbach, Oppenau, Ibach, Löcherberg to Bad Peterstal and Bad Griesbach - passes directly by Hotel Mühlenglück.
Mountain bikers will find challenges on the climbs of the Black Forest Nature Park Central/North. Numerous beautiful views are worth every drop of sweat - our tips:
- Buchkopfturm in Maisach
- Moosturm & Lothardenkmal
- Geigerskopfturm
- Paragliding launch site in Ibach
Paragliding in the Black Forest
Paragliding in Oppenau
It is indescribable to float in the sky - sometimes even above the clouds. Such a boundless wide view is hardly possible otherwise. And from the bird's eye view of the Renchtal and the treetops of the Black Forest ... Unforgettable!
You can take off for paragliding over the Black Forest at 4 launch sites in Oppenau. And that in all wind directions: Sandkopf launch site, Schäfersfeld launch site, Roßbühl launch site, Ibacher Holzplatz launch site.
Take a tandem flight with an experienced paraglider pilot from the Oppenau paragliding school Air-Time as well as RenchtalAir.
Winter sports in the Black Forest
Ski & cross country skiing
At the Seibelseckle ski lift, directly on the Black Forest High Road, 500 m of snow-covered, moderately difficult slope await you, a ski rental shop and - should you want even more fun after skiing - a toboggan run. At the Ruhestein ski lift, 1 km of easy slopes offer skiing pleasure when winter shows its white side.
Cross-country skiing in the Northern Black Forest
Classic or skating? When there is enough snow, 120 km of cross-country ski trails are ready for you on the Black Forest High Road between Herrenwies and Ruhestein. You can rent cross-country skiing equipment at the ski lift Seibelseckle and go directly from there into the track.
To the cross-country skiing map
There is much to see
Excursions destinations
- Renchtäler Heimatmuseum in Oppenau (free of charge with the KONUS-Guestcard)
- Leisure Pool in Oppenau & Oberkirch (Mai – September, free of charge with the KONUS-Guestcard)
- Guided tours in Oppenau & Oberkirch, Monday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. by appointment (free of charge with the KONUS guest card) Information about the guest card on Renchtal-Tourismus
- Freudenstadt (approx. 26 km away): Germany's largest marketplace, Experimenta adventure museum, Freudenstadt panorama pool, Adventure Golf
- Black Forest National Park Center at Ruhestein (approx. 21 km)
- Mummelsee (approx. 27 km): fabulous lake at the foot of the Hornisgrinde mountain range
- Schwarzenbach dam (approx. 46 km)
- Baden-Baden (approx. 55 km): spa gardens, casino, festival house, thermal baths, museum Frieder Burda
- Panoramic roads: Baden Wine Route, Black Forest High Road (B500)
- Summer toboggan runs: Gutach and Mehliskopf
- Castles & fortresses of the region like the Schauenburg ruin in Oberkirch, Ortenberg Castle, Staufenberg Castle in Durbach, Hornberg Castle
- Open-air museum Vogtsbauernhof (approx. 42 km): centuries-old farms
- Triberg waterfalls (approx. 61 km): the highest waterfalls in Germany
- Strasbourg (approx. 39 km): Le petit France district, boat trip on the Ille, European Parliament, Christmas market
- Europa-Park in Rust near Freiburg (approx. 60 km): awarded several times as the best amusement park in the world with roller coasters & shows
- Wasserwelt Rulantica (approx. 60 km): indoor water amusement park for families
- Bathing paradise Schwarzwald in Titisee (approx. 120 km) : bathing, sauna and slide landscape
- and much more