By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
The wandersThe wandersThe wanders
  • Home
  • countries
  • Destinations
    • Luxury Escape
    • Wikio
    • Beach Hunter
    • Adventure Travel
    • Surfing Destinations
    • Ski destinations
    • The Scenic Explorer
    • Rail Journeys
    • Photography destinations
    • Urban exploration
    • Motorsport destinations
    • Military Heritage
    • Architecture
    • Historical travel
    • Dive & snorkel sites
    • Movie Sets
    • Discover
    • Protected areas
    • Abandoned places
    • routes and trails
    • PeakFinder
    • Spiritual and Pilgrimage Travel
    • Points of Interest & Spotlights
    • Overlanding
  • Sights & Landmarks
    • Natural wonders
      • Caves
      • Thermal Springs/Spas
      • Lakes
      • Canyons and gorges
      • mountains
      • Waterfalls
      • Volcanoes
      • Rock formations
      • Sand dunes
    • Castles
    • bridges
    • Canals – waterways
    • Lighthouses
Reading: Schiltach
Share
Sign In
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Font ResizerAa
The wandersThe wanders
  • Travel
Search
  • Home
  • countries
  • Destinations
    • Luxury Escape
    • Wikio
    • Beach Hunter
    • Adventure Travel
    • Surfing Destinations
    • Ski destinations
    • The Scenic Explorer
    • Rail Journeys
    • Photography destinations
    • Urban exploration
    • Motorsport destinations
    • Military Heritage
    • Architecture
    • Historical travel
    • Dive & snorkel sites
    • Movie Sets
    • Discover
    • Protected areas
    • Abandoned places
    • routes and trails
    • PeakFinder
    • Spiritual and Pilgrimage Travel
    • Points of Interest & Spotlights
    • Overlanding
  • Sights & Landmarks
    • Natural wonders
    • Castles
    • bridges
    • Canals – waterways
    • Lighthouses
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
The wanders > Blog > wiki > countries > Germany > Schiltach
DestinationsGermany

Schiltach

outdoor explorer
Last updated: October 20, 2021 6:01 pm
outdoor explorer
February 1, 2018
1.4k Views
3 Min Read
SHARE
Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstad Even in Roman times the road through the Kinzig valley was already part of a link through the Black Forest from the Strasbourg area towards Rottweil.

Schiltach was founded in the 11th century as a parish for the surrounding farms, which are older than Schiltach. Around the town church, which today stands in the town district Vorstadtle and is evangelic, rose a settlement named after the River Schiltach. The Dukes of Teck probably founded the town of Schiltach in the middle of the 13th century to secure their territories. They built a surrounding town wall with gates and a castle above the town. They did not build a church because Schiltach already had one.

The town was intended to act as a stop for travellers and as a trading post before the road descended to Rottweil. From about 1250, the castle and town took over the function of the Willenburg, which had guarded the road before the founding of Schiltach. In 1371 Schiltach was transferred to the Dukes of Urslingen. After ten years, the impoverished dukes of Urslingen sold the castle and town to the Dukes of Wurttemberg. Wurttemberg retained Schiltach until 1810 except the years from 1519 to 1534, when Schiltach was occupied by the free imperial city of Rottweil and later (like the whole Duchy of Wurttemberg) by Further Austria.

In the “Granzvertrag zwischen dem Konigreich Wurttemberg und dem Grossherzogthum Baden”   (border treaty between the Kingdom of Wurttemberg and Grand Duchy of Baden), which was negotiated in Paris on October 2, 1810, several areas of the Oberamt Hornberg, besides Schiltach also the town of Hornberg and the communities Gutach and Kirnbach, got to the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wolfach became the new Amststadt of Schiltach and later the county town. The surrounding farm became as Lehengericht, an own community. In 1952, Schiltach went to the state Baden-Wurttemberg. The county of Wolfach was dissolved in 1973 and Schiltach was allocated to Rottweil. The community of Lehengericht was reincorporated into the town of Schiltach in 1974. In 1979 the exclave of Sulzbachle/Fischbach went to the town of Wolfach, in return the area of Vor Heubach went to Schiltach.

main attractions :  1)  Hirschgrund – Zipline Area Schwarzwald   2) Hansgrohe Aquademie  3) Historische Altstadt  4)  Schuettesaegemuseum > Very nice place super interesting about the history of the rafting in the Black Forest. The museum does not cost admission but you are welcome to pay a small donation so the small museum is financed.    5) Museum AM Markt

Coordinates: 48.290556, 8.344722

Castle Cornet
Kentville
Memmingen
Römerberg , a Beautiful Square in Frankfurt
The 30th coastal artillery battery in Sevastopol
TAGGED:Germany
Share This Article
Facebook Pinterest Email
Previous Article LAGUNA CHIAR KHOTA Kunturiri
Next Article Halmahera

Weekly Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!
Popular
bridgesUnited Kingdom

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

outdoor explorer
outdoor explorer
March 18, 2021
Kadriorg Palace
Torre dell’Orso beach
Seacow Head Lighthouse – Prince Edward Island
Valle de la Luna: Chile’s Otherworldly Desert Landscape

You Might Also Like

Plyos was a holiday resort for the painters Ilia Repin, Isaac Levitan, Sofia Kuvchinnikova, Feodor Vasilyev, Alexis Savrasov, Boris Prorokov, Nikolay Zhukov, for the great Shaliapin and for the nomenklatura.
Destinations

Plyos

November 4, 2019
DestinationsSweden

Höör

July 27, 2019
DestinationsUnited Kingdom

Kirkwall

October 23, 2018
The BUK lighthouse is topographically the highest lighthouse in Germany
GermanyLighthouses

The Bastorf Lighthouse

September 18, 2019
Show More

About Us

Welcome to The Wanders, your trusted companion and expert guide in unlocking the breathtaking beauty, rich history, and vibrant cultures of Europe.

Legal

  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Contact

Quick Link

  • MY BOOKMARK
  • INTERESTSNew
  • CONTACT US
  • BLOG INDEX

Subscribe

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

The wandersThe wanders
© TheWanders Network. All Rights Reserved.
  • Contact us
  • About us
  • FAQs​
Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Preferences
{title} {title} {title}
Join Us!
Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss our latest news, podcasts etc..
Zero spam, Unsubscribe at any time.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?