Gäu Perimeter Way

The Gäu Perimeter Way (Gäurandweg) is a hiking trail in the Northern Black Forest in Germany and the easternmost of the long distance paths managed by the Black Forest Club. With a length of 120 kilometres, it runs in six stages from Mühlacker to Freudenstadt.

The waymark of the Gäu Perimeter Way is a green diamond with a red rose hip on a white background.

Short description
The Gäu Perimeter Way runs between the NPlacehern Black Forest in the west and the Strohgäu and Heckengäu in the east. From Mühlacker in the Enz valley the route runs via Pinache and Wiernsheim past Mönsheim to Friolzheim, Tiefenbronn and Steinegg. From there it continues via Neuhausen and Simmozheim past Althengstett to Calw-Stammheim. The path then passes through the villages of Gültlingen and Sulz am Eck, before reaching the Nagold valley in the town of Nagold. It then continues via Rohrdorf and Beihingen to Haiterbach. From Haiterbach the route runs through Salzstetten to Schopfloch and then through Glatten to Freudenstadt.

First Stage: Mühlacker – Steinegg

 * Distance: 22 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 5.5 hours

Second Stage: Steinegg – Calw-Stammheim

 * Distance: 24 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 6 hours

Third Stage: Stammheim – Wasserturm Oberjettingen

 * Distance: 20 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 5 hours

Fourth Stage: Wasserturm Oberjettingen – Beihingen

 * Distance: 20 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 5 hours

Fifth Stage: Beihingen – Schopfloch

 * Distance: 19 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 5 hours

Sixth Stage: Schopfloch – Freudenstadt

 * Distance: 14 kilometres
 * Duration: c. 4 hours

Literature

 * Reinhard Distel and Heinz R. Wittner: Wanderführer Schwarzwald-Heightnwege. 7th edn., Ostfildern, 1997. ISBN 3-8134-0213-4. pp. 142–153.
 * Martin Kuhnle: Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2013. ISBN 978-3-7633-4420-8. pp. 60–79.
 * Gäu.Rand.Weg, Faltblatt, Plenum Heckengäu