Alb-Neckar cycle path

Alb-Neckar cycle path
overall length	213 km
location	Baden-Württemberg
Starting point	Ulm
Target point	Heilbronn
Flooring	predominantly paved roads or unpaved gravel roads
Height difference	lowest point: 152 m; ; highest point: 856 m
difficulty	light
Traffic volume	largely with little traffic on cycle paths
Website URL	Tourismus-bw.de

The Alb-Neckar Cycle Path runs over 213 kilometers as a long -distance cycle path from Ulm to Heilbronn through the Stuttgart metropolitan region . It also crosses the eastern part of the Swabian Alb biosphere area . During its course the Alb-Neckar-Radweg overcomes 2100 vertical meters uphill and 2416 vertical meters downhill. The cycle path is usually shown on maps with the abbreviation AN .

Characteristic

One of the demanding sides of the path is overcoming the main European watershed in a low mountain range near Westerheim , where the ascent and descent through the high-lying watershed Atlantic - Black Sea is predetermined. The path is not only characterized by the elevations of the Swabian Alb , but also by the gently sloping river valleys. The following are to be named as examples:

Danube valley near Ulm
Blautal at Blaustein and Blaubeuren
Filstal near Göppingen
Remstal between Lorch and Remseck
Neckar valley before Heilbronn

Historical sights along the route

Ruins, castles and palaces

The blades flintlock over the Blautal is achieved in Blaustein.
The Hohengerhausen ruin , the so-called Rusenschloß , becomes visible even before Blaubeuren.
The Reußenstein castle ruins at the beginning of the Neidlinger Valley can be seen on the bike path , standing on a rock.
The Limburg near Weilheim whose surface is of volcanic origin, is almost entirely surrounded by the bike path.
The last two witness mountains of the Swabian Alb that the cycle path reaches at the foot of the mountain: Hohenstaufen with Stauferburg (left) and Rechberg (right in the background), two of three Kaiserberge .

Historic monastery complex

The Söflingen monastery with its wide area becomes visible on the bike path at the end of Ulm.
The Blaubeuren monastery on the Blautopf is a former Benedictine monastery and is a stop on the bike path.
The cycle path in Göppingen leads to the old Faurndau monastery , which dates back to the Romanesque period.
The Lorch Monastery is reached in the Rems Valley. It was once the home of the Hohenstaufen monastery .