Hansjakob Way I

The Hansjakob Way I (German: Hansjakobweg I), also called the Little Hansjakob Way (Kleiner Hansjakobweg), is a three-day circular walk in the Central Black Forest in Germany. It begins and ends in Schapbach, a village in the municipality of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, between Wolfach and Freudenstadt.

Hansjakob Way I
Signboard in Schapbach
Length	44 km
Location	Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest
Trailheads
Use	Circular walk
Elevation change	403 m
Highest point	Schmiedsberger Platz (778 m)
Lowest point	Wolftal (375 m)
Difficulty	Easy
Season	spring to autumn
Waymark	Black Hansjakob hat in white diamond Waymark
Maintained by	Black Forest Club

The roughly 44-kilometre-long hiking trail is named after the Baden author and parish priest, Heinrich Hansjakob (1837–1916). The path was opened in 1981 and is sponsored and maintained by the Black Forest Club.

The walk runs to the settings for Hansjakob's stories, Erzbauern (1899), Waldleute (1897) and Abendläuten. The waymark is a white diamond with a black Hansjakob hat, the headwear in which Hansjakob is portrayed in many contemporary pictures and photographs. At all the sights along the way, information boards have been erected, that relate mainly to the life and stores of Hansjakob.

Day tours/stages

First Stage: Schapbach – Wittichen Abbey – Schenkenzell

Schapbach – Schmiedsberger Platz – Kaltbrunner Tal – Wittichen Abbey (12.5 kilometres) – Vortal – Schenkenzell (16.5 kilometres)

Second Stage: Schenkenzell – St. Roman – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen)

Schenkenzell – Wittichen Abbey – Salzlecke – Heubach – Teufelstein – St. Roman (Sulzbächletal) – Kohlplatz – Bäch – Schapbach – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) (22.5 kilometres – from Wittichen Abbey only 18.5 kilometres)

Third Stage: Wolftal – Wildschapbach – Schapbach

Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) – Schwarzenbruch (Oberwolfach) – Hirschbach – Wildschapbach – Schapbach (13 kilometres)

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  View of the onion towers of Schapbach
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  Bergdorf Wolfach-St. Roman
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  Hansjakob Rock on the Little Hansjakob Way on the Schwarzenbruch

Literature

• Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8, pp. 154–165.

External links

• Black Forest hiking service: web facility of the Black Forest Club for visualising the Black Forest trails on Google Maps with various overlays (trail network, waymarks, accommodation, …)