Hinterzarten is a resort village in 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 ...

(German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the 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 ...

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. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

, it has many other tourist attractions.

Geography

Location

Hinterzarten is located , which is just below that of the Feldberg (), the highest mountain in the Black Forest. The municipality descends to the southeastern end of Lake

Titisee The Titisee is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It covers an area of and is an average of deep. It owes its formation to the Feldberg glacier, the moraines of which were formed in the Pleistocene epoch and nowadays for ...

(), although its lowest point is the Sternenrank at . Hinterzarten is located within the

Southern Black Forest Nature Park The Southern Black Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Südschwarzwald) is located in Baden-Württemberg in Germany and covers an area of 394,000 hectares. As of 2018, it is Germany's largest nature park. History The Southern Black Forest Nat ...

, and the Zartenbach stream flows through the municipality. Mountain peaks within the municipality include the

Windeckkopf The Windeckkopf, sometimes called the Windeck, is a mountain, 1,209 metres high, in the Southern Black Forest in the municipality of Hinterzarten in the county of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the German state of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Würt ...

(1,209 m).

Climate

Hinterzarten's annual precipitation is 1,406 mm, which is thus in amongst the highest in Germany. The driest month is September; the most precipitation falls in December.

Neighbouring municipalities

Hinterzarten's neighbouring municipalities are

Breitnau Breitnau is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, about 30 kilometres from the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located within the High Black Forest. Geography The municipal ...

Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt () is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is made up of the six communities of Neustadt, Langenordnach, Rudenberg, Titisee, Schwärzenbach and Waldau. The town ...

, Lenzkirch, Feldberg and Oberried, all belonging to the county of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.

Municipal subdivisions

The following subdivisions are part of the municipality of Hinterzarten: Hinterzarten village, the

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

s (''Zinken'') of Alpersbach, Am Feldberg, Bisten (partly also in

), Bruderhalde, Erlenbruck, Löffeltal, Oberzarten, Rinken, Rotwasser, Windeck and Winterhalde, as well as the residences of Altenvogtshütte (Auf Stucken), Ramselegut, Dorneck, Fürsatz(hof) and Silberberg. Within the municipality are the

abandoned village An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, f ...

s of Bankgallihof, Bäuerlehof, Imberihof, Rufenhof, Seehäusle and Waldhof.''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band IV: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1978, , pp. 99–101.

History

Hinterzarten was founded in 1148. In the beginning, Hinterzarten was actually called "Hinter der Straß" (behind the street), and

to the north was "Vor der Straß" (in front of the street). Between 1708 and 1750 the village's name changed to Hinterzarten, partly because of a small river in the area called Zartenbach. By 1755 the first postal road to Hinterzarten was built through the Höllental, and in 1887 a railway stretch for tourists was opened. In 1923, after the foundation of the Ski Club Hinterzarten, the Kirchwaldschanze ski jump was built (jumping was discontinued in 1974); and in 1924 the

Adlerschanze The Adler Ski Stadium (german: Adler-Skistadion) is a ski jumping complex in Hinterzarten, Germany. History It was opened in 1924 and owned by SC Hinterzarten. It hosted four FIS Ski jumping World Cup events for ladies. This jump was the first an ...

ski-jump was built. The Adlerschanze remains today after being renovated and rebuilt multiple times. In 1964 Hinterzarten officially became a "climatic healing resort" (German: ''Heilklimatischer Kurort'').

Sports

Besides the 4-hill ski jumping complex, Hinterzarten also has three

ski lift A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Types * Aerial ...

s, a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

center, a cross-country skiing center, a soccer club, and has been a member of the Black Forest Nordic walking club since 2003. Th
Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon (German)
starts in Hinterzarten. Hinterzarten hosted the FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and the Under-23 Cross-Country World Championships in 2010.

Famous ski jumpers from Hinterzarten

* Dieter Thoma *

Georg Thoma Georg Thoma (; born 20 August 1937) is a retired German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first non-Scandinavian athlete to do so, and was voted German Sportsman of the Year. At the 196 ...

Sven Hannawald Sven Hannawald (; born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper. Having competed from 1992 to 2004, his career highlight was winning the 2002 Four Hills Tournament, on that occasion becoming the first athlete to win all four events of said ...

Attractions

Hiking and bicycle trails abound, and in the winter over 100 km of

cross-country ski Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

paths are prepared. One of the most popular hiking trails is the one from Hinterzarten to Titisee. A "nature experience" trail (German: ''Naturerlebnispfad'') was opened in 2000. The

ski jump is one of the Ski jumping Grand Prix Tournament hills. The Tournament reaches the Adlerschanze in early August, and lasts one weekend (two days). About 20,000 people attend the contest. The Black Forest Ski Museum covers the beginning of skiing and the early techniques and equipment used on the nearby Feldberg. There is also a museum of ancient agricultural engineering, with old farm equipment and machines; the museum is located in a 400-year-old farmhouse.

External links

Museum for Old Agricultural Engineering

Black Forest Summer Ski Jumping Plan

Hinterzarten Website
*
Hinterzarten — pictures & historyFIS Nordic Skiing World Junior Championships

References

{{Authority control Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Baden Ski areas and resorts in Germany