Dreikirschenweg-kleine runde in Achern

A circular route starting from Achern station, known and signposted as the ‘Dreikirschenweg – Kleine Runde’ (a short 14 km route, with a longer alternative, the 18 km ‘Grosse Runde’), is one of the great classics. Special feature: a route with almost no elevation gain, about half of which is on tarmac. It passes partly through the town of Achern, its suburb of Oberachern, and the village of Mösbach.

Suitable for a wide audience, this route presents no technical difficulties and is ideal for occasional walkers, cyclists and families alike. Throughout the route, you can enjoy a varied landscape alternating between urban areas, orchards, vineyards and the open countryside typical of the Black Forest foothills. It also offers several interesting views of the surrounding hills and, on a clear day, of the Rhine plain towards Alsace. Benches and rest areas are dotted along the route, providing pleasant spots to take a break.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.08 mi
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    Average duration: 4h 30 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 374 ft
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    Descent: - 374 ft

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    Highest point: 610 ft
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    Lowest point: 459 ft
  • ⚐ Country: Germany
  • ⚐ City: Achern 
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    Start/End: N 48.633624° / E 8.067368°
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 3815E
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Description of the walk

Achern Station Car Park - Alter Bahnhof - Located on Eisenbahnstraße, it is immediately on the left as you pass under the bridge coming from the motorway – heading towards the town centre. Pay-and-display car park (free for 2 hours – €1 for the whole day 9am–5pm; payment by card, cash or mobile)

(S/E) With your back to the station car park, head south along Eisenbahnstraße.

(1) Follow it straight on, past Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße. Follow the signs on the left *Zum Klauskirchl* and cross the main road (Hauptstraße).

(2) "Klauskirchl" – continue straight on along Kappellenstraße.

(3) At the junction, turn right along Spitalstraße-Wilhelm Schechter Straße, cross the Acher bridge and turn left at the end.

(4) Turn right onto Joseph-Wurzier Straße until you reach the hospital on the bend.

(5) Keep left, ignoring all the streets branching off to the left, and stay on the Achertaler Heimatpfad.

(6) Turn right onto the "Achertaler Heimatpfad", a dirt track, until you reach the fire brigade war memorial.

(7) Pass on the right, go down to Hohühlstraße and continue along the road to the left until you reach Fautenbacher-Straße.

(8) Turn left towards Fautenbach, go straight through the roundabout near the Scheck-In Center and continue to Fautenbach.

(9) At Sankt-Bernhard Church, turn left to climb up to the church, go round it on the left and continue uphill to the war memorial (Kriegsdenkmal): lovely view, bench and orientation table.

(10) Continue straight on along a dirt track (the Sinnen-pfad), follow the signposting to the right and head down to Talstraße.

(11) Turn left, pass the Eichberg inn, then turn right towards "Alte Kirche". Follow the signposts through the orchards to the L88 in Mösbach.

(12) Webers hofglūck (rest stop available – self-service), a little further along the Renchstrasse L88, turn right (on the other side of the road, view of the cemetery). Continue south on the Renchtalstraße until you reach Hänferstraße on the left.

(13) Follow the L88 to the left and drive through Mösbach.

(14) At the end, turn left into Brunnenstraße and follow it to the end.

(15) Follow Waldulmerstraße to the left, turn right into Schneidergasse, cross Kappelgasse and later the Pelzbach, following the signposts.

(16) A pretty table and a bench in the middle of the meadow and a little further on, the large and small Dreikirschenweg split. Keep left, still following the signposts.

(17) After the underpass, turn left, continue parallel to the railway line to Oberachern, Oberkircherstraße. Cross this road following the signposts and continue parallel to the railway line to Achern.

(4) Take Josef-Wurzler-Straße on the right, follow it for a short distance, then turn left onto Rue "Am Acherrain" and take Wilhelm Schechter Straße on the right, cross the bridge and continue straight ahead.

(3) At the junction, continue straight on to the main road (Hauptstraße), cross it, cross Adlerplatz keeping to the right, cross Kirschstraße and rejoin Janhstasse. Return to the path you started on and turn right: the car park is opposite (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 469 ft - Alter Bahnhof car park – Eisenbahnstraße
  2. 1 : mi 0.12 - alt. 472 ft - Eisenbahnstraße
  3. 2 : mi 0.36 - alt. 472 ft - Klauskirchl
  4. 3 : mi 0.45 - alt. 482 ft - Crossroads on the circular return loop
  5. 4 : mi 0.61 - alt. 479 ft - Crossroads of the Great Southern Circular Loop
  6. 5 : mi 0.68 - alt. 489 ft - Achern Hospital
  7. 6 : mi 1.06 - alt. 531 ft - Achertaler Heimatpfad
  8. 7 : mi 1.42 - alt. 554 ft - Firefighters’ war memorial.
  9. 8 : mi 1.72 - alt. 459 ft - Bundesstraße
  10. 9 : mi 2.25 - alt. 479 ft - Sankt Bernhard Kirche (Fautenbach)
  11. 10 : mi 2.44 - alt. 564 ft - War memorial
  12. 11 : mi 2.72 - alt. 476 ft - Talstraße
  13. 12 : mi 4.46 - alt. 587 ft - Webers hofglūck
  14. 13 : mi 5.15 - alt. 561 ft - Hänferstraße
  15. 14 : mi 5.4 - alt. 607 ft - Brunnenstraße
  16. 15 : mi 5.66 - alt. 577 ft - Waldulmerstraße
  17. 16 : mi 6.21 - alt. 564 ft - Table and bench in a meadow
  18. 17 : mi 7.08 - alt. 535 ft - Railway line
  19. S/E : mi 9.08 - alt. 469 ft - Alter Bahnhof car park - Eisenbahnstraße

Notes

There are several places to stop off and many fruit growers selling their produce directly from the farm along this route. Notably Webers Hofglück: a farm café, set up as a self-service spot with cakes, coffee and ice cream. It’s also a farm shop with seasonal produce, some of which is grown on the farm itself, as well as all sorts of fresh produce from local producers.

Every year in April, the village of Mösbach celebrates its “magic of the cherry blossoms”, a festival where everything revolves around the red fruit for a day: www.kirschbluetenzauber.de.

There are other cherry-themed walks from north to south along the Rhine Valley; among the best known are the Oberkirch trail, the Obereggenen Cherry Valley ( south, near Mulhouse), in the Kaiserstuhl region, the Kirschbaumpfad (Cherry Tree Trail) betweenSasbach and Endingen, and another north of the Kaiserstuhl (Königschaffhausen / Sasbach), and also the circular route around Endingen am Kaiserstuhl (vineyards + orchards).

This route was mapped out and walked on 15 April 2026 by Les Branquignol.e.s – the famous group of Alsatian friends, hikers and foodies, who are having a brilliant time... The cherry trees were in bloom... magnificent.

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