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Wolfsgrube Shooting Lodge – Absalom’s Tomb (Stone Cairn) loop from Offenburg

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Wolfsgrube Shooting Lodge – Absalom’s Tomb (Stone Cairn) loop from Offenburg

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Wolfsgrube Shooting Lodge – Absalom’s Tomb (Stone Cairn) loop from Offenburg

02:57

32.2km

800m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

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9.61 km

Hexenstein

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You have to look very closely to see something in your imagination

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11.9 km

Trail to Wolfsgrube and the Sports Hut

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It is not part of the "official" route, but a nice, not too difficult section through the pine forest

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12.2 km

Wolfsgrube

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice place to stop and eat, with the animals and the playground there is also a small play area for children

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12.2 km

The "Wolfsgrube" is located directly on the forest with a beautiful view over Offenburg, Zell-Weierbach. There are simple, very good dishes such as tarte flambée. The children enjoy a playground, the adults enjoy Baden wine. A beautiful place in nature at the edge of the forest to relax and enjoy.

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14.3 km

View of the Rhine Valley and Vosges

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Great view of the Rhine valley with the Vosges.

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17.9 km

Absalom’s Tomb (Stone Cairn)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Absalom's tomb? In the black Forest? At least that's surprising. I think that when you hike in the Black Forest you will come across wolf pits, fountains and - if you like - Steineckle and Lindle, that's to be expected. But Absalom's tomb?
Since it seemed quite unbelievable that the people around Ohlsbach call their children Absalom, I did some research. And, well, Absalom's grave looks a lot like the cairn in the Black Forest. Only that it is still standing, in the Kidron Valley, at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Even if there was a fire in 2016. First of all, one has to say that the Absalom could perhaps also lie under a heap of rubble in the Black Forest, because it has been proven that it never lay in "Absalom's grave". As the son of King David and half-brother of Solomon, the man was much too old. The tomb dates from the 1st c. and belonged to an aristocratic family, name unknown. Over the centuries, the tomb has been called this and that, including: Tomb of Hezekiah, Tower of Jehoshaphat, Cooking Pot, or Pharaoh's Hat.
Absalom would not have deserved such a nice grave either, because he raised his hand against his father. And wanted to be king himself. He dies in the ensuing war: riding on a mule, Absalom's long hair gets caught in the branches of a tree and he is killed. King David is said to have mourned his son greatly. And what about Absalom and the Black Forest? Tourism marketing gives clear indications: after a while we reach Absalom's tomb. According to an old legend, we throw a stone at it so that the forest spirit cannot escape.
So unless we throw a stone on the cairn so that the forest spirit can't escape and climb past the Lindle to the Türmle, if a mountain biker doesn't run over us. danielmarschall.de/halber-kilometer-bis-zu-absaloms-grab

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