Bad Rippoldsau: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Bad Rippoldsau, you will find the Burgbach Waterfall, a forest waterfall where the water plunges more than 32 metres over a rock face. A serpentine path and steps lead to Burgbachfelsen, with a shelter and panoramic views. The waterfall can be reached on foot from the Vor Burgbach starting point.

Nature

The 823-metre-high Kastelstein in Bad Rippoldsau is a sandstone rock formation and has been designated a natural monument. Glaswaldsee lake is located within a nature reserve in Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach. The lake is a glacial cirque lake carved out of sandstone and is also historically connected with timber rafting.

Hiking and Leisure

The Klösterle Loop is an 8-kilometre premium circular hiking trail around Klösterle Bad Rippoldsau to the Burgbach Waterfall. There are viewpoints at two pavilions, and the starting point is at the Vor Burgbach car park.

The municipal area is home to the Wolftal Erlebnis outdoor swimming pool, with a combined pool for swimmers and non-swimmers, a diving board, massage jets, water sprayers, a paddling pool and a children's water channel. The Alternative Wolf and Bear Park is located on an almost 10-hectare site between the districts of Bad Rippoldsau and Schapbach. It provides bears, wolves and lynxes that were previously kept in unsuitable conditions with natural habitats.

Culture and History

The Wald-Kultur-Haus in Holzwald offers forest education courses for children, young people and adults. The courses cover the geology of the Wolftal valley, forest habitats and water ecology; historical forms of forest management are also presented.

The Klösterle site was founded around 1140 as a Benedictine priory. Pilgrimages to the Sorrowful Mother of Bad Rippoldsau have been documented since 1721.

Surroundings

Winterbergkopf, Teuscheneck and Schöllkopf are located near Bad Rippoldsau. The surrounding area of Bad Rippoldsau is home to the Brewery Museum and Großer Hundskopf. Further afield in the region around Bad Rippoldsau are Wolfach Castle Ruins, Lichtenegg Castle and Gengenbach Abbey.

Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Bad Rippoldsau can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

For the higher-level travel overview: Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach.