Schwarzwald St.Georgen-Hexenloch

Very beautiful tour starting in Schonach. Nicely evenly ascending, well-developed road through the Stockwald valley towards Schönwald. From Schönwald then on the German Clock Road to Furtwangen. Further on the Clock Road towards Gütenbach, where just after the town exit one of the most beautiful downhill sections begins, with nicely developed curves. Approximately halfway between Gütenbach and Obersimonswald, turn left into the romantic Wildgutach valley. Here too, a well-developed, evenly ascending downhill ride with an intermediate destination at 'Hexenlochmühle'. The mill is located in the gorge-like Hexenloch, sometimes also called the Hexenloch valley. It is the only mill in the Black Forest with two water wheels. In 1825, the part with the smaller water wheel was built as a nail smithy. Later, the part with the larger water wheel was added as a sawmill. Finally, the part with the smaller water wheel was converted into a workshop for clock frame making. The large water wheel of the mill has a diameter of 4 m, through which approximately 300 liters of water flow per second. It has a power of up to 13 HP. It still powers two saws, but only for demonstration purposes; no actual sawing is done anymore. The Hexenlochmühle is one of the most popular photographic motifs in the Black Forest.