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The grinding head, a thousand in the northern Black Forest

The grinding head is at an altitude of 1055 meters above sea level, one of 24 peaks of the northern Black Forest, which reached the height of 1000 meters or exceed brand. And the grinding head is the southernmost the peaks of the northern Black Forest. Further south in the middle of the Black Forest is the first time over a long distance, no further peaks more in excess of the thousand meter mark. This makes the grinding head to an interesting vantage point, until at least the directions from the southeast southwest.

The grinding head is in the main ridge of the Black Forest. Not far from the summit takes you past the famous Black Forest Road, a tourist and scenic route, the Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt links. Where the Black Forest Road to the grinding head is closest, is the grinding head hotel. This hotel has existed for over 75 years, there has, a guarantee, even if the area has been cut to the head later identified as a nature reserve.

The grinding head is in the midst of the nature reserve of the same name. This 1414-hectare reserve stretches along the main ridge of the Black Forest of Hearthstone (road pass) in the north to the refuge (road junction) in the south. The protected area covers parts of the so-called Grind Black Forest. The culture of the summit areas of the northern Black Forest, which as a result of centuries of grazing little forest. The historic grazing or hay production have been completely abandoned decades ago. Today Part of the Grind areas of pines (pines), or even covered pines. For a few years attempting to keep the Grind surfaces by grazing sheep and cattle with the so-called backwoods, a sturdy breed, to at least partially open.

View from the grinding head to the Upper Rhine Graben, behind it you can see outlines of the Vosges. In the foreground is a typical grind area, that is since a few years of grazing cattle.

a mosaic of lawns, pines (pines) and Norway spruce indicates the peak area of the grinding head.

The actual summit of the grinding head can be discerned on the plateau barely. It helped a little and little, in the middle of the layer visible platform.

view from the summit finish head south: over the hills of the central Black Forest of time you can on a clear day, the Alps . See

The western route, the most famous hiking trail of the Black Forest, leads directly to the top of the grinding head. Unequal convenient to get to the summit if you start at the head touches the hotel. There is located on the Black Forest High Road has a large public car park and bus stop. To finish top we head from here is only 700 meters on the road at a height difference of 30 meters.