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· Basel and surroundings
Interregio-Wanderweg: Three countries - one route
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Trail marking: Interregio hiking routePhoto: CC BY-ND, Schwarzwaldverein e.V.
Explore the tri-border area between Switzerland, France and Germany and discover a fascinating and varied part of Europe!
The three large hiking clubs of the region: Wanderwege beider Basel, the Vosges club and the Schwarzwaldverein, have jointly maintained this cross-border path since the 1980s. It has now been revised and newly marked, inviting you to discover the tri-border region!
The Interregio-Wanderweg makes the tri-border area at the High and Upper Rhine experienceable for hikers. Between the Black Forest, Southern Vosges and Jura, the 210 km circular hiking trail leads in eleven daily stages around Basel, opening up the Markgräflerland and the High Rhine near Rheinfelden, the Basel region and the Sundgau south of Mulhouse. The path crosses the Rhine twice and offers insights into a scenic, cultural and economically fascinating region of Europe.
Stage towns:
Neuenburg a.R. – Bad Bellingen – Kandern – Steinen – Rheinfelden (D/CH) – Liestal – Aesch – Rodersdorf – Ferrette – Altkirch – Mulhouse – Neuenburg a.R.
Author’s recommendation
Enjoy climate-friendly hiking days: the stage towns are generally well connected to local public transport.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
The route runs on unproblematic paths.
Tips and suggestions
Marking of the path
The Interregio-Wanderweg is a joint project of the three large hiking clubs in the tri-border area. It runs in each country on the local club’s path network and is integrated in the respective marking system. Usually, the route is indicated on waymark posts with the Interregio-Wanderweg sign (three black rectangles on yellow background) with the addition "Interregio-Wanderweg" or "Sentier Interregio". Between the waymarks, hikers follow the usual club path markers linked to the Interregio-Wanderweg. In Germany this is a coloured diamond symbol, in Switzerland a yellow diamond and in France the Vosges club markers.
The involved clubs
The Schwarzwaldverein e.V. was founded in 1864 as the first hiking club in Germany in Freiburg im Breisgau. Today the club members maintain a hiking network of over 24,000 kilometres in the Black Forest, Kaiserstuhl and Hegau.
Contact: Schwarzwaldverein e.V., Schlossbergring 15, D–79098 Freiburg
Phone: +49 761/38053-0; Email: info@schwarzwaldverein.de Web: www.schwarzwaldverein.de
Wanderwege beider Basel see themselves as the competence centre for hiking in the Basel region. Founded in 1938, they mark around 1,000 km of hiking paths in Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft on behalf of the cantons and publish a wide range of hikes in their annual programme.
Contact: Wanderwege beider Basel; Schanzenstrasse 8a | CH – 4410 Liestal
Phone: +41 61/9221944; Email: info@wanderwege-beider-basel.ch Web: www.wanderwege-beider-basel.ch
The Vosges Club / Le Club Vosgien was founded in 1872. Its task is to make the Vosges massif, the Lorraine Plateau and the Alsatian Jura known to a broader public from a tourist, historical and scientific point of view. The Vosges Club is recognised as a non-profit organisation due to marking and maintaining a network of over 20,000 km of hiking paths.
Contact: Fédération du Club Vosgien; 7 rue du travail | F – 67000 STRASBOURG
Phone: +33 388/325796 Email: site@club-vosgien.com Web: www.club-vosgien.eu
Roadbook
Stages
D
Stage 1: Neuenburg am Rhein – Bad Bellingen
From Neuenburg, the path leads through the beautiful Markgräflerland, passing the wine towns of Auggen and Schliengen. On the section towards Müllheim until just before Bad Bellingen, the route runs along the Markgräfler Wiiwegli.
Distance: 16.5 km / 4 h
Start: Neuenburg a.R. (D)
Destination: Bad Bellingen (D)
Info: www.bad-bellingen.de/tourismus
Stage 2: Bad Bellingen – Kandern
The varied stage through the Markgräflerland leaves the spa town of Bad Bellingen heading east and leads to the foothills of the Black Forest. In the old pottery town of Kandern, the Interregio-Wanderweg meets the famous Westweg.
Distance: 18.5 km / 4.5 h
Start: Bad Bellingen (D)
Destination: Kandern (D)
Info: www.kandern.de
Stage 3: Kandern – Steinen
From Kandern, initially accompanied by the Westweg, before the Rötteln Castle shortly before Lörrach the Interregio-Wanderweg branches off east. With the stage destination in Steinen, the path reaches the southern foothills of the Black Forest in the front Wiesental valley.
Distance: 20.2 km / 5 h
Start: Kandern (D)
Destination: Steinen (D)
Info: www.steinen.de
Stage 4: Steinen – Rheinfelden
The path meets the eastern variant of the Westweg. On the Dinkelberg, at the lookout tower "Hohe Flum", magnificent views open over the southern Black Forest, Vosges, Jura and Alps. Here the path turns south towards the German-Swiss border on the High Rhine.
Distance: 18.8 km / 4.5 h
Start: Steinen (D)
Destination: Rheinfelden (D/CH)
Info: www.rheinfelden.de / www.rheinfelden.ch
CH
Stage 5: Rheinfelden – Liestal
The stage leads from Rheinfelden over the hill to the Olsberg priory (formerly Cistercian nunnery). It then continues via Hersberg and the Schleifenberg lookout tower to the cantonal capital Liestal.
