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Waldsee Natural Swimming Area – Willi Echle Hut loop from Gaggenau

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Waldsee Natural Swimming Area – Willi Echle Hut loop from Gaggenau

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Waldsee Natural Swimming Area – Willi Echle Hut loop from Gaggenau

01:39

5.69km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3 m

Willi Echle Trail – Three Glacial Erratics

Highlight • Trail

Three boulders that were found during construction work in Gaggenau.
Part of the Murgleiter and the Willi-Echle-Weg.
A bench invites you to linger, a stone serves as a bird bath when it has rained.

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Forest Pond on the Willi-Echle Nature Trail

Highlight • Lake

At this point there is a forest pond and an information board of the Willi Echle adventure trail, see gaggenau.de/das-leben-im-waldtuempel.26575.htm

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443 m

Gnarled Tree Stump on Willi-Echle-Weg

Highlight • Natural Monument

At this point on the Willi-Echle-Weg (a nature trail near Gaggenau) we are reminded of the storm Lothar. Countless trees were knocked down during the storm.

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534 m

Willi-Echle-Weg

Highlight • Trail

Info Table

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627 m

Willi-Echle Adventure Trail Mixed Woodland

Highlight • Forest

Interesting facts about past, present and nature

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1.20 km

One of the largest outdoor pools in the area, then converted to a natural pool (the largest in southern Germany), destroyed by floods in 2016.
Currently rebuilding to a bath with natural and dry cleaning.
Hopefully opening in 2022!

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4.85 km

Hummelberg Ghost Trail

Highlight • Trail

4.90 km

Willi Echle Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Willi-Echle-Weg is a nature trail near Gaggenau. The signs are informative and you will definitely learn something.

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5.69 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.03 km

451 m

196 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.11 km

936 m

456 m

109 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Saturday 18 July

25°C

15°C

25 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Waldsee Natural Swimming Area – Willi Echle Hut loop from Gaggenau

Willi Echle Trail – Three Glacial Erratics

Forest Pond on the Willi-Echle Nature Trail

Gnarled Tree Stump on Willi-Echle-Weg

Willi-Echle-Weg

Willi-Echle Adventure Trail Mixed Woodland