St. Peter: Baroque Church and Hiking Trails

St. Peter combines Baroque architecture with hiking trails around the town. If you would like to combine culture and outdoor activities on a family trip, you’ll find two different highlights here: the former monastery church and suggested hikes leading to viewpoints and through a landscape of mountains, valleys, and forests. Farms, chapels, and wayside crosses also shape the settlements you can discover along the way.

Baroque Church and Monastery History

The former monastery church in St. Peter is now the parish church of St. Peter and Paul. Peter Thumb built it between 1724 and 1727. The Baroque church stands out for its magnificent red sandstone façade and two onion domes. This gives the town’s history a vivid architectural expression: construction period, materials, and distinctive forms come together here.

Monastery tours at the St. Peter Spiritual Center offer insights into the building and include the church and the historic library. If you would like to include a tour in your plans, check the dates in advance, as the schedule may change.

Hiking Among Viewpoints and Local History

There are around 27 loop and point-to-point hikes of varying difficulty around St. Peter. The selection includes different types of hikes, and not every route is equally challenging. Suggested hikes lead to popular viewpoints and through the surrounding landscape. Along the way, farms, chapels, and wayside crosses are among the defining features of the settlements, alongside mountains, valleys, and forests.

The St. Peter local association is part of the umbrella organization Black Forest Association and maintains a 95-kilometer network of hiking trails. It includes 75 trail-marker posts and a further 195 directional markers. Trail signage may be updated; check current information when planning a specific hike. This lets you combine two interests in your travel plans: the town’s architectural history and outdoor activities in the surrounding landscape.

More Things to Do in the Wider Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Destination

If you’d like to include other leisure ideas beyond St. Peter, the wider Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald destination offers different experiences. At Badeparadies Schwarzwald in Titisee, summer temperatures prevail 365 days a year; real palm trees and turquoise-blue water define the swimming experience. The complex includes the Galaxy water slide universe, with more than 25 attractions and water fun for visitors of all ages.

In Feldberg, Fundorena features a trampoline park spread over three levels. Fundorena X Mind Arena consists of six stations. For a break, there is the on-site snack bar, Chicco’s Lounge. These regional leisure offerings are quite different from the church and hiking experiences in St. Peter and can play a separate role when planning a stay in the wider destination.

The transport information also applies to Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald: many places in the district can be reached by train. With the free KONUS guest card, you can use local trains and buses throughout the Black Forest free of charge.

Which Accommodation Suits Your Travel Plans?

Should your choice of location focus mainly on the Baroque church and hikes around St. Peter, or would you also like to consider the different leisure activities available across the wider destination? Regional transport information can also factor into your plans. This way, you can tailor your search to the experiences that matter to your trip, rather than combining different places and offerings into a single day-trip itinerary.

If you’d like to discover more destinations: Schluchsee, Sankt Märgen, Löffingen, Schelingen, Bollschweil, Kirchzarten, Wittnau.

See the overview of the wider destination: Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.