MAP OF BLACK FOREST AREA GERMANY FREE

The Black Forest Railway (or ' Schwarzwaldbahn' in German) runs from Offenburg in the midwest through to Singen in the southeast of the region. There are quite a number of rail routes in and around the Black Forest, some of them small local branch lines and others which are quite useful to the visitor. To the south, the Upper Rhine Railway runs from Basel in Switzerland along the river, swapping between German and Swiss territory, through to Singen and, eventually, Konstanz. The line actually connects with the Black Forest Railway further south at Immendingen. But it does offer good connections to two important towns on the eastern edge of the southern part of the Black Forest in Donaueschingen and Villingen-Schwenningen. To the east, the main train route between Stuttgart and Singen near Lake Constance is a little bit further away from the Black Forest. To the north, the major rail routes running through Karlsrühe serve the cities of Pforzheim and Stuttgart before heading off in the direction of Ulm and Munich. To the west, the major Rhine Valley rail route from Basel in Switzerland runs up to Karlsrühe, passing the important Black Forest entry points at Freiburg, Offenburg and Baden-Baden. The Black Forest region in the German state of Baden-Württemberg can be thought of as an upright rectangle - and there are major rail routes running along all sides of that rectangle.

MAP OF BLACK FOREST AREA GERMANY FREE

This allows people staying in most types of accommodation free travel on rail (and bus) routes within the Black Forest. Not only is there a good network of rail infrastructure to get you around different parts of the region, many towns and villages are participating members of the Konus Guest Card scheme.

Using the German rail network to get to the Black Forest is a convenient - and ecologically-friendly - way to arrive.Īnd the options are just as good once you are there.

Map of black forest area germany