Loop path
Around the lake.
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The Mummelsee is a lake on the western slope of the Hornisgrinde in the northern Black Forest, Germany, about 18 km south of Baden-Baden in a straight line. It is one of the most popular stops for travellers on the Black Forest High Road. It is the largest of the Black Forest's seven cirque lakes, with a circumference of about 800 metres, the deepest at 17 metres and the highest at 1,036 metres. The name probably comes from a local word for the white water lilies that once grew there in great numbers. Legend says a water nymph and the King of the Mummelsee live in the lake. Steep, densely forested slopes of spruce rise on the north, west and east, mirrored in the dark, still water. On the flat southern shore stands a mountain hotel with a red roof and a small boat landing. Visitors walk the path around the lake, some rent rowing boats, and others climb the Hornisgrinde, at 1,163 metres the highest mountain in the northern Black Forest. It gets busy at summer weekends, so mornings are quieter.
Around the lake.
Steep slopes.
A nearby summit.
Black Forest High Road, near Seebach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Yes, rowing boats.
Mornings are quieter.