Hansjakob Way I

{{Short description|Hiking trail in Germany}}

{{Infobox hiking trail

| name = Hansjakob Way I

| photo = Wegtafel Hansjakobweg I.JPG

| caption = Signboard in Schapbach

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| length = 44 km

| location = Germany,
Baden-Württemberg,
Black Forest

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| use = Circular walk

| elev_change = 403 m

| highest = Schmiedsberger Platz ({{Höhe|778|DE}})

| lowest = Wolftal ({{Höhe|375|DE}})

| grade =

| difficulty = Easy

| season = spring to autumn

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| maintainer = Black Forest Club

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| waymark = Black Hansjakob hat in white diamond
File:Wegzeichen Hansjakobweg.svg

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The Hansjakob Way I ({{langx|de|Hansjakobweg I}}), also called the Little Hansjakob Way (Kleiner Hansjakobweg), is a three-day circular walk in the Central Black Forest in Germany. It begins and ends in Schapbach, a village in the municipality of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, between Wolfach and Freudenstadt.

The roughly 44-kilometre-long hiking trail is named after the Baden author and parish priest, Heinrich Hansjakob (1837–1916). The path was opened in 1981 and is sponsored and maintained by the Black Forest Club.

The walk runs to the settings for Hansjakob's stories, Erzbauern (1899), Waldleute (1897) and Abendläuten. The waymark is a white diamond with a black Hansjakob hat, the headwear in which Hansjakob is portrayed in many contemporary pictures and photographs. At all the sights along the way, information boards have been erected, that relate mainly to the life and stores of Hansjakob.

Day tours/stages

= First Stage: Schapbach – Wittichen Abbey – Schenkenzell =

Schapbach – Schmiedsberger Platz – Kaltbrunner TalWittichen Abbey (12.5 kilometres) – Vortal – Schenkenzell (16.5 kilometres)

= Second Stage: Schenkenzell – St. Roman – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) =

Schenkenzell – Wittichen Abbey – Salzlecke – Heubach – Teufelstein – St. Roman (Sulzbächletal) – Kohlplatz – Bäch – Schapbach – Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) (22.5 kilometres – from Wittichen Abbey only 18.5 kilometres)

= Third Stage: Wolftal – Wildschapbach – Schapbach =

Wolftal (Gasthaus Ochsen) – Schwarzenbruch (Oberwolfach) – Hirschbach – Wildschapbach – Schapbach (13 kilometres)

Schapbach.gif|View of the onion towers of Schapbach

St. Roman 001.jpg|Bergdorf Wolfach-St. Roman

Hansjakobstein Schwarzenbruch.jpg|Hansjakob Rock on the Little Hansjakob Way on the Schwarzenbruch

Literature

  • Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013, {{ISBN|978-3-7633-4420-8}}, pp. 154–165.