Batzenberg, Vineyard ridge in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Batzenberg is a mountain ridge in Baden-Württemberg that extends across the landscape and offers several hiking trails. The area is shaped by vineyards and provides views over the surrounding valleys.

The area held military importance during the Thirty Years War in the 17th century when armies operated in the region. Later, it developed into a center of wine production.

The ridge's name is tied to the Gutedel grape, which Margrave Karl Friedrich introduced from Lake Geneva in 1780; it now dominates the 376-hectare vineyard. Since 2021 the 360° Weinblick panorama trail, created by the wine and hospitality sectors with Schallstadt, Ehrenkirchen and Pfaffenweiler, crosses the slope, and the Genussregion Batzenberg association maintains it.

The four-kilometre ridge path is almost level and built as an agricultural track accessible to people with disabilities, with open views to the Rhine plain and the Black Forest. The five-kilometre wine trail has information boards on grape varieties and passes the 1976 Pfropfreben monument and the 1847 Steinhauerkreuz. The 360° Weinblick panorama trail, opened in 2021, runs just under seven kilometres through the vineyards of Schallstadt, Ehrenkirchen and Pfaffenweiler.

Modern infrastructure plans could reshape the area, as a railway tunnel through the ridge has been proposed. This project would simplify the train route and reduce travel times.