Albaufstieg
In Baden-Württemberg , the Albaufstieg is a traffic route that connects the so-called Alb foreland with the plateau of the Swabian Alb . As a rule, these are mountain roads, occasionally also railway lines . Between Lauchheim (near Aalen ) in the north-east and Dürbheim (near Tuttlingen ) in the south-west, over a distance of approx. 140 kilometers as the crow flies, around 80 ascent roads - also known as Albsteig - as well as five railway lines overcome the natural obstacle. The best known are the Albaufstieg as part of the A8 and the Geislinger Steige as part of the Filstalbahn . Other well-known climbs lead to the Alb plateau as Steigenstraße on federal roads 466 , 10 , 28 , 465 and 312 . As a special feature, the B 465 leads twice to the Alb - once near Lenningen and once near Bad Urach .
The traffic routes lead steeply over the - usually densely wooded - Albtrauf , overcoming a difference in altitude of 150 to 350 meters . Roads usually run upwards in serpentines . They always have their starting point in the Neckar catchment area , and reach their highest point when passing the European main watershed between the Rhine and the Danube . The forest ends at the highest point, from there the terrain and its course then drop flat towards the Danube. They are usually named after their starting point ( Heubacher Steige , Seeburger Steige ) or their destination ( Holzelfinger Steige , Stöttener Steige ). In individual cases, however, they also have names without such reference ( Hanner Steige , Stuhlsteige ) or are completely nameless. The names are mostly unofficial, sometimes several names are used in competition. The Steigen from Geislingen an der Steige , however, are also officially signposted.
List of asphalt climbs to the Alb
Elaborately routed Alb ascent of the Härtsfeldbahn
Near Westhausen: Albaufstieg on the A 7
The Albaufstieg on the A8 at Wiesensteig
Drackensteiner slope
The climbs are arranged geographically from northeast to southwest.
| Surname | starting point | target | Street |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapfenburger Steige / Kapfenburgsteige |
Lauchheim | Kapfenburg | L 1076 |
| Alb ascent of the A 7 with Agnesburg tunnel | Westhausen | Alb plateau near Waldhausen | A 7 |
| Himmlinger Steige | Himmlingen | Alb plateau near Waldhausen | L 1080 |
| Waldhäuser Steige | Undercooking | Alb plateau near Waldhausen | K 3291 |
| Ebnater Steige | Undercooking | Ebnat | L 1084 |
| (nameless) | Oberkochen | pagan | Municipal road |
| Tauchweiler Steige | Essingen | Diving hamlet | Municipal road |
| Essinger Steige | Essingen | Lauterburg | L 1165 |
| Lauterburger Steige | Purify | Lauterburg | K 3282 |
| Heubacher Steige | Heubach | Alb plateau near Bartholomä | L 1162 |
| Weißensteiner Steige | Weissenstein | Alb plateau near Böhmenkirch | B 466 |
| Messelbergsteige / Messelsteige |
Donzdorf | Alb plateau near cutlings | K 1401 |
| Kuchalber Steige | Donzdorf | Kuchalb | Municipal road |
| Stöttener Steige | Geislingen an der Steige | Stötten | K 1400 |
| Treffelhauser Steige | Lower rye mill | Treffelhausen | K 1449 |
| Steinenkircher Steige | Lower rye mill | Steinenkirch | L 1221 |
| Waldhauser Steige | Eybach | Waldhausen | L 1164 |
| Weiler Steige | Geislingen an der Steige | Hamlet above Helfenstein | K 1441 |
| Geislinger Steige | Geislingen an der Steige | Amstetten | B 10 |
