Carriages  and  omnibus  at  the  station  and  hotels  according  to  tariff:
to  Allerheiligen ,  one-horse  9,  two -horse  14  m.;  to  the  Brigi t tens ch loss,
two-horse,  10  m.
Baths  in  the  Acher,  20  pf.,  tickets  at  the  hotels:

Aehern  (480  ft.),  a  thriving  little  town,  lies  at  the  mouth  of  the
Kappeler  Thai.  The  market-place  is  adorned  with  a  monument  to
the  Grand  Duke  Leopold  (d.  1852).  The  large  Lunatic  Asylum  of
IUenau  (near  Aehern)  has  accommodation  for  400  patients.  Hence
through  the  Kappeler  Thai  to  Allerheiligen,  see  p.  341 ;  diligence
to  (7  M.)  Ottenhofen  once  daily.
At  Sasbach,  l'/s  M.  N.  of  Aehern,  the  French  Marshal  Turenne  fell  in
1675  during  an  engagement  with  the  Imperial  General  Hontecuccoli.  The
spot  is  marked  by  an  obelisk  in  grey  granite,  erected  by  the  French  gov-
ernment in  1829  on  the  site  of  the  old  monument.
Pleasant  walk  (1  hr.)  past  the  new  Erlenbad  to  the  ruins  of  Jfeu-
windeck  or  Lau/er  Schloss,  perched  on  a  precipitous  rock  above  the  village
of  Lav/.  From  Lauf  by  Neuwindeck  or  Qlashiltte  to  the  top  of  the  liornis-
grinde  (p.  340),  3-37*  hrs.  —  The  BrigittenschloM  (or  Bohenroder  Schlots),
6  M.  from  Aehern,  is  insignificant  as  a  ruin,  but  commands  a  noble  pro-
spect. Halfway  the  road  passes  through  Basbachwalden  (Badischer  Hof ;
*Rebstock),  a  beautifully-situated  village.
19  M.  Renehen  (Adler),  with  2300  inhab.,  at  the  mouth  of  the
Renchthal.  A  monument  was  erected  in  1879  to  H.  J.  von  Grim-
melshausen,  the  author  of  'Simpllcissimus',  who  died  here  in  1676.
—  22  M.  Appenweier  (Krone;  Adler;  Railway  Hotel) ,  a  village
with  1400  inhabitants.  The  railways  to  Strassburg  and  to  Oppenau
(see  p.  342)  diverge  here  from  the  main  line  (change  carriages).
