Solden
Built around the medieval St Fides priory, Sölden grew into a small residential village on the western edge of the Black Forest. It lies in the Hexental, a valley south of Freiburg im Breisgau where wooded slopes meet the open Upper Rhine Plain. The former priory is Sölden’s defining historic monument; its church and monastic buildings recall the settlement’s religious origins. Farms, meadows and scattered homes occupy the gentler ground, while the surrounding hills give the community a distinctly rural setting despite its proximity to Freiburg. Sölden belongs to Baden-Württemberg’s Breisgau region, shaped by the transition from the Rhine lowlands to the Black Forest.
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Sölden occupies the upper Hexental valley on the western fringe of the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. Though close to Freiburg im Breisgau, it retains the scale of a small Breisgau settlement, with wooded slopes rising behind its built-up centre. The former Sölden Abbey provides its defining historical reference: it began as a Benedictine convent in the Middle Ages, and its church and monastic buildings remain central to the village. These foothills lie between the Rhine plain and the higher Black Forest, linking cultivated fields and vineyards with forested walking country. Browse additional webcams from the Hexental and southern Black Forest to extend your view of this corner of Baden-Württemberg.
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