Obertal

Obertal is a hamlet in Gundelfingen, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg. Obertal is situated nearby to the hamlet Am Längenhardt (Haftenhäusle), as well as near the locality Wildtalereck.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zähringen Castle and Roßkopfturm.

Zähringen Castle

Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The ruins of Zähringen castle is what remains of the ancestral seat of the Zähringer Alemannic noble family, located near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer became a powerful ducal dynasty in the area of what is now South Germany and Switzerland in the high…

Roßkopfturm

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Roßkopf tower is a 34.4 m high observation tower of steel frame structure commissioned and financed by the Schwarzwaldverein and built by the Freiburg architect Philipp Anton Lazy in 1889 on the 737 m high Roßkopf near Freiburg between the Dreisam valley and the Glotter valley.

Roßkopf

Peak

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Roßkopf is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The 737 m high Rosskopf is a mountain in the Black Forest in the northeast of Freiburg and the southeast of Gundelfingen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heuweiler and Zähringen.

Heuweiler

Village

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Heuweiler is a village in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg near Freiburg in southern Germany. The village has to a large extent retained its rural character. Heuweiler is situated 2½ km north of Obertal.

Zähringen

Suburb

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Zähringen is the northernmost suburb of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its population is 9,196. Zähringen is situated 3½ km west of Obertal.