| Türkheimer Steige | Geislingen an der Steige | Alb plateau near Türkheim | L 1230 |
| Ditzenbacher Steige | Bad Ditzenbach | Schonderhöhe | K 1436 |
| Krähensteige / Neue Steige |
Gosbach | Alb plateau at the Krähenstein | Municipal road |
| Drackensteiner Steige | Gosbach | Oberdrackenstein | K 1447 |
| Drackensteiner slope / Alb descent |
Mühlhausen in the valley | Alb plateau near Hohenstadt | A 8 down |
| no name | Mühlhausen in the valley | Donkey farms | Municipal road |
| Albaufstieg (A 8) | Mühlhausen in the valley | Alb plateau near Hohenstadt | A 8 upwards |
| Westerheimer Steige | Wiesensteig | Alb plateau near Hohenstadt | L 1236 |
| Wiesensteiger Steige | Wiesensteig | Crossing L 1200 / K 1430 | L 1200 |
| Bläsibergsteige | Wiesensteig | Bläsiberg | L 1200 / municipal road |
| Neidlinger Steige | Envious people | Alb plateau at the corner courtyards | L 1200 |
| Hepsis-sour slope | Hepsisau | Alb plateau at peat pit | L 1212 |
| Bissinger Steige / Ochsenwanger Steige |
Bissingen on the Teck | Ochsenwang | K 1250 |
| (Old) Lenninger Steige / Krebssteinsteige |
Oberlenningen | Alb plateau near Krebsstein | Municipal road - closed, no longer released for motor vehicles |
| Gutenberger Steige | Gutenberg | Alb plateau near Schopfloch | B 465 |
| Grabenstetter Steige | Lenninger Valley | Grabenstetten | L 1211 |
| Hochwanger Steige / Hochwangsteige |
Unterlenningen | Hochwang | K 1264 |
| Beurener Steige / Weiler Steige |
Beuren | Erkenbrechtsweiler | K 1262 |
| Neuffener Steige | Neuffen | Alb plateau near Hülben | L 1250 |
| (Old) Dettinger Steige | Dettingen -buchhalde | Alb plateau near Hülben | Municipal road |
| Hülbener Steige | Bad Urach | Pods | L 250 |
| Uracher Steige | Bad Urach | Grabenstetten | L 211 |
| Ulmer Steige | Bad Urach | Alb plateau near Hengen | B 28 |
| Wittlinger Steige | Crossing B 465 / K 6706 | Whiting | K 6706 |
| Hardtsteige | Seeburg | Alb plateau near Wittlingen | Municipal road |
| Fischburgtal | Seeburg | Hengen | L 245 |
| Uhenfelser Steige | Seeburg | Alb plateau near Trailfingen | Municipal road |
| Seeburger Steige | Seeburg | Alb plateau near Rietheim | B 465 |
| Sirchinger Steige | Bad Urach | Sirchingen | L 249 |
| Hanner Steige | Bad Urach | Alb plateau near Bleichstetten | K 6708 |
| Roßfeldsteige | Metzingen-Glems | Roßfeld airfield | Municipal road |
| Small climb | Eningen under Achalm | Alb plateau near St. Johann | L 380 |
| Lindenhofsteige | Lindenhof (Lower Lindenhof) |
Albgut Lindenhof (Upper Lindenhof) |
Wirtschaftsweg -gesperrt, no longer released for automotive |
| Übersberger Steige | Pfullingen | Übersberg | Municipal road |
| Göllesbergsteige / Göllesberger Steige | Lichtenstein- Unterhausen | Göllesberg | Municipal road |
| Holzelfinger Steige | Lichtenstein- Unterhausen | Holzelfingen | L 387 |
| Honauer Steige | Lichtenstein-Honau | Traifelberg | B 312 |
| Gießsteinsteige / Oberhausener Steige / Kalkofensteige |
Lichtenstein- Unterhausen | Kalkofenhütte | Municipal road |
| (New) chair walkways | Pfullingen | Ruoffseck car park | L 382 |
| Gönninger Steige | Gönningen | Genkingen | L 230 |
| Roßbergsteige | Gönningen | Alb plateau at Roßberg | Municipal road |
| Talheimer Steige | Talheim | Alb plateau near Salmendingen | L 385 |
| (nameless) | killer | Ringingen | K 7162 |
| (nameless) | Hausen in the Killertal | Neuweiler | L 442 |
| Onstmettinger Steige | Hausen in the Killertal | Alb plateau near Onstmettingen | K 7103 |
