Bad Wildbad is a town in the northern Black Forest. Wildbad was
already an important bathing resort in the 15th century, but at that
time only for higher-ranking guests. This also included counts, dukes
and the kings of Württemberg. The district of Calmbach is known as a
town in the fifth valley and has a rich tradition in the timber trade
and rafting. The so-called mountain towns of Aichelberg, Hünerberg,
Meister and Rehmühle have a history associated with agriculture and
forestry. Part-time farming and forestry can still be found in the
mountain towns today. Historically, the Bad Wildbad mountain towns of
Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meistern and Rehmühle belonged to the Neuweiler
district until 1850. From 1850 onwards, due to their own initiative and
their geographical location, they became independent mountain towns.
Only later was it renamed to the municipality of Aichelberg. The tourist
motto of Bad Wildbad is "royally wild". This goes very well with the
mother town of Wildbad, as well as with the mountain resorts, since
royal celebrities once stayed in Wildbad for spa treatments. In
addition, there was a hunting lodge in today's Neuweilen district of
Hofstett, from where the royal crown prince also went hunting in the
mountain towns and had a king's room in the Rehmühle in which he could
spend the night on his hunting trips.
In the course of the
administrative reform in 1974, the towns of Calmbach, SpRollenhaus and
Aichelberg (mountain towns - Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meistern,
Kälbermühle and Rehmühle) were incorporated, as was part of the town of
Nonnenmiß, the other part of Enzklösterle.
Neighboring
communities are Dobel, Neuenbürg, Höfen, Schömberg, Oberreichenbach,
Neuweiler, Simmersfeld, Enzklösterle and Gernsbach.
By train
The S6 line of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG)
goes from Pforzheim to Bad Wildbad. Stops are from south to north
Kurpark, Uhlandplatz/Sommerberg, Bad Wildbad Bahnhof, Bad Wildbad Nord,
Calmbach Süd and Calmbach Bahnhof. From May to October, the Enztäler
Radexpress also runs on the Stuttgart - Pforzheim - Bad Wildbad route on
Saturdays and Sundays.
By bus
With the bus line 420 you can
reach the Bad Wildbad mountain towns of Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meister
and Rehmühle.
Bus line: Freudenstadt - Bad Wildbad / Bad Wildbad
- Freudenstadt
Bus line: Calw - Bad Wildbad / Bad Wildbad - Calw
Bus line: Bad Herrenalb - Bad Wildbad / Bad Wildbad - Bad Herrenalb.
In the street
Bad Wildbad is located in the Enz valley, a little
off the main roads.
Coming from Pforzheim, you can reach Bad
Wildbad via the B294, which comes from Pforzheim and continues to
Freudenstadt. From Calmbach, take the L 351 to the center of Wildbad.
Coming from Freudenstadt, Nagold or Altensteig, we recommend taking the
romantic serpentine road with a view of the Great Enz Valley, the K4366
(also known as the Aichelberger Strasse).
From the Hirsau district of
Calwer, the B296 leads to Calmbach
On the Aichelberger Sträßle, a
beautiful panorama, serpentine and mountain road leading south from Bad
Wildbad, you can reach the Bad Wildbad mountain resorts of Aichelberg,
Hünerberg, Meister and Rehmühle in 10 - 15 minutes.
Cone guest card
Overnight guests receive the Konus guest card upon
registration in Bad Wildbad, which entitles them, among other things, to
free use of all public (local) transport in the Black Forest. Konus
guest card
Evangelical City Church
Historic cemeteries Kappelbergfriedhof and
Uhlandfriedhof with monuments and beautiful trees
English Church
Catholic city church
St. Boniface. catholic Church.
Art Nouveau
Church Aichelberg. 1907
Wellness, relaxation & bathing
Thermal Palace. Open: Mon-Fri
12pm-10pm, Sat, Sun, Holidays 10am-10pm. Price: day ticket €24.
Vital
Therme. Open: daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tue, Thu, Sat until 9 p.m.,
Fri until 8 p.m. Price: day ticket €12.50.
