Day trips in the Black Forest
For day trips in the Black Forest, St. Georgen is conveniently placed, right in the middle on the ridge. To the west lies the Kinzig valley and beyond it Freiburg; to the east the Baar and Lake Constance. Most destinations are therefore less than an hour away.
On this page the destinations are sorted by driving time. That way you can quickly find something over breakfast that suits the weather and the time you have left.
Under 30 minutes
Triberg is 13 kilometres away and offers several destinations at once. The Triberg Waterfalls drop through 163 metres and are considered the highest in Germany. The town is also home to the world’s largest cuckoo clock and the Black Forest Museum, with traditional costumes, crafts and musical automata.
Villingen is around 15 kilometres away. The historic old town is well suited to a stroll with a coffee break, even when the weather is changeable.
Bad Dürrheim is 22.6 kilometres away. There the Solemar thermal baths await you with warm brine water, a sauna world and quiet areas.
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In Wolfach, 30 kilometres away, the Dorotheenhütte is the last working glassworks in the Black Forest. You can watch the glassmakers at work over their shoulder.
Rottweil is 31 kilometres away and is the oldest town in Baden-Württemberg. The Thyssenkrupp test tower there carries Germany’s highest visitor platform at 232 metres; on a clear day the view reaches as far as the Alps.
It is 43 kilometres each to Badeparadies Schwarzwald with its world of slides and to the Sauschwänzlebahn near Blumberg. The museum railway is over a hundred years old and runs through tunnels and over viaducts.
30 to 45 minutes
About an hour
Freiburg is around 70 kilometres away. The minster, the old town and the famous Bächle water channels easily fill a whole day.
Europa-Park in Rust follows after 80 kilometres and is open all year round. A little further on, near Schaffhausen, the Rhine plunges over the widest ledge in Europe. And Lake Constance begins after just under 90 kilometres.
Complete day plans
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For technology enthusiasts
The Phono Museum in town in the morning, the Dorotheenhütte at midday, the test tower in Rottweil in the afternoon.
