Titisee-Neustadt

Titisee-Neustadt is a spa town of 12,000 people (2020) on the north shore of Lake Titisee, in the Black Forest. The spa known for its Kneipp hydrotherapeutic and curative methods. The town is also a winter sport center.

Understand

View from Hochfirst direction Titisee

• Tourist Information Titisee, Strandbadstraße 4, ☏ +49 7652 1206 - 8120, titisee@hochschwarzwald.de. M–F 09:00–18:00, Sa Su holidays 10:00–12:00. 

Get in

By train

Train from Freiburg, 2 per hour to Titisee station, 1 per hour to Neustadt.

By car

Titisee-Neustadt lies on Bundesstraße (Federal Highway) B 31 (Breisach - Lindau) which joins both the A 5 and A 81 north-south Autobahnen. From the B 31, the B 317 to Weil am Rhein branches off in the town. The B 500 likewise runs through Titisee-Neustadt. Also, the B 315 lies nearby.

Get around

Titisee and Neustadt are both rather compact, but despite sharing a mayor, they are too far apart to easily walk, so you should take a bike or bus between the two.

See

• 1 Lake Titisee. 1 km² lake  
• 2 Hochfirstschanze. Germany's biggest ski jump.  
• 3 Heimatstuben, Scheuerlenstraße 31, ☏ +49 7651 206-124. Local museum with information on the regions clock makers.  

Do

Walking is the principal activity in summer, with a network of well marked routes. There are numerous hiking trails around the municipality suitable for short walks or all-day hikes. Both north-south and east-west long-distance footpaths across the Black Forest pass through Titisee-Neustadt: of the three main north-south routes, the Westweg passes through Titisee and the Mittelweg through Neustadt, while the longest established east-west route, the Freiburg-Lake Constance Black Forest Trailpasses around the south and east shores of the lake and then climbs the Hochfirst. The European walking route E1 follows the route of the Westweg in this section.

Skiing takes over in winter, as long as there is enough snow.

The Hochfirst ski jump is Germany's largest natural ski jump that regularly hosts ski jump events like the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The Hochfirst jump was built in 1950.

Eat

A number of reasonably priced restaurants in Titisee serving traditional Black Forest fare. Also a Chinese and an Indian restaurant!

• 1 Bootshaus, Strandbadstr. 3, ☏ +49 7651 88161. 
• 2 Schwarzbrennerei, Seestraße 6, ☏ +49 7651 8192. 

Sleep

• 1 Jugendherberge Hinterzarten/Titisee (Youth Hostel Titisee-Neustadt/Veltishof), Bruderhalde 27, Hinterzarten, ☏ +49 7652 238. 
• 2 Hotel Sonnenmatte, Spriegelsbachstraße 5 - 8, ☏ +49 7651 8277. Family run hotel about a mile out of Titisee on the Neustadt road, bus 7257 every hour. Reasonable standard.