Gartenbach

Gartenbach is a stream in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Gartenbach is situated nearby to the hamlet Erbersbronn, as well as near Sand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herrenwieser Schwallung and Seekopf.

Herrenwieser Schwallung

Dam

Photo: Helfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Herrenwieser Schwallung is a splash dam, built in 1844–47 of bunter sandstone, near Herrenwies in the Black Forest, which impounds the waters of the Schwarzenbach stream into a pond.

Seekopf

Peak

Photo: Ramessos, Public domain.

The Seekopf is a mountain, 1,001.1 m above sea level, near Forbach in the Northern Black Forest between the Badener Höhe and the Schwarzenbach Reservoir.

The Herrenwieser See is a tarn in the municipality of Forbach in the Northern Black Forest in Germany. It lies at a height of 830 metres, a little northwest of the Schwarzenbach Reservoir and 1,600 metres as the crow flies northeast of Herrenwies on the eastern mountainside of the 1,001-metre-high Seekopf, a subpeak of the Badener Höhe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Falkenfelsen and Unterstmatt.

Falkenfelsen

Locality

Photo: Xqt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Falkenfelsen is a granite rock formation in the Northern Black Forest of Germany's Baden-Württemberg state. One side of the formation is a cliff about 200 feet high. Falkenfelsen is situated 5 km west of Gartenbach.