The health resort town Bad Herrenalb with its roughly 7,500 inhabitants is located in the upper Albtal granite in the Northern Black Forest in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Bad Herrenalb is also known as “The Gate to the Black Forest“, and centred in an area of seven valleys. From the town’s south to the north flows the river Alb. Founded in the year AD 1149, Bad Herrenalb originated from a monastery built by the Cistercians.

Still today the historical city centre with its half-timbered houses, monastery church and offshore "paradise", show the historical past of the former monastery town. Being best explored on a walk taking the „historical way“ you won’t miss a favourite motive of photographers, the tree growing on a wall of the monastery’s ruins.

Interesting to visit is also the museum of tiles which is running a permanent exhibition on „last tiles of the day“. These are motive tiles of the collection Bernt and exceptional for their great variety of magic symbols of past times. 

Gastronomically, Bad Herrenalb offers next to international kitchen also specialities of Swabia-Baden taste as for example pasta squares. Pasta squares are filled with meat, spinach and onions.

Additionally, Bad Herrenalb is not only a health and swimming resort but today also a venue of many cultural events. Particularly great emphasis should be placed on its classic event, its summer‘s night theatre and the monastery and railway station festival.

The variety of sports and leisure facilities offered in Bad Herrenalb is also clearly noticeable. Over 150 certified hiking trails of different difficulties lead you through spectacular views of scenery. “Path of natural experience” or “the Prießnitz-barefeet-parcour” invite you to once again sensitize senses to apparently everyday feelings.

The Falcon's Stone rock offers not only an outstanding view of Bad Herrenalb but is also frequented by climbers. Cyclists of every standard can do their sports as can do horsemen who can book rides through the surroundings at the Horse-Riding Association in Rotensol, a district of Bad Herrenalb. Small ski trails with floodlight and lift as well as various cross-country skiing trails offer to those who prefer winter sports, a perfect possibility of enjoying the picturesque scenery also during winter time.

For further information: http://www.badherrenalb.de/

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