Forest outdoor pool Bad
Wildbad - Calmbach
Complete offer in the Northern Black Forest
Winter sports & winter activities
Ski lift (Bad
Wildbad-Sommerberg, Kaltenbronn, Enzklösterle, Simmersfeld, Schömberg im
Eulenloch)
Ski trails (e.g. the Bergwald trail in Aichelberg)
snowshoeing
winter hiking
Sledging
Summer sports & active
vacation
Bike park downhill routes
Edit Treetop Path Info
Suspension bridge - wildline info edit
Mountain bike arena - Enz -
Murg - Enzmarathon
Hike
Historical circular hiking trail
Fautsburg
Hiking offer Bad Wildbad
Hiking offer Northern Black
Forest
Adventure trails for children in the Northern Black Forest
Aichelberg dream tour
events
Official events calendar Bad
Wildbad
Events in the northern Black Forest
Forest Christmas
Aichelberg - annually on 24.12. at 4:30 p.m. at the entrance to
Aichelberg
Every two years, in odd years, the airfield festival of
the Bad Wildbad e.V. model construction association takes place above
the town of Aichelberg. An air show with model airplanes from the entire
Northern Black Forest region and beyond takes place here in competition.
The next airfield festival will take place in 2020.
Every two years,
in even years, the Backhausfest takes place in the mountain town of
Meistern.
Polterplatz Open Air - annually in June
Rossini Festival
(classical music) - annual (details)
Total offer:
EDEKA Bad Wildbad
Souvenir and Black Forest
specialties:
Uncle Hardy's Schwarzwaldlädle Bad Wildbad, Bad Wildbad,
König-Karl-Str. 51
Clothing
Modehaus Frey KG, Bad Wildbad,
Wilhelmstr.
Point 22 - Jeans & Young Fashion, Bad Wildbad,
Wilhelmstr. 22
Fashion Pavilion, Bad Wildbad, Kuranlagenallee 6
Takko (clothes), Bad Wildbad, Wilhelmstr. 33
Original and original -
manufactories - produced on site - offer in the northern Black Forest
Official Gastronomy Directory Bad Wildbad
Cafe Bechtle,
Wilhelmstrasse 14, 75323 Bad Wildbad. Tel.: +49(0)7081 92950. Delicious
breakfast, especially with very good croissants. Overnight stays are
also possible here.
Kaffee Manufaktur Bad Wildbad,
Koenig-Karl-Strasse 102, 75323 Bad Wildbad. In the factory, which opened
in October 2017, there is freshly roasted coffee and a good selection of
teas, various cakes and tarts, pralines and other chocolate variations.
It is also possible to take part in coffee tastings (cuppings),
chocolate courses and roasting workshops.
JJs Raugrund - Restaurant /
Bar / Beer Garden (Germany, Schnitzelhaus), Raugrundstr. 2, Alte
Höfener Str. (On the Enztalradweg above the industrial area in
Calmbach). Tel.: +49 172 9453370. JJs Raugrund in Calmbach - Family-run
inn (Schnitzelhaus), guest room with atmosphere, where you can
comfortably drink your beer at the bar or go out to eat with the whole
family. Beer garden directly on the Enztalradweg with a view of the
countryside. German / Swabian cuisine with weekly changing offers. Many
dishes are also available to take away. Kitchen from 17:00 to 21:00.
Sundays and public holidays from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Open: Wed-Sat:
16:00 - 22:30, Sun: 12:00 - 21:30. Accepted forms of payment: cash /
cards
Laguna, Bad Wildbad-Calmbach
JJ's (Bad Wildbad - Calmbach). edit
info
Irish Pub, Höfen an der Enz on the sports field in the sports
home
Mélange (Bad Wildbad). edit info
Submarine, Bad Wildbad
Rialto American Diner, Bad Wildbad
Hotel Bergfrieden, Bätznerstrasse 78, 75323 Bad Wildbad. Phone: +49
(0)7081 1704-0.
Alte Linde, Wilhelmstrasse 74, 75323 Bad Wildbad.