Distance: 16.5 km / 4 h
Start: Rheinfelden (D/CH)
Destination: Liestal (CH)
Info: www.baselland-tourismus.ch/suche/liestal
Stage 6: Liestal – Aesch
From Liestal the path leads over the Sichtern, then through the villages Nuglar, Büren, Hochwald, the hamlet Herrenmatt and then down into the Birs valley to Aesch.
Distance: 16.6 km / 4 h
Start: Liestal (CH)
Destination: Aesch (CH)
Info: www.baselland-tourismus.ch/suche/aesch
Stage 7: Aesch – Rodersdorf
From Aesch the path leads through the vineyards in the Klus. It then continues along the forest edge above Hofstetten to the Benedictine Mariastein monastery. It is a short distance from there to the stage destination Rodersdorf.
Distance: 14.8 km / 3.5 h
Start: Aesch (CH)
Destination: Rodersdorf (CH)
Info: www.schwarzbubenland.info/tourismus
F
Stage 8: Rodersdorf – Ferrette
After Rodersdorf, the path crosses the Swiss-French border. Via the village Oltinque, the stage destination Ferrette, a half-timbered house village, is reached. Here a visit to the ruins of a medieval castle, Château Ferrette, is also worthwhile.
Distance: 12.4 km / 3 h
Start: Rodersdorf (CH)
Destination: Ferrette (F)
Info: www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr
Stage 9: Ferrette – Altkirch
The path runs with views of the southern Vosges through the agricultural Sundgau area, passes Riespach and Bettendorf, where the river Ill is crossed, and reaches the small town of Altkirch with its historic old town.
Distance: 19.9 km / 5 h
Start: Ferrette (F)
Destination: Altkirch (F)
Info: www.sundgau-sudalsace.fr
Stage 10: Altkirch – Mulhouse
From Altkirch the path loosely follows the Ill river direction passing Illfurth and Flaxlanden up to just before Mulhouse. Here the detour to the city centre is marked.
Distance: 22.4 km / 5.5 h
Start: Altkirch (F)
Destination: Mulhouse (F)
Info: www.tourisme-mulhouse.com
Stage 11: Mulhouse – Neuenburg a.R.
The last stage leads via Rixheim, then through the forest to the Rhine, which is crossed via the Rhine island. A long stage, for which a good public transport connection is also available as an alternative.
Distance: 34.4 km / 8 h
Start: Mulhouse (F)
Destination: Neuenburg a.R. (D)
Info: www.neuenburg.de
Neuenburg (Baden) Bahnhof
Museum für Stadtgeschichte
Schliengen - Markgräfler Weinlehrpfad
Bad Bellingen Bahnhof
Bad Bellingen Hertinger Straße
Hertingen Hauptstraße
Heimat- und Keramikmuseum Kandern
Kandern Busbahnhof
Kandertalbahn
Wolfsschlucht
Hammerstein Bahnhof
Burgruine Rötteln
Burg Rötteln
Steinen Rathaus
Steinen Bahnhof
Hohe Flum
Teufelsloch
Geo-Museum Dinkelberg
Tschamberhöhle Rheinfelden - Bachhöhle mit Wasserfall
Schloss Beuggen
Kraftwerk Rheinfelden mit Ausstellungspavillon 1898
Alte Rheinbrücke
Historische Altstadt Rheinfelden
Rheinfelden Bahnhof SBB
Belchenblick
Weid
Stift Olsberg
Blauenrain
Spärgacher
Hersberg
Aussichtsturm Liestal (Schleifenberg)
Museum Baselland (Posamenterei)
Altstadt Liestal
Gutshof Liestal-Munzach
Bintal
Restaurant Alte Brennerei und Kulturbrauerei Schwa
Ruine Bärenfels
Schloss Angenstein
Schloss Aesch
Rebenweg Klus
Dolmengrab bei Aesch
Mettli
Chälengraben
Burg Rotberg
Kloster Mariastein
Benediktinerkloster Mariastein
Kloster Mariastein
Burg Landskron
Kapelle Saint Brice
Oltingue
Saint-Martin | Saint-Brice
Erdwibelehöhle (Zwergengrotte)
Burg Hohenpfirt
Ferrette, Ortszentrum
Burg Mörsberg
St. Jakobus (Feldbach)
Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof
Große Kanone Zillisheim
Historisches Rathaus Mulhouse
Kommende Rixheim
Romanische Kirche Ottmarsheim
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Arrival by public transport along the route possibleGet Timetable to destination
Directions
Access to and from the route to the stages possible at any timeParking
Parking available at start and end pointsCoordinates
Author’s map recommendations
Hiking maps from the Schwarzwaldverein at a scale of 1:25,000 (New Series):
- W256 Müllheim (Markgräflerland, Staufen i. Br.), ISBN 978-3-86398-482-3
- W265 Lörrach (Hochrhein West, Bad Säckingen), ISBN 978-3-86398-491-5
Available in bookstores and at the Schwarzwaldverein headquarters in Freiburg:
www.schwarzwaldverein.de Email: verkauf@schwarzwaldverein.de (special price for members!)
Hiking map Region Basel West, 1:25,000 (edition mpa)
Hiking maps of the Club Vosgien: sheets 7/8 Mulhouse, 1:50,000; IGN 3621 ET Altkirch, Sundgau, 1:25,000; IGN 3721 ET Huningue, Basel, Sundgau, 1:25,000
Book recommendations for this region:
Equipment
Hiking and weather-appropriate clothing, possibly hiking poles
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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