"Loeffingen at the Baar stands more than 1000 years" Löffingen by Loeffle

Löffingen Travel Guide: 24 reviews and 78 photos

Loeffingen seen from Reichberg - Löffingen

Black Forest, Wutach Canon, medieval trade town

Loeffingen's history began when Franc and Allemanic tribes settled the area between the 4th and 7th century. Thereafter Loeffingen became a centre of expansion of settlement into the Black Forest (starting after 1000).

But Loeffingen was also an important trading center (basically grain and agricultural goods) through the middle ages. Wealth of those times can be seen on the fassades of old houses in the city center.

Decline began in the 19th century when railroad tracks reached town too late to keep the market center position.

Today Loeffingen is basically a town to live in, within nice rather untouched nature.

Close to Black Forest (2 km) and the Wutachschlucht (also called Grand Canon of Europe) (5 km).
Some smaller rather rural villages belong to Loeffingen now.

If you look for a quiet cozy and rather cheap place to stay in during your Black Forest holiday (Titisee is just 15 mins away, Freiburg 45 mins, Lake of Constanze 1 hour), Loeffingen is your place to go to.

The city even has an own fun park with some zoo (Schwarzwaldpark, 2 km's nw of the city) and three public swimming pools.

Culture is also important in Loeffingen, and the mayor does a lot to improove exhibitions and things like that.

Climate is also an advantage. Summers are usually warm, but not hot (~ 30?C), winters can be cold, but non stop sun for two weeks is not a rare thing then.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Quiet, nice landscape, good and healthy climate, wide range of sleeping places (from bed and breakfast to hotels), Schwarzwaldpark, Wutachschlucht, culture, cheap
Cons:not in the spotlight of tourism, no "loud" attractions
In a nutshell:Give it a try, and safe money

Last visit to Löffingen: Aug 2004
Intro Updated Aug 29, 2004
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himalia11 Jul 14, 2010 at 1:32 PM

Nice page - going there next week!
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pepples46 Oct 28, 2003 at 4:37 PM

die Wutach Schlucht..hab mir ne Blase gelaufen, hab trotzdem schoene Erinnerungen.....thanks for a great virtual trip Andreas ^..^
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vesna04 Sep 13, 2003 at 2:12 AM

Absolutely great page:))
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jide08 Jun 6, 2003 at 6:19 AM

Good tips I will consider when I go back to the region next year.
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globetrott Jun 5, 2003 at 5:41 PM

I never heared of this place, but it sounds interesting !
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satara May 27, 2003 at 3:41 AM

Good comments about hiking, it's easy to understand you know what you say:) keep up the good work Andreas:)
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KiNyA May 10, 2003 at 6:15 AM

Very informative tip. I'll be back for more :-)
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chicabonita May 10, 2003 at 5:30 AM

Hab ja von dem Ort noch nie gehört! :-) aber jetzt weiß ich ja, dass das "the place to be" ist. LG Barbara