Phone: +49 (0)7081 926 200.
Hotel Sonne, Wilhelmstrasse 29, 75323 Bad
Wildbad. Phone: +49(0)7081 92570.
Hotel Rothfuss, Olgastrasse 47,
75323 Bad Wildbad. Phone: +49(0)7081 9248-0.
Mokni's Palais Hotel &
Spa, Kurplatz 4-6, 75323 Bad Wildbad. Tel.: +4970813010, Fax:
+497081301166, Email: hotel@moknis.com . Wellness hotel in Bad Wildbad
in the Black Forest with a direct connection to the unique thermal baths
"Palais Thermal". Open: Mon-Sun 8am-9pm. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check out:
11:00 am.
Fitness and family hotel Valsana
Landgasthof Grüner
Baum, Freudenstädterstrasse 42, 75323 Bad Wildbad - Aichelberg.
Hotel-Gasthof-Hirsch, Christophstr. 26, 75323 Bad Wildbad - Sprollenhaus
Official accommodation directory Bad Wildbad
The crime statistics are not particularly striking for Bad Wildbad. Feel safe.
In Bad Wilbad, there is a wide range of health offers based on the
bathing tradition. There is excellent air quality, which has been
awarded the title of climatic health resort. In addition, the thermal
and healing springs offer the opportunity to use the healing powers of
nature. In addition, there is also an excellent opportunity for forest
bathing in the Black Forest. This trend originated in Japan. In fact, it
has been proven that the forest provides a health-promoting effect. In
addition, there is another important health offer with the wellness
offer in the Palaisthermal and in the Vitaltherme. In addition, the
diverse medical landscape and the Sanaklinikum with the specialists who
are specialists in their fields offer an excellent range of health care.
In addition, Bad Wildbad with all its sub-towns offers a wide range of
offers. Rural and farming life can be enjoyed in the Bad Wildbad
mountain towns of Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meister and Rehmühle, and the
health center in the mother town of Bad Wildbad can be easily reached in
10 - 15 minutes. The mountain resorts offer excellent conditions for
relaxation and active holidays. There are excellent opportunities for
hiking, walking, cycling and in winter for cross-country skiing and
snowshoeing.
Village centers, spa houses, conference rooms, club
houses
Conference rooms can be booked with the town of Bad Wildbad.
Additional premises can be requested from local restaurateurs, clubs,
parishes and the town of Bad Wildbad.
Tourist Information, Koenig-Karl-Strasse 5, 75323 Bad Wildbad. Tel.: +49(0)7081 10280. Open: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 10am-12pm, Sun 11am-1pm.
A Wiltbade was first mentioned in 1345. In it, the castle and town of
Zavelstein were pledged to the Counts Palatine of Tübingen "ane das
Wiltbade das hant sie In behabet". In 1367, Count Eberhard II of
Württemberg (also known as the Greiner), who was in the wild baths with
his family, was attacked by the Martinsbirds. He narrowly managed to
escape and save himself at his castle in Zavelstein. In Ludwig Uhland's
poem, this episode is portrayed as heroic. However, these entries are
uncertain because they can also refer to Bad Teinach.
However, it
is certain that Wildbad already existed in the early Middle Ages. This
is also indicated by the source discovered in 1904. The vessels and
pieces of oak found there have been dated to the 12th century by
radiocarbon and dendrochronological investigations.
The first
reliable mention of Wildbad is from 1376, when the Bishop of Speyer is
asked to authorize the Wildbad chaplain to carry out baptisms and
burials himself and to receive legacies and tithes. Wildbad was
surrounded by a wall to protect it and was made an official town in
1442. In the 15th century, Wildbad already appeared as an important
bathing resort. Many noble and high-ranking guests sought healing for
their ailments in the thermal baths.
During the peasant uprising
in 1525, for example, there were many knights and some princes and
abbots in Wildbad. Their hostels were hung with flags, coats of arms and
shields, which allowed the fire to spread quickly in the great city
fire. During this time, Wildbad was one of the strongholds of bismuth
painting. The noble guests were happy to take the caskets painted on a
bismuth background with them as a souvenir. Even a winged altarpiece of
the abbess Veus is said to have been made there in 1551. As early as
1514 there was a municipal order for painters, lathe operators and
shopkeepers in Wildbad.
