Location The Münstertal stretches from Staufen im Breisgau up into the Black Forest.

It divides into several side valleys and extends in the direction of Belchen (Schwarzwald), via the district of Stohren towards the Schauinsland and via the Münsterhalde towards Badenweiler.

The altitude of the Münstertal ranges from 380 m above sea level up to 1414 m on the summit of the Belchen, which represents a difference of 1060 meters.

The villages of Breitmatt, Diezelbach, Hasengrund, Laisacker, Landensberg, Langenbach, Lehengasse, Limberg, Rammelsbach, Sägerstrasse (Sägegasse), Sirnitz, Sirnitzgrund, Wildsbach, which were established between 1949 and 1950, are situated in Untermünstertal, and the villages of Fischmatte, Gufenbach, Hinterer Rotenbuck, Hof, Kaltwasser, Mulden, Münster (on the left), Münster (on the right), Neuhäuser (on the left), Neuhäuser (on the right), Prestenberg-Lehn, Süßenbrunn, Vorderer Rotenbuck, Upper Wasen, Lower Wasen and Ziegelplatz were established in 1960.

For a long time it was the village´s center and the starting point of the christianization of the southern part of the Black Forest.