This dataset contains ESRI shapefiles of mapped glacial landforms, i.e., initial cirques, cirques, moraines, and moraine crests in the region formerly occupied by the former Haslach glacier in the southern Black Forest (48° N, 8° E WGS 1984), south-west Germany. The last glaciation maximum ice extent of the former Haslach glacier, inferred from ice-marginal moraines, is also provided. Geomorphological mapping was undertaken for the selection of suitable sites for beryllium-10 surface exposure dating of moraine-boulder surfaces for the establishment of a regional glacier chronology. The mapping of glacial landforms in the region formerly occupied by the former Haslach glacier in the southern Black Forest involved the interpretation of derivatives of the high-resolution DGM1 digital elevation model (xy-resolution: 1 m) of the State Agency for Geoinformation and Land Development (LGL) of the state of Baden-Württemberg, freely available at: https://opengeodata.lgl-bw.de/#/(sidenav:product/3) (last access: 6 February 2025), coupled with extensive field campaigns in 2020-2022 CE. To achieve the greatest possible accuracy during the mapping of glacial landforms, exposures were inspected, if available. The shapefiles can be opened with open-source geographic information system software. The coordinate reference system of the shapefiles is EPSG 25832: ETRS89 / UTM Zone 32N (https://epsg.io/25832, last access: 6 February 2025).
The aim of data collection was the reconstruction of the chronology and extent of the Late Pleistocene glaciation around the boundary between the central and northern Black Forest. This research has been undertaken as part of the 'Chronology of the last glaciation of low mountainous areas in Central Europe' project (funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)). This project is granted to Felix Martin Hofmann (see https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/534739108?language=en, last access: 13 June 2025). As a first step towards comprehensive glacier reconstruction, glacial geomorphological mapping according to present-day standard in the field of glacial geomorphology must be undertaken, allowing for the selection of suitable targets for dating campaigns. Previous cirque and moraine mapping led to valuable datasets but the adopted approach for the acquisition of data does not comply with up-to-date approaches in geomorphological mapping. Hence, a mapping campaign was undertaken to critically evaluate previous work on the region of interest to achieve the greatest possible accuracy during mapping. The acquired data represent the base of a manuscript which has been submitted to the Journal of Geomorphology for consideration for publication.