The letter of liberty drawn up by Emperor
Maximilian I, which burned in 1525, was renewed in 1530 by Emperor
Charles V.
Until the Reformation, the Wildbad parish belonged to
the rural chapter of Weil der Stadt in the Trinitatis archdeacon of the
Speyer diocese.
Over the centuries, Wildbad experienced rapid
growth thanks to the support of the counts, dukes and kings of
Württemberg. Modern bathing buildings, the Ducal Palace, the spa
facilities and modern hotels and inns were built to accommodate the
ever-growing number of bathers. Interrupted by wars and city fires, the
ducal, later royal bath was repeatedly built and modernized.
The
Wildbad office was transferred to the Neuenbürg district office in 1807
when the new administrative structure was implemented in the Kingdom of
Württemberg. During the district reform during the Nazi era in
Württemberg, Wildbad came to the district of Calw in 1938.
On
January 12, 1945, Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler and former Swiss
Federal President Jean-Marie Musy met at the Hotel Post in Wildbad and
negotiated the release of Jewish concentration camp prisoners. The Nazi
state wanted to get foreign currency or military equipment in this way.
After the Second World War, Wildbad fell into the French occupation
zone and thus came to the newly founded state of
Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947. In 1952, the provisional post-war
state became part of the South Württemberg-Hohenzollern administrative
district and has since belonged to the new federal state of
Baden-Württemberg. With the district reform on January 1, 1973, the
district of Calw reached its current size. At the same time, the
district became part of the newly founded Northern Black Forest region,
which was assigned to the then newly defined administrative district of
Karlsruhe. Thus, the former Württemberg town of Bad Wildbad is now also
managed from the former Baden capital Karlsruhe.
The place is first mentioned in 830 as Calenbach in the Codex
Hirsaugiensis, since the Hirsau Monastery had estates here in the 9th
century. Calmbach is mentioned very clearly in 1100, when a Calw
countess Richlind donated six hubs and six serfs "ad Calenbach" to the
Hirsau monastery. In the 14th century the town was owned by the Counts
of Vaihingen. Together with Neuenbürg, Calmbach became part of the
County of Württemberg.
The main sources of income for the
residents were rafting and forestry. Agriculture was unimportant. Timber
merchants (also known as boatmen) made it rich and prosperous, while the
inhabitants eked out a meager existence.
With the predicate
climatic health resort, tourism began in the 1930s as an additional
source of income. Today the district, which is also known as the “Fifth
Valley Village”, is a residential community with a well-developed
infrastructure.
At the beginning of the 1950s there was a holiday
camp for the Free German Youth (FDJ) in the village. Calmbach has been
home to more than 5,000 residents since 2005.
The first documented mention is a settlement of the Kegelbachtal
(formerly Mühlbachtal) with a saw mill in 1528. Around 1560 a forester's
house was built in the Spolenwaser-Hut. In the years 1594 and 1624 the
small settlement appears under Spollenhauss.
Around 1763,
SpRollenhaus grew with the settlement of colonists, who cleared the
forest for farmland and earned their living as woodcutters. Today the
Sprollehaus and Nonnenmiss are residential communities.
The
district of Nonnenmiß is divided into two: the larger northern part
belongs to Bad Wildbad, the area south of the Dietersbach belongs to the
municipality of Enzklösterle. There is insufficient evidence that there
was a women's convent in the area, which gave the place Nonnenmiss its
name. It is assumed that the place name means "damp swampy meadow
(so-called Miss) on which mutilated female pigs (so-called nuns) are".
The mountain town was first mentioned around 1330 as Villula
Aychelberc. The local lords at that time were the lords of Fautsberg and
their heirs, the lords of Horneck von Hornberg. They sold half of the
castle and the associated towns to Württemberg, and the other half was
sold to Württemberg by the Counts Palatine of Tübingen in 1345. The name
Hünerberg may have come from Auerhanborg.
