The Murg as a leisure paradise
The Murg offers wonderful bathing spots. The water repeatedly forms large "pools" that invite you to swim. If you like, you can explore the bed of the Murg by hopping from stone to stone and thus get from one bathing spot to another. The Murg offers a wonderful natural playground, especially for children. This is possible between Raumünzach and Forbach, where the Murg still flows in its original bed.
Kayaking in the Murg
The Murg is an insider tip for kayakers. Especially in spring, when snowmelt or winter floods cause the water level to rise, they cavort on the Murg. With their small, manoeuvrable boats, they effortlessly negotiate rapids and small weirs.
Fresh spring water from the side valleys of the Murg
Numerous streams feed the Murg with fresh spring water. They have their source in the side valleys, which were cleared by the inhabitants around 300 years ago and turned into hay meadows. Tyrolean immigrants brought the construction method of the small hay huts with them. The stream water used to be used to irrigate the meadows. Today, the hay hut valleys are part of a unique cultural landscape in the Black Forest and are extremely popular with hikers.
The bed of the Murg opens up at Hörden
The Murg now flows more leisurely through the wide riverbed. It glides peacefully along in the glistening sunshine. The wide Murg dam is used by many people as a walking path. In the days of rafting, tree trunks were collected in Hörden, tied together to form rafts and sent on their journey across the Rhine towards Holland. Many tools and artefacts from that time can now be found in the "Haus Kast" rafting museum in Hörden.
The Murg flows into the Rhine
After its interesting and varied course through steep gorges, over huge boulders, past meadows and forests, villages and towns, the Murg has reached its destination after 72 kilometres - it flows into the Rhine at Steinmauern and has experienced a total difference in altitude of 595 metres.
