At a height of the Seebuck is the second highest mountain the

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

after the Feldberg It is located in the German state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Geography

The mountain rises in the Southern Black Forest immediately southeast of the Feldberg, of which it is sometimes considered a part because both mountains are part of the same ridge, only separated by a shallow depression called the ''Grüble'' or Feldberg Saddle (''Feldbergsattel''). The Seebuck drops steeply eastwards into the Feldsee lake, through which the ''Seebach'' flows, a stream that is later called the ''Gutach'' and then the Wutach. The ''Felsenweg'' ("Rock Path") which runs from the summit area down the steep mountainside to the Feldsee is only suitable for hikers with robust footwear and

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, but is very attractive thanks to its varied route and views of the Feldsee below.

Tourism

Feldberg Tower

The Feldberg Tower (''Feldbergturm'') is located on the Seebuck. This is a former transmission tower that now acts as an observation tower and, since 2013, has housed a ham museum.

Summer

The mountain is a popular destination for day trippers. The car park at the foot of the Seebuck is the base for numerous walks to the nearby ridge (to the Feldberg,

Stübenwasen The Stübenwasen () is the sixth highest mountain in the Black Forest after the Feldberg (), Baldenweger Buck (), Seebuck (), Herzogenhorn () and the Belchen (). It is the highest point on the ridge between Schauinsland and Feldberg and is only ...

and Notschrei, to the Toter Mann, to the

Herzogenhorn The Herzogenhorn is a mountain, , in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies within a nature reserve in the municipality of Bernau im Schwarzwald. Location and surrounding area The Herzogenhorn is the source region for three ...

or to

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

), as well as walks to the nearby valleys (Menzenschwand valley, Wiese, St. Wilhelm's Valley, Zastler valley).

Culture

In the summit area of the Seebuck on the edge of the Feldsee bowl is a

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made of

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, and on which is a portrait medallion, that was built between 1895 and 1896 by Fridolin Dietsche. The relief was cast by Wilhelm Pelargus in Stuttgart, the first sketch was made by Karlsruhe professor, Karl Gagel (1861–1916). For its unveiling on 4 October 1896 the committee for the erection of the monument sent Otto von Bismarck a telegramme. His answer was printed in the ''Freiburger Zeitung'': The occasion itself celebrated with a banquet on the evening before and an official lunch on the day of the opening ceremony. To handle the numbers of festival guests, a special train ran from Freiburg nach Titisee on the Höllental Railway. In September 2009 the monument was renovated, the first time for eleven years.badische-zeitung.de:
Feldberg: Kein Blick auf Bismarck
', 26 September 2009, retrieved 30 May 2010 On the edge of the large car park at the foot of the Seebuck (near the Feldberger Hof) a nature conservation centre for the Southern Black Forest was built, the "House of Nature" (''Haus der Natur''). A little below it, above the federal road is the highest

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in Germany: the

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of the ''

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''.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Seebuck
Feldberg Tower and Ham Museum
One-thousanders of Germany Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg Mountains and hills of the Black Forest Ski areas and resorts in Germany