Danube-Lake Constance cycle path
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| overall length | 430 kilometers |
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 Baden-Württemberg
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| Starting point |
Friedrichshafen 47 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ N , 9 ° 28 ′ 45 ″ E |
| Target point |
Ulm 48 ° 24 ′ 3 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 14 ″ E |
| Flooring | over 90% asphalted |
| Height difference | Ascent 936 m, descent 984 m |
| difficulty | medium |
| Traffic volume | low |
| Connection to | Lake Constance Cycle Path , Danube Cycle Path , Iller bike path , Hohenlohe-Ostalb way , Alb-Neckar cycle path |
| ADFC certification | 4 out of 5 stars |
| Website URL | donau-bodensee-radweg.de |
The Danube-Bodensee-Radweg is an approximately 156 kilometer long state long -distance cycle route in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg in Germany . It leads from Ulm on the Danube to the shores of Lake Constance and thus connects two well-known long -distance cycle routes: the Danube cycle path and the Lake Constance cycle path .
The cycle path was signposted for the first time in 1977 and was awarded a quality cycle route by the ADFC in 2015.
course
The Danube-Lake Constance cycle path essentially runs along the Upper Swabian Baroque Road, but leads over more remote roads and country lanes. It is marked with a cyclist symbol on a blue background . The article describes the route from the south / Lake Constance to the north / Danube (according to the literature given).
The east route
Friedrichshafen → cheeks
Friedrichshafen ← 5 km → Eriskirch ← 4 km → Langenargen ← 6 km → Kressbronn ← 7 km → Langnau ← 6 km → Neukirch ← 4 km → Schomburg ← 6 km → Wangen (total: 38 km)
On the route of the Lake Constance cycle path , the cyclist leaves the Zeppelin city of Friedrichshafen from the city station in an easterly direction over the Rotach . After the Eriskircher Ried , you cross the Schussen on a historic wooden bridge in Eriskirch . Through the districts of Schlatt and Moos, the cyclist near Schwedi reaches the municipality of Langenargen, crosses the Argen , which comes from the Allgäu , on the second oldest cable suspension bridge in Germany and then passes through the Kressbronn districts of Gohren and Tunau . Passing the Kressbronn lido - the largest natural lido on Lake Constance - it goes through the town center up to Berg , Nitzenweiler and Schleinsee and past Degersee to Langnau into the Argental. Here the Danube-Lake Constance cycle path crosses the Lake Constance district anniversary path . Along the evil one to Summerau and Oberlangensee, Neukirch , Haslach, Schomburg and Niederwangen you reach the former imperial city of Wangen im Allgäu, according Ravensburg second largest city in the district Ravensburg .
Attractions
- In Friedrichshafen: School museum, Zeppelin museum in the former harbor station, Hofen monastery with castle church, observation tower at the harbor, promenade with zeppelin memorial
- In Eriskirch: Historic wooden bridge, Eriskircher Ried nature reserve with nature reserve in the station building, parish and pilgrimage church of Our Lady
- In Langenargen: local history museum in the old rectory, Montfort Castle , grain and warehouse at the community port, administrative building, cable suspension bridge, St. Anna chapel, St. Martin parish church
- In Kressbronn: Exhibition of historical ship models in the Schlössle, Milz farm complex , baroque chapels, farmers' path, corn maze
- In Neukirch: village church St. Maria Rosenkranzkönigin , Hexenhäusle
- In Wangen: old town with local history and cheese museum in the Eselmühle , Frauen- and Martinstor , the more than 500 year old bakery Fidelisbäck , upper town church St. Martin , powder tower, town hall and Pfaffentor
Variant: Wangen → Bad Waldsee → Unterschwarzach
Wangen ← 6.5 km → Sommersried ← 4.5 km → Kißlegg ← 14 km → Wolfegg ← 9 km → Gwigg ← 7.5 km → Bad Waldsee ← 4 km → Haisterkirch ← 9 km → Unterschwarzach (total: 54.5 km )
For the western variant, the cyclist leaves Wangen via the Untere Argen near Beutelsau and immediately afterwards crosses under the federal motorway 96 in the direction of Alle Winds. At the glider airfield , the cycle path crosses the Wolfegger Ach and, passing the Schlingsee and Zellersee lakes , arrives at Kißlegg . After Riedgarten and Speck, the path runs through Rötenbach and on to Wolfegg . It goes on a winding route along the Wolfegger Ach to the valley and then branching off to Bergatreute . After Gwigg, Ankenreute and Arisheim you reach the moor spa Bad Waldsee with the city lake in the middle of the city and the somewhat smaller castle lake . Via Tannenbühl it goes to Haisterkirch , Graben, past the Grabener Höhe and via Ziegolz to Unterschwarzach.
