For more information about the village vacation in the Black Forest
Gastgeber, die euch gerne ihre Heimat zeigen. Produzenten, die mit Sorgfalt und Liebe regionale Lebensmittel herstellen – welche ihr vor Ort probieren könnt. Und eine Umgebung voller Wiesen und Wälder, die Kindern die Möglichkeit gibt, unbeschwert draußen zu spielen. Und Erwachsenen, endlich mal wieder durchzuatmen. Village vacation in the Black Forest fühlt sich etwa so an wie Sommerferien früher. Zum Beispiel in Loßburg.
Stück für Stück holt der kleine Benedikt die rohen Eier aus dem mobilen Hühnerstall und übergibt sie ganz vorsichtig an Carla Staiger, die im Schwarzwald-Örtchen Loßburg-Schömberg gemeinsam mit einigen Gleichgesinnten den großen alten Hofbauernhof bewirtschaftet. Benedikt macht mit seinen Eltern und der kleinen Schwester Lina Sommerferien in Loßburg. Die beiden Kinder laufen fröhlich zwischen den Hühnern auf der sonnigen Wiese umher. Davor haben sie die Schwäbisch- Hällischen Landschweine mit Heu gefüttert – Exemplare einer alten Nutztierrasse. Sind Kettcar im Hof gefahren. Und haben mit ihren Eltern im Hofladen eingekauft. Schade, dass nicht Freitag ist. Da hätte, zumindest zu normalen Zeiten, auch noch das Hofcafé offen, wo’s neben Kaffee auch selbstgebackenen Kuchen gibt.
Lossburg has joined forces with 20 other communities in the region to form the "Black Forest Village Holiday". The concept: The hosts welcome vacationers like friends and show them what makes their own homeland special. This includes friendly overnight accommodations, small manufactories and producers, in short, villages where the world is still in order. Who would like, can for example also a picnic with regional specialities with its village vacation host before-order. Or buy a "Vesperdäschle" with products at the Lossburg Information.
By train comfortably and without traffic jams to Lossburg: Plan arrival.
Benedikt and Lina are clearly enjoying their carefree vacation in the Black Forest - and so are their parents. During the water adventure round in Zauberland at Lake Kinzig, they are laughing and fighting at the station with the big water spray guns, while the little ones jump away shrieking. Clearly too wet ... The nature discovery trail around the water was built at the Kinzigursprung and offers a water playground as well as several hands-on stations - and simply a stream in which to play.
Change of scene. This time, the adults have determined the program - a climb up the Vogtei Tower. It's made of steel, so you can see all the way down through the steps. But even more beautiful are the panoramic views that you can enjoy from the top over the landscape and the ridges of the Black Forest. The parents are now pushing a bit to hurry, they still want to buy organic cheese for dinner at Conni's cheese factory on the Schwenkenhof. "You can watch the cows grazing there," the parents explain to the little ones. "And maybe there are even little calves." The argument works wonders. Benedikt and Lina nimbly climb back down the Vogtei tower. Off to the Schwenkenhof!
There is some hustle and bustle there right now, a mother cow is actually calving and she needs help. But Cornelia Reich still takes time for the family. And while the two children are peacefully laying puzzles on the floor (there is an extra basket of children's toys for little visitors), the parents are sampling the specialties in Conny's cheese factory. Reich explains that she likes to experiment, refining cheese with herbs and other regional ingredients. She hands them a spicy cheese with a slight hint of spruce over the counter - fitting for the Black Forest. Young needle tips provide a spicy, tangy aroma. Benedikt and Lina have finished the puzzle and visit the small self-service refrigerator with milk and yogurt outside with their dad while their mother is still paying.
"And what are we going to do tomorrow?" Lina wants to know in the evening, when her eyes almost fall shut in the bed with the checkered bedding. "Surprise," her mother answers and gives the little girl a kiss on the cheek.
Well, that's really a bit unexpected the next morning: "Come on, Frida, come and bring the others with you," says Esther Föttinger from the Kultierhof to her kids, and after a short hesitation they run after Frida and Esther. A little inspection of the place with a wild gang of goats. Esther Föttinger tells us that the family bought the farm a few years ago. "Goats are such emphatic animals," she says, "I'm not quite sure why, but I've actually always wanted some." Here in Betzweiler-Wälde near Lossburg, the goats are not slaughtered, not even milked. Going for a hike with visitors every now and then is their only job. Benedikt walks around grinning among the goats - he can't believe it: walking with goats! Amazingly, the animal troop somehow stays together, walks with the guests through the alleys for a rather brisk quarter of an hour - and then back to the stable. No one escapes. But Esther Föttinnger always finds such excursions a bit exciting.
There are special people in Lossburg who ensure that old traditions are allowed to live on. In the mill world on the Heimbach, for example. Karl-Heinz Mäder, whose family used to own mills here, shows the family how such an old saw gets going. His small, friendly Mühlenwelt am Heimbach wants to keep the craft of sawmilling alive. In his restaurant "Obere Mühle" regional, simple and very tasty specialties are served. And there is also a small hiking trail. Karl-Heinz Mäder turns the knobs of the saw, tries, curses, tries again and in the end laughs. The old monster starts moving, groaning and creaking and making a deafening noise. The saw blades rattle, the colossal spruce trunk is split into beams. In the past, people used to go to the pub while the saws were in operation, says Karl-Heinz Mäder - because the procedure could take quite a while. "But I prefer to stick with it, the Viertele is later at my restaurant."
The goats from the Kultierhof go for a walk in the village © Oliver Raatz