It is also of local
historical interest that with a document dated April 22, 1561, the
Württemberg reformer Johannes Brenz received the Fautsburg (Vogtsburg)
as a fief from the Duke of Württemberg. Apart from meadows and fields,
the fief also included the wood and water justice and the Fautsberger
sawmill (Aichelberger sawmill).
The towns of Aichelberg,
Meistern, Hünerberg, Kälbermühle and Rehmühle formed the municipality of
Bergorte in 1850. For centuries they belonged to the Neuweiler staff, a
sub-office of the Calw bailiwick, as part of the Vogtsberg dominion. In
1938 the municipality was given the name Aichelberg. Against the
background of the state-wide municipal area reform that took place in
Baden-Württemberg in 1972, the Aichelberg municipal council decided in
1973 to apply for incorporation into the neighboring municipality of
Simmersfeld. As part of a citizens' initiative on November 11, 1973, the
majority of the citizens decided to merge with Wildbad (today's Bad
Wildbad), so that in 1974 the voluntary incorporation into Wildbad in
the Black Forest took place.
The inhabitants used to live mainly
from agriculture and forestry. This district is now a residential
community with main and part-time agricultural businesses as well as
craft and gastronomy businesses. Moderate tourism has taken on a
significant role. The Fautsburg circular hiking trail or historical
circular hiking trail Fautsburg, which was inaugurated in 2008, vividly
depicts the history of the mountain towns and the region. Annually on
December 24, the forest Christmas with a living nativity scene takes
place at the edge of the forest of Aichelberg.
Spatial
development of the urban area
On January 1, 1974, Aichelberg was
incorporated into Wildbad in the Black Forest on the basis of a
citizens' initiative. The town was re-formed on July 1, 1974 through the
merger of Wildbad in the Black Forest with the municipality of Calmbach.
Since 1990 it has been called Bad Wildbad.
Bad Wildbad is located in the densely forested northern Black Forest
at the bottom of the valley of the Enz, a tributary of the Neckar, which
cuts narrowly into the red sandstone plateaux. In the district of
Calmbach, the two source rivers, the Kleine Enz and the Große Enz, unite
to form the actual Enz. The altitude of the district is between 374 m
above sea level. NHN and 956 m above sea level. NHN. Within the natural
spatial structure of the Black Forest, Bad Wildbad is part of the
natural area of Grindenschwarzwald and Enzhöhen.
Neighboring
communities are clockwise, starting in the northwest: Dobel (Calw
district), Neuenbürg (Enzkreis), Höfen an der Enz, Schömberg; in the
east Oberreichenbach and Neuweiler; in the south Simmersfeld and
Enzklösterle (all district of Calw); in the west Gernsbach (Rastatt
district).
Due to its affiliation with the district of Calw, Bad
Wildbad belongs to the spatial planning region of the northern Black
Forest.
The town of Bad Wildbad consists of the former communities of
Aichelberg, Calmbach and Wildbad in the Black Forest. The village of
Aichelberg, the towns of Hünerberg, Meistern and the Aichelberger saw
mill, "Kälbermühle, pumping station" and Rehmühle belong to the former
municipality of Aichelberg (municipality of mountain towns). The village
of Calmbach and the town of Tannmühle belong to the former municipality
of Calmbach. The core of the town, the hamlets of Christophshof,
Nonnenmiß and SpRollenhaus, the towns of Grünhütte, Kälbermühle,
Kleinenzhof, Lautenhof, Sommerberg, the Kohlhäusle farmstead and the
Rollwasser and SpRollenmühle houses belong to the former municipality of
Wildbad in the Black Forest in the 1973 borders.
The residential
areas Hochwiese and Ziegelhütte in the area of the former municipality
of Wildbad in the Black Forest were closed on August 17, 1970.