| Thanheimer Steige / Stich |
Thanheim | Stich tavern | L 360 |
| (nameless) | Pfeffingen | Sting | K 7141 |
| *** Straßberger Steige | Strassberg | Winterlings | B 463 *** Climb from the western Alb foreland, but after crossing the European watershed between Lautlingen and Ebingen |
| Lautlinger Steige | Lautlingen | Meßstetten | K 7151 |
| (nameless) | To run | Alb plateau near Tieringen | K 7145 |
| Lochensteige | Weilstetten | Lochengründle | L 440 |
| (nameless) | While under the gutters | Deilingen | Municipal road |
| (nameless) | Schömberg | Deilingen | L 435 |
| Oberhohenbergstrasse | Schörzingen | Alb plateau near Deilingen | Municipal road |
| Gosheimer Steige / Wassersteige |
Wilflingen | Gosheim | K 5545 |
| Denkinger Steige | Denkingen | Gosheim | L 433 |
| Klippeneckstraße / Heubergsteige |
Denkingen | Cliff corner | L 433A |
| Dreifaltigkeitsbergstrasse | Spaichingen | Trinity Mount | L 431 |
| Dürbheimer Steige | Dürbheim | Alb plateau near Böttingen | L 438 |
| Risibergsteige | Dürbheim | Risiberg | Municipal road |
Railway lines
A total of five railway lines lead or led to the Alb plateau:
- the Geislinger Steige from 1850 until today (as part of the Filstalbahn)
- the Zollernbahn from 1878 until today, between Balingen and Albstadt- Ebingen .
- the Honau – Lichtenstein cog railway from 1893 to 1969 (as part of the Swabian Alb Railway )
- the Härtsfeldbahn from 1901 to 1972
- the Heubergbahn from 1928 to 1966, it had its Alb ascent between Denkingen and Gosheim .
Another ascent of the Alb railway is to be built in the course of the planned new Wendlingen – Ulm line . An extension of the Ermstalbahn beyond Bad Urach to Münsingen , which was planned at the beginning of the 20th century , never came about.
The approximately two kilometer long route of the former Honau – Lichtenstein cogwheel railway has meanwhile been converted into an asphalted railway cycle path , so that there is another Alb ascent available for leisure traffic parallel to the heavily used Honauer Steige. The same applies to the Härtsfeldbahn, it was also converted into a footpath and bike path in the area of the Albaufstieg (which, however, is only gravel).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gosbach.breithutgilde.de/index/oeffnahm/gruenmasse.htm
- ↑ official street name in Gosbach
- ↑ www.tourismusweltweit.de
- ↑ http://www.skizunft-badurach.de/radtour/rr0607.htm
- ↑ http://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/erkenbrechtsweiler/
- ↑ Reutlingen District Fire Brigade Association ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ official street name in Lichtenstein (lower section)
- ↑ official street name in Lichtenstein (upper section)
- ↑ http://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/nebelhoehle/
- ↑ http://www.sonnenbuehl.de/data/genkingen.php
- ↑ http://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/raichberg/
- ↑ official street name in Schörzingen
- ↑ http://www.wellendingen.de/de/gemeinderat/berichte2007/20071122.pdf?navid=36
- ↑ http://www.quaeldich.de/paesse/wassersteige/
- ↑ http://www.img.uni-karlsruhe.de/18.php
- ↑ official street name in Denkingen
- ↑ http://www.denkingen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1229708/index.html
- ↑ official street name in Spaichingen
- ↑ http://www.caramalz.de/blog/page/2/
- ↑ www.duerbheim.de