Kandel, Mountain shelter near Kandel summit in Black Forest, Germany

Kandel is a mountain in the Black Forest with a shelter located at approximately 1,200 meters (3,900 ft) elevation that provides refuge to hikers. The building sits at an exposed position and offers wide views across the surrounding forested landscape.

The Kandel's summit carries a stone viewing pyramid with a memorial plaque to fallen comrades of the Badische Gebirgs-Artillerie and Infanterie-Geschütz-Batterie, 1914–1918. The old Kandelhotel on the pass road was demolished in 2019 and replaced in 2021 by the Gasthof Bergwelt Kandel. The chapel St. Pius was built in 1957/1958.

In the early modern period the Kandel was called the "Blocksberg of the Black Forest", and the lower Elz valley was a centre of witch-hunting in Germany. Walpurgis Night is still observed here as a custom, and a local legend tells of the witch Gfällrote. The upper part of the Großer Kandelfels, the Teufelskanzel, broke off on Walpurgis Night 1981; a broom found in the rubble belonged to Peter Rambach, a rock mechanic who had secured the rock in the preceding months.

The Kandel pass road climbs 926 metres over 12 kilometres at an average gradient of 7.7 percent, and a bus from St. Peter reaches the Kandel Rasthaus on the saddle up to eight times daily; the direct bus from Waldkirch was discontinued in 2013. Several summit circular trails also lead to the rock formations on the steep northwest face. The mountain rescue station of the Bergwacht Schwarzwald stands on the saddle.

The upper part of the Großer Kandelfels, the Teufelskanzel, broke off on Walpurgis Night 1981; about 2,000 cubic metres of rock fell. A broom found in the rubble belonged to Peter Rambach, a rock mechanic who had secured the cliff months earlier.