A  railway  through  the  Kinzigthal,  which  higher  up  is  called  the  Vor-
dere  Lehngerieht,  is  now  in  progress;  it  will  lead  to  Schiltach,  Alpirsbach,
and  Freudenstadt.  The  road  ascends  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Kinzig,
passing  the  picturesque  chapel  of  St.  Jakob,  on  the  slope  to  the  right.  At
(3  M.)  Halbmeil  (Zum  Engel;  Lowe)  it  crosses  to  the  left  bank.  Then
(6  M.)  Sehiltath  (1118  ft. ;  *  Krone;  Ochs),  an  old  town  situated  at  the  union
of  the  Schiltach  and  the  Kinzig,  with  a  modern  church,  and  a  ruined  castle
on  a  hill.  A  good  road  leads  through  the  SchHtachthal  C Sinter e  Lehn-
geriehf)^  which  here  opens  on  the  S.,  to  (6*/i  M.)  Sehramberg  (see  below;
127?  M.  from  Wolfach).  —  3  M.  Schenkentell  (Sonne  -,  Ochs ;  Drei  Konige),
the  next  village  in  the  Kinzigthal,  carries  on  an  extensive  traffic  in  tim-
ber. An  arm  of  the  Kinzig  here  descends  from  the  17.,  from  the  Reinerzau,
a  picturesque  valley,  through  which  a  road  leads  to  Vormthal  (*L.inde),
Be  meek  (Traube),  and  (13Vs  M.)  Freudenstadt  (p.  339).  The  last  village  in
the  Kinzigthal  is  (4'/2  M. ;  12'/*  M.  from  Wolfach)  Alpirsbaeh  CLihoe ;  Schwa*),
which  carries  on  a  considerable  traffic  in  timber  and  straw-hats.  The
church,  a  Romanesque  building  of  the  12th  cent.,  contains  the  tombs  of
some  members  of  the  Hoheneollern  family  (14-15th  cent.);  in  the  porch
the  tusk  of  a  mammoth  has  hung  from  time  immemorial.  High-road
hence  through  the  Ehlenbogenthal  to  (12  H.)  Freudenstadt;  another  to
Fluorn  and  (101/*  M.)  Oberndorf  on  the  Upper  Neckar  railway  (comp.  Bae-
deker's 8.  Germany).
