Esskastanie

Esskastanie is a nature reserve in Gundelfingen, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg. Esskastanie is situated nearby to the locality Wildtalereck, as well as near the hamlet Obertal.

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 Freiburg and Denzlingen.

Freiburg

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Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the edge of the Black Forest on the Dreisam river. As of 2024, with a population of approximately 237,000, it is known for its high number of sunshine hours compared to other German cities.