Ortenaukreis: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

You can rent a holiday apartment in Ortenaukreis. The approximate straight-line distances from the centre of Ortenaukreis to the named map features are: approximately 4.3 km southeast to Hohengeroldseck Castle, approximately 1.1 km north to Gansert, approximately 1.2 km east to Geigenköpfle and approximately 2.6 km east to Steinfirst. In the surrounding area, Gengenbach Abbey is approximately 6.5 km northeast, Kallenwald approximately 6.9 km south and Ettenheimmünster Abbey approximately 14.6 km south; in the wider area, Wolfach Castle Ruins is recorded as a named map feature approximately 21.0 km to the east. Anyone interested in cultural and historical points of reference during their holiday will thus find a specifically named point of orientation.

Ortenaukreis stretches between the Rhine, the Upper Rhine Plain and the Black Forest heights.

Nature and Landscape

At 1,164 metres, the Hornisgrinde is the highest mountain in Ortenaukreis and offers views across the Ortenau towards the Vosges and the Black Forest heights.

Ortenaukreis combines sunny hills, distinctive mountain peaks, quiet river valleys, traditional farmhouses and historic old towns.

The Ortenau is described through several landscape and cultural regions, including the valleys of the Kinzig, Rench, Acher and Gutach, the Brandenkopf and the Rhine Plain.

Culture and Culinary Delights

Ortenaukreis is associated with regional cuisine, award-winning wines and Black Forest gateau.

The regional visitor experience includes traditional costumes, traditional and contemporary crafts, as well as a rich local tradition of legends.

Places in Ortenaukreis

For information on individual places in Ortenaukreis, pages for Achern, Appenweier, Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Berghaupten, Biberach, Durbach, Ettenheim and Fischerbach are available.

Further pages for local places providing regional orientation lead to Friesenheim, Gengenbach, Gutach, Haslach Im Kinzigtal, Hausach, Hofstetten, Hohberg and Hornberg.

The overview of places also includes Ichenheim, Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kappelrodeck, Kehl, Kippenheim, Lahr/Schwarzwald, Lauf and Lautenbach.

The overview also includes Mahlberg, Meißenheim, Mühlenbach, Neuried, Nordrach, Oberharmersbach, Oberkirch and Oberwolfach.

For further places in Ortenaukreis, pages for Offenburg, Ohlsbach, Oppenau, Ortenberg, Ottenhöfen Im Schwarzwald, Renchen, Rheinau and Ringsheim are available.

Also included in the overview of places are Rust, Sasbach, Sasbachwalden, Schuttertal, Schutterwald, Schwanau, Seebach and Seelbach.

The overview of places is completed by Steinach, Willstätt, Wolfach and Zell Am Harmersbach.

Hiking in Ortenaukreis

Ortenaukreis has a well-developed network of hiking trails, with routes ranging from the Rhine Plain and the vineyard slopes to the Black Forest heights. Anyone wishing to combine different landscapes in a single trip while hiking can use this network to explore Ortenaukreis.

To the higher-level travel overview: Baden-Württemberg.