Because of its special valley location, the average length of sunshine per day is two hours shorter than in the surrounding communities. The average temperature is therefore around 1 °C lower than in other Black Forest towns at the same altitude (424 m above sea level). However, this does not apply to the Sommerberg and the southern mountain resorts of Aichelberg, Hünerberg and Meistern, which are on the mountain at 700 to 800 m above sea level. NN lie.
Bad Wildbad has been Protestant since the Reformation, but today
there is also a Roman Catholic community in the city. In addition to the
two large denominations, there is now also a separate congregation of
the Liebenzell community association in Calmbach, an Adventist, an
Evangelical-Methodist and a New Apostolic congregation as well as
Jehovah's Witnesses.
There was no Jewish community. The activity
of Jewish doctors and restaurateurs at the beginning of the 20th century
is well documented. Several people died in concentration camps in 1942.
The Bad Wildbad hotelier Aurel Radowitz had to move to the neighboring
Enzklösterle in 1941. He was deported from Enzklösterle in 1942 and died
in Auschwitz on November 5, 1942. Two stumbling blocks were laid in
Enzklösterle in memory of Aurel Radowitz and his wife Martha.
Town twinning and church partnerships
Since 1981 there has been a
partnership with the municipality of Cogolin in the Var department in
southern France. Even before that, a student exchange took place on a
regular basis. The Protestant parish of Aichelberg, together with the
Protestant parish of Stammheim and the Protestant parish of Zwerenberg,
have a partnership with the parish in Triptis, Thuringia.
Wildbad's economy consists primarily of the health and tourism
sectors. Since 1984, the number of tourism businesses has fallen by more
than two thirds. 34 of the 105 tourist businesses that used to be there
remain.
The occupancy of these hotels and guesthouses has also
fallen from well over 40 percent to 27 percent. The city is undergoing
structural change from a health resort to a tourist city.
Alfred
Gauthier GmbH manufactured machine tools and camera shutters. In 1959 it
employed 3,200 people. During World War II, Alfred Gauthier GmbH played
a key role in the automated manufacture of millions of grenade
detonators. In 2020, it still employed just over 300 people and had
filed for bankruptcy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Berthold Technologies, founded here in 1949, is a provider of process
measurement technology, radiation protection and bioanalysis.
There is also a regional office of the Black Forest messenger in
Wildbad.
Bad Wildbad is connected to the rail network by line S 6 of the
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, which is operated by the
Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft. The Stadtbahn runs on the route of the
Enztalbahn to Pforzheim and is partly connected as the S 5 to
Karlsruhe/Wörth am Rhein and until 2019 also to Bietigheim-Bissingen. In
the city area there are the stops Kurpark, Uhlandplatz/Sommerbergbahn,
Bad Wildbad Bahnhof, Bad Wildbad Nord, Calmbach Süd and Calmbach
Bahnhof. On Sundays and public holidays, the Enztäler Radexpress
excursion train runs twice in each direction from Stuttgart via
Ludwigsburg, Bietigheim-Bissingen, [Vaihingen an der Enz], Mühlacker,
Pforzheim and Neuenbürg to Bad Wildbad Bahnhof from May 1st to
mid-October.
From 2014 to 2016 there was a dial-a-bus system in
the city called Centro-Bus with around 100 stops. In 2016, there was a
return to a traditional city bus line, line 201, operated by the
Verkehrsgesellschaft Bäderkreis Calw.
The summer mountain railway leads to the Wildbader local mountain and overcomes a height difference of around 300 meters.
The Meistern Tunnel was built in 1996 to relieve traffic in Bad Wildbad. The 1,684 meter long single-tube tunnel is part of the state road 351. Work on the construction of an escape tunnel began in January 2015 and has now been completed.
The Enztal cycle path is just over 100 km long and leads through Bad Wildbad. It runs along the Enz from its source at Enzklösterle to its confluence with the Neckar near Walheim.
Wildbad has been known as a health resort since the 15th century. The
townscape is characterized above all by outstanding examples of spa
architecture from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Palais Thermal,
built in 1847 as Graf-Eberhard-Bad (princely baths, Moorish hall, modern
extensions)
Vital Therme (formerly thermal exercise pool) with indoor
and outdoor pools, sauna area and sunbathing area
Sana Kliniken Bad
Wildbad with the departments of orthopaedics, rheumatology and internal
medicine as well as the Quellenhof neurological rehabilitation center.