Attractions
- In Kißlegg: New Castle, Castle Chapel, Old Castle, St. Gallus and Ulrich parish church , Bärenweiler Hospital, Heiliger Stein natural monument , St. Anna cemetery chapel
- In Wolfegg: Princely Castle, Farmhouse Museum , St. Katharina Parish Church, Automobile Museum
- In Bad Waldsee: old town with town hall and Wurzacher Tor , church treasure museum in the oratory of St. Peter , town museum in the Kornhaus , guild house oil mill
Variation: Wangen → Isny → Unterschwarzach
Wangen ← 10 km → Eglofs ← 11 km → Neutrauchburg ← 7 km → Isny ← 1 km → Beuren ← 6 km → Herlazhofen ← 4 km → Leutkirch ← 5.5 km → Zeil Castle ← 10 km → Bad Wurzach ← 11 km → Unterschwarzach (Total: 65.5 km)
You leave Wangen in the valley of the Upper Argen . Eglofs is reached via Gießen, Aschen and Reute . The path leads through Eisenharz to the Untere Argen as far as Neutrauchburg and on to the former free imperial city of Isny . Via Schwanden and through the Haubacher Moos it goes over to the swimming lake in the Beuren district. After the Reidbrand and Herlazhofen forest , the cyclist reaches the large district town of Leutkirch . A few switchbacks lead up to Zeil Castle , the residence of the Princes of Waldburg-Zeil . The cycle path runs through Starken- and Gospoldshofen to Bad Wurzach , the oldest mud spa in Baden-Württemberg. Around the Wurzacher Ried and through Knetzenweiler you come back to the main route of the Danube-Bodensee cycle path in Unterschwarzach.
Attractions
- In Eglofs: baroque church
- In Isny: old town with town hall, predicants library, museum at the mill tower, art hall in the castle, former monastery church St. Georg and Jakobus , Neidhammelbrunnen
- In Leutkirch: former city fortifications with powder tower and Bock or Blaserturm , town hall, local history museum, Museum im Bock , Hummelsberg Castle, Zeil Castle
- In Bad Wurzach: Upper Swabian peat museum with educational trail In the footsteps of the peat cutters , Bad Wurzach Castle , Wurzacher Ried, Marienau Charterhouse , Maria Rosengarten Monastery
Unterschwarzach → Laupheim
Unterschwarzach ← 8 km → Füramoos ← 4 km → Rottum ← 1.5 km → Ziegelghau ← 6.5 km → Ochsenhausen ← 11.5 km → Schönebürg ← 5 km → Mietingen ← 6 km → Laupheim (total: 42.5 km)
Now it's heading north: via Menhardsweiler, Wolfartsweiler and Adelshofen as well as the Füramooser Reid , cyclists have been able to reach Füramoos since 1975, a district of the Eberhardzell community . The cycle path continues through the Steinhauser municipality: Bellamont and Rottum must be crossed in the direction of Ziegelghau. After Hattenburg you cycle to Ochsenhausen , famous for the former imperial abbey of the Benedictines , today the state academy for young people making music in Baden-Württemberg. From Goppertshofen, the cycle path to Reinstetten runs parallel to the “ Öchsle ” narrow-gauge railway line from Ochsenhausen to Warthausen . The Danube-Lake Constance cycle