Gauchach circular route

From Döggingen Station we follow the yellow lozenge as the trail marker of the Black Forest Association towards "Posthaus (Gauchach Gorge)" through the lower and middle village. There the Paradise route "Gauchach circular route" forks. We keep right over the "Ignatz-Weißer-Straße" to the Döggingen School hiking car park.

At the "Peace Cross" we leave the village and ascend gently to the highest point of the route (781 m) with a beautiful view over Döggingen. After descending to the Kupferbrunnen, we come to the Gauchach bridge in the Posthaus curve. Behind the Posthaus hiking car park, we pass through the portal to the Gauchach Gorge. On winding and sometimes nearly overgrown paths with butterbur plants, we make our way through the wild gorge. We cross the Gauchach River five times on narrow footbridges until we reach the Guggenmühle.

On the Rüsteig trail, we continue to the site of the former Lochmühle, of which only moss-covered walls remain. Above it stands the Lochmühlen chapel restored in 2004. The Paradise route "Gauchach round" can be shortened here at the site "Am Balgenbächle".

With the new signpost "Genießerpfad Gauchach Gorge" we continue to "Grünburg" and "Tränkebach mouth". After prolonged rainfall, it is recommended to continue straight ahead and shorten the route towards Burgmühle.

Only in dry weather do we take the yellow lozenge right through the deeply cut Engeschlucht. It was made accessible in 1973 by the Bachheim fools' club. A 150-year-old millstone from the Dietfurt mill commemorates this. Five hundred meters further, we must not overlook the inconspicuous sign "Bachheim 1.0 km". Here we leave the Engeschlucht on a wide path to the left and walk without marking along the forest edge and to the lane towards Neuenburg. Due to the removal of the Kameralhofweg from the hiking trail network in 2022, continuing the route towards "Gauchach mouth" is no longer possible. Instead, we follow the paved path to the left towards Neuenburg. The mill path, recommended as a detour route for the 3-Gorges-route in rainy weather, leads us directly to the garden restaurant Burgmühle (former nature friends’ house).

After the refreshment stop, we follow the Genießerpfad Gauchach Gorge right and then left uphill to Döggingen (5.5 km) to the Mundelfingen hiking car park. Turn left towards "Lochwald" and along the Balgenbächle to reach the Gauchenhütte rest stop and shortly after the next hiking car park. The Gauchach circular route finally leads us back to Döggingen into Gauchachstraße. Through the "middle village" we return to Döggingen Station.