The Sana Kliniken ceased operations on July 31, 2022.
Forum
König-Karls-Bad as a guest house with lecture, reading and event rooms
Kurhaus with Kursaal for concerts and dance events
Royal Kurtheater,
reopened in July 2014 after years of renovation
The spa gardens
were laid out in 1699 and have been expanded again and again since then.
The extensive network of paths stretches around 1.5 kilometers on both
sides of the Enz.
Bad Wildbad has all conventional school types. This includes the
Enztal-Gymnasium. The Five Valleys School in Calmbach (formerly
Goßweilerschule or Realschule Calmbach) bundles the school types of
primary, work real and real school. The district of Aichelberg with the
mountain towns of Aichelberg, Hünerberg, Meister and Rehmühle is
supplied with primary school technology by the Simmersfeld school
association. The school association consists of the municipality of
Simmersfeld and the town of Bad Wildbad. It still exists from the time
when the mountain towns were initially autonomous as the municipality of
Bergorte and later as the municipality of Aichelberg. The Wilhelmschule
in Bad Wildbad is a two-stream elementary school. There is also the
Oberes Enztal elementary school association for the districts of
SpRollenhaus and Nonnenmiß (together with the municipality of
Enzklösterle) and the Goßweiler Förderschule Calmbach.
Since
2007, Bad Wildbad has also had one of the locations of the state academy
for further education and personnel development at schools in the state
of Baden-Württemberg. At the Bad Wildbad location, which was set up in
the building of the health clinic that was closed in 2004, the training
courses for general schools and special schools took place.
In August 2018, the WildLine pedestrian suspension bridge was opened
on the Sommerberg not far from the treetop path. It is located on the
fairy tale trail between the Auchhalder-Head hut and the Heermannsweg,
is 380 meters long and is up to 60 meters above the ground. Those
responsible expect around 100,000 visitors per year.
On September 26,
2014, the Black Forest treetop path was opened on the Sommerberg. It is
1250 meters long, up to 20 meters high and has a 38.5 meter high
observation tower, inside which there is a 55 meter long tunnel slide.
Due to its barrier-free and step-free structure, it is suitable for
wheelchair users and prams.
Ski lifts and ski hiking trails – the ski
trails on the Sommerberg, the Bergwaldspur and the Sonneloipe on the
Aichelberg are impressive. Ski lifts can be found on the Sommerberg, in
Kaltenbronn and Enzklösterle.
Nordic walking routes in the spa park
Since August 2000, Bad Wildbad's local mountain, the Sommerberg, has
been an attraction for mountain bikers. The topography of the summer
mountain, the mountain railway and the two ski lifts offer good
conditions for fans of Biker-X, dual slalom, freeride or downhill
routes. Bad Wildbad's Downhill 1 route is considered one of the most
demanding downhill routes in Germany. In April 2019, the Federal Court
of Justice and the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart ruled in favor of
the city of Bad Wildbad in the case between the city and the operator of
the downhill route regarding the transport of bikers. A conceptual
realignment is planned from 2021.
Forest outdoor pool Calmbach
The
indoor pool has been closed. A demolition is planned.
According to Klaus Mack's announcement at the end of October 2019,
construction of the Kälbling wind farm should start by the end of 2020
at the latest. The three planned wind turbines should cover around 60
percent of Wildbad's electricity needs. The developer and project
manager is EnBW.
There are also five e-charging stations in the
city area.
In 1906, the town of Bad Wildbad built a hydroelectric
power plant next to König-Karl-Straße on the site where a sawmill
previously used the river water. In 1997 the two turbines were
overhauled and the generators replaced with new technology.
Performances of the annual Rossini opera and concert festival in
Wildbad
Every year in summer, the Enz site is illuminated with
brilliant fireworks.
Bad Wildbad is the venue for the annual iXS
German Downhill Cup (last in 2014).
