Discover Grafenhausen: Schlüchtsee, circular trail and Hüsli

Grafenhausen offers a variety of reasons to stay: swimming at Schlüchtsee, a nature trail with a barefoot path and a forest xylophone, a mountain bike trail and the Hüsli Local History Museum. This mix helps you plan your holiday days around your interests. The place and trail details make it easier to choose.

Swimming and walking at Schlüchtsee

Schlüchtsee is a bathing lake in a nature reserve. At the lake there is a kiosk with a sun terrace, changing cabins and sanitary facilities. As details of the facilities may change, it is best to check them on site before your excursion. This lets you plan your swim break with a look at the facilities there.

From Grafenhausen, Schlüchtsee can be reached on foot via the Promenadenweg in about 30 minutes. The approximate walking time is a practical guide for planning your day: you can count the walk to the water as part of your excursion. If swimming is your main focus, include this walk in your plans.

Circular trail and mountain bike trail

Schlühüwanapark is in Rothaus, within Grafenhausen. Its circular trail is 2.6 kilometres long; at the start of the trail are a barefoot path and a forest xylophone. The two stops offer different experiences: on the barefoot path, you feel the ground directly, while the forest xylophone adds sound to the nature experience. The length of the loop gives you a tangible planning guide for an outing together.

A different scale of outing is offered by the 17-kilometre Hochschwarzwald summit mountain bike trail, which also passes through the municipal area of Grafenhausen. It opened in September 2015. The trail lengths illustrate the difference between a nature trail and a longer mountain biking option; these are different activities for different day plans. Trail conditions may vary, so check them before setting out.

The Hüsli Local History Museum and its history

At the Hüsli Local History Museum, cultural history is linked to a specific reason for its construction. Helene Siegfried, a concert singer living in Berlin, had the house built in 1912 as a holiday home, according to her personal ideas about Black Forest architecture. Its history therefore begins as a holiday home. The collection consists of objects from the everyday lives of Black Forest farming families. Here, a patron’s ideas about Black Forest architecture meet objects from rural everyday life. Hüsli complements the nature and outdoor activities with a distinctive cultural-history focus.

Choosing the right accommodation for your excursions

When choosing accommodation in Grafenhausen, it helps to first organise the excursions you have planned: will Schlüchtsee, the circular trail in Rothaus, the mountain bike trail or Hüsli be the main focus? Then check the location of the specific accommodation in relation to the places you want to visit. For Schlüchtsee, you can take the approximate 30-minute walk from Grafenhausen via the Promenadenweg into account when planning. This lets you match your choice of location to your itinerary without trying to fit every experience into the same kind of day.

Discover more destinations: Ibach, Todtmoos, Höchenschwand, Altenburg, Stühlingen, Bernau in the Black Forest, Bonndorf in the Black Forest, Sankt Blasien.

Go to the main travel overview: Waldshut.