I decided to take a break and stay in a small town outside Baden Baden. Sinzheim is only a 40 minute bus ride away from Baden Baden. I decided to just walk around this area for two days and relax at the Hotel Haus am See (house by the lake). There is not much around here but I enjoyed the breakfast (and made a sandwich to take with me for lunch later). The restaurant was pretty good as well.
I did walk up the hill near the hotel to get to the Fremersberg Tower overlooking the Black Forest, which is so named due to the dark evergreen forests. Did you know cuckoo clocks originated here and are the background for the stories of the Brother Grimm. As I walked through the woods I noticed the large amount of holly, fir, and pine here. It was a beautiful but exhausting walk up and back down (still working on retaining my fitness after the knee replacement.)
The tower is currently used for telecommunications and tourism, having been rebuilt in the 1960’s to replace the original one from the 19th century that was made of stone.
The view from the top of the tower was amazing.
I still wonder where in this area my ancestors came from. I never thought to ask my grandmother if she knew more specifics of my ancestors.