Bollschweil: Geiersnest, St. Ulrich
St. Ulrich and Geiersnest combine dispersed Black Forest farm country with Bollschweil’s enduring monastic heritage in a way that reflects their position on the region’s western foothills. St. Ulrich is a small settlement in the Möhlin valley south of Freiburg im Breisgau, where meadows, orchards and wooded ridges create a distinctly rural setting. The former monastery of St. Ulrich was founded in 1087 by Ulrich of Zell; its church and monastic buildings remain the settlement’s cultural centre. Geiersnest belongs to the rolling upland terrain above the valley within the municipality of Bollschweil. This is a transition zone between the Rhine Plain and the higher Black Forest, shaped by farming and woodland.
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Set between the foothills of the Black Forest and the Upper Rhine plain, Bollschweil is a community whose character is shaped by viticulture on the slopes of the Schönberg. South of Freiburg im Breisgau, it belongs to the Breisgau, where cultivated hills meet the broad Rhine lowland. The municipality also includes St. Ulrich, home to a former Cluniac priory founded in the 11th century; its monastic past remains an important thread in local identity. Country lanes, orchards and vine-covered ground lead from the settled valley toward woodland, marking the transition from the Rhine plain to the Black Forest. Continue with other webcams from southern Baden to see how this part of the Upper Rhine region connects regionally.
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