Winter magic in the Kurpark – The
Christmas market always takes place on the first weekend in December.
Aichelberg Forest Christmas with a living nativity scene with Joseph,
Mary, Jesus child, shepherds, angels, donkeys and sheep on Christmas Eve
Walk around the Pelzmärtle and Christkindle in the districts of
SpRollenhaus, Nonnenmiß and Christophshof on Christmas Eve
If there
is enough snow, the traditional barrel stave race takes place on the
Sommerberg in winter. The slightly curved barrel staves with strap
bindings once served as a replacement for skis.
Fautsburg circular
hiking trail and quality hiking trail Aichelberger Traumtour.
Bad-Wildbad-Kristi:
Schmälzle and the Herbs of Death by Linda
Graze
Swabian Dreams by Klaus Wanninger
Novel based on historical
events with local reference:
Berry Summer by Inge Barth-Grözinger
Historical elaboration:
The Grail Trail of Calw by Hans Georg Heide
Wildbad is the setting for the first chapters of Wilkie Collins' (1866)
novel Armadale.
In the district of Calmbach there is a local history and rafting
museum.
In the district of Aichelberg, the Gottscheer Stube is in
memory of a German-speaking community who were expelled from their
homeland in the area of former Yugoslavia due to the aftermath of the
world wars. A room with exhibits commemorating the culture and history
of this ethnic group.
Christian Gottlieb Wunderlich (1780–1843), theologian and teacher
Karl von Hofacker (1794–1866), lawyer, judge and member of the Landtag
Ludwig Hofacker (1798–1828), pastor
Ludwig Seeger (1810–1864),
Württemberg author, politician (Paulskirche) and translator
(Aristophanes)
Wilhelm von Gültlingen (1834–1898), lawyer, member of
the Landtag and Reichstag
Karl Blumenthal (1866–1944), Württemberg
court photographer
Werner Keller (1930-2018), born in Calmbach,
Germanist and literary scholar, university professor, honorary president
of the Goethe Society
Götz Bechtle (1939-2023), local historian
Ernst Zündel (1939-2017), born in Calmbach, author and publicist,
Holocaust denier
Robin Hack (born August 27, 1998 in Pforzheim),
football player
Well-known personalities in Wildbad are the spa doctors von Renz and
Justinus Kerner.
Karl Wilhelm Bauerle (English: Bowerley), * 1831 in
Endersbach (today in Weinstadt), † 1912 in Aichelberg (Black Forest;
today in Bad Wildbad), was a painter in London, since 1869 at the court
of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, since 1876 as an
English citizen. Angered by the British war against the Boers, he moved
to Germany.
Georg Sick (1861-1937), Pour-le-Mérite recipient, the
order was the highest award of the Kingdom of Prussia during the First
World War.
Duke Karl Alexander concluded a contract (letter of
protection) with the Jewish merchant Joseph Süsskind Oppenheimer. The
anti-Semitic film Jud Süss is based on this.
Tennis player Marcello
Craca grew up in Bad Wildbad.
The economist and financial scientist
Rudolf Hickel, * 1942 in Nuremberg, grew up in Bad Wildbad.
Count Hans von Helfenstein was cathedral dean in Strasbourg, but as a
critic of the church he had to flee. In 1476 he found refuge on the
Fautsburg in the mountain towns near Aichelberg and Hünerberg.
In the
1630s, during the Thirty Years' War, Johann Valentin Andreae first found
refuge in Neuweiler with the local pastor's family when he fled from
Calw. In Neuweiler, the inscription of one of his children, who died in
Neuweiler and was buried there, can still be found on a tombstone by the
church in the local churchyard. When Andreae was no longer safe in
Neuweiler either, he fled to Aichelberg and was able to flee from the
army of the Catholic Emperor. As punishment, however, the richest farmer
from Aichelberg was burned to death, along with his farm and family.
Johannes Brenz, the famous Württemberg reformer, received the Fautsburg
as a fief from the Duke of Württemberg between 1561 and 1570.