page_title: Merzhausen
section_title: Sport, Recreation and Nature
hierarchical_section_title: Merzhausen / Culture and Tourist Attractions / Sport, Recreation and Nature
caption_attribution_description: Bürgerbad Merzhausen
context_page_description: Merzhausen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
context_section_description: There is a swimming pool in Merzhausen which has a sauna, sunbathing area and an outdoor pool for small children.
  In the middle of town, there is a sports hall with a beach volleyball arena as well as at the renaturised Dorfbach there is a wading pool. On the border with Au, the sports facilities of VfR Merzhausen have tennis courts and a sports hall.
  Merzhausen is the starting point for the historical Bettlerpfad (Begger's Path), one of the old connections, which is still used to this day as a public footpath, to Freiburg via Staufen im Breisgau and Salzburg to Badenweiler.
  The village also has a lot of breathtaking nature, so much so that in 2015 successful breeding pairs of long-eared owl have been observed in a garden on the Schlossweg and been documented.
caption: Merzhausen Swimming Pool
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