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19-625: It is located on the L 402, the "Oppenauer Steige", which branches off from the B 500 ( Black Forest High Road ). Another redoubt which is geographically close to the Röschenschanze is the Schwedenschanze (Zuflucht) . The schanze is named after the Württemberg Major Jakob Friedrich Rösch  [ de ] (1743–1841). Rösch became known in particular for his teaching activities at the military plant school and for

38-511: A cirque from the latest ice age . The Naturschutzzentrum (Nature Conservation Centre) at Ruhestein has information about the Central and Northern Black Forest Nature Park , one of a series of nature parks throughout Germany that aim to protect natural and cultural features of an area. The information centre is also responsible for the Lothar Path , an interpretive trail showing the effects of

57-723: A result of the climb from Oppenau up to the Kniebis pass. This trading route (also called the Swabian Way or Schwabenweg ) was controlled in Hohenstaufen times by the House of Zähringen . Later, it formed an important link between Württemberg and the Württemberg estates in present-day France . In times of war, for example during the Thirty Years' War it was also used for troop movements. After

76-491: A roughly 2-kilometre-long circular route in the immediate vicinity is floodlight when the weather conditions require and it can be entirely covered with artificial snow . Kniebis has a kindergarten and a primary school. The primary school has an unusual architectural feature: it is built directly onto the evangelical church. In Early Modern times the Kniebis was a serious obstacle on the long-distance trade route from Strasbourg to Ulm (the so-called Oppenauer Steige ) as

95-610: Is the oldest and one of the best known themed drives in Germany . It is a part of the B 500 federal highway and leads over 60 km from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt . The Schwarzwaldhochstraße begins in Baden-Baden and rises quickly to the main ridge of the northern Black Forest , reaching the top at the Bühlerhöhe . At the top is a luxury hotel, also named "Bühlerhöhe". A small chapel with notable stained glass windows, known locally as

114-483: The B 28 federal highway approaches from Freudenstadt and continues from the mountain pass of Alexanderschanze as the B 500 to Baden-Baden . The B 28 itself continues to Kehl and Strasbourg . The Landesstraße 96 runs south in the direction of Hausach . The Kniebis is on the bus routes from Freudenstadt. In winter there are numerous cross country skiing loipes , including one night trail with snow cannon and floodlights , as well as several ski lifts in

133-558: The High Black Forest easier. In order to draw the growing number of tourist cars to the highland hotels, the roads in the high valleys were collectively named as a holiday route . Under the Third Reich , further construction was done for strategic reasons, including finishing the uncompleted stretch between Ruhestein and Alexanderschanze through a nature reserve between 1938 and 1941. The entire route from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt

152-515: The 1999 storm Lothar . In addition to ski lifts and cross-country trails, Ruhestein has a ski jump . The road then continues over the Schliffkopf and Kniebis ranges, past Zuflucht and the Alexanderschanze to end in the town of Freudenstadt . The name Schwarzwaldhochstraße was first used in 1930 after the completion of the section of road between Hundseck and Untersmatt made access to

171-677: The Adenau Church ( Adenauerkirche ), sits perched on an outcrop on the heights. When the weather is clear, there is a wide view over the Rhine plain toward the Vosges . From the Bühlerhöhe, the Hochstraße runs at an altitude of between 800 and 1,000 metres above sea level past several highland hotels (Plättig, Sand, Hundseck, Unterstmatt, Mummelsee, Ruhestein, Schliffkopf). At one of the several ski areas along

190-697: The Kniebis was already very important early on as a trade route between the Rhine valley and Württemberg. In the Middle Ages it also became strategically important from a military perspective. As a result, several fortifications were built in the area of the Kniebis and to the north on the Black Forest High Road. The Kleine Schanz(1), the Alexanderschanze(2) and the Schwedenschanze(3) are all marked on

209-562: The Württemberg state border. The Röschenschanze consisted of star-shaped piled earth walls behind which the defenders camped. At the time when it was not completely finished, a local farmer's boy led the French troops over the Oppenauer Steige to the Röschenschanze, so that it was stormed by Napoleon 's troops in 1796 and taken almost without a fight. Schwarzwaldhochstra%C3%9Fe The Schwarzwaldhochstraße or Black Forest High Road

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228-541: The construction of the Röschenschanze. The Röschenschanze is also known as Schwabenschanze (literally ' Swabian redoubt'). The Röschenschanze was created as part of the coalition wars of the German princes against France. It was supposed to stop the French troops coming from the Renchtal under General Moreau . In 1794, Rösch was entrusted with the construction of a hexagonal star-shaped schanze with six bulwarks to defend

247-664: The end of Hohenstaufen rule around 1250 the boundary between the lands of the Principality of Fürstenberg in the Kinzig valley and Central Black Forest (which went to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806) m Kniebis ) and the Duchy, later Kingdom, of Württemberg. In 1267 in Kniebis village (Württemberg Kniebis) Kniebis Abbey was founded. It was dissolved in 1534 in the Reformation . The pass over

266-701: The municipality of Baiersbronn, which extends from the new boundaries of the borough of Freudenstadt only on a part of the areas in the south, on which there are residential house and the Alexanderschanze. From earliest days the Kniebis consisted of 3 parts, the Baiersbronn part, the Freudenstadt part (together forming the Württemberg Kniebis) and the Bad Rippoldsau part that belonged to Baden. The boundary

285-595: The route, on the Mehliskopf near Sand, is a year-round, all-weather bob track . Here is also where the road branches off to the Schwarzenbach Dam and the Herrenwies Nordic ski centre. Other ski lifts and restaurants can be found at Hundseck and Unterstmatt . Passing below the highest mountain in the northern Black Forest, the 1,164-metre-high Hornisgrinde , the road reaches the almost circular Mummelsee ,

304-531: The section of the map by Stäbenhaber. From 1939 (start of construction) to 1945 (demolition by the German Wehrmacht ) there was one of Hitler 's Führer Headquarters here, the Tannenberg , which he used briefly in 1940. From July to the end of 1941 Gestapo prisoners from the forced labour camp (AEL) of Kniebis-Ruhestein built a section of the Black Forest High Road on the Kniebis. Both sites belong to

323-412: The village and the surrounding area (Vogelskopf, Zuflucht and Kniebis lifts); in addition there is a toboggan run and various winter footpaths. In summer the Kniebis is a major mountain bike , Nordic walking and hiking area; in addition there is a fully renovated woodland lido . One nearby destination is the Lothar Path on the Black Forest High Road (B 500) in the direction of the Schliffkopf . On

342-518: The western exit of the village is the Alexanderschanze , further north are the Röschenschanze and the Schwedenschanze . The village survives mainly on tourism . Winter sport facilities include several ski lifts (each with a height difference of about 100 metres ), many kilometres of cut loipes and a toboggan run. The so-called night trail in the Kniebis Ski Stadium attracts a fee.

361-551: Was completed in 1952. 48°39′12″N 8°13′58″E  /  48.65335°N 8.23275°E  / 48.65335; 8.23275 Kniebis The Kniebis is a 970 -metre-high mountain ridge in the Black Forest and the name of a village to the south which is a dispersed settlement . The Kniebis mountain rises in the state of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The Kniebis lies on the Black Forest High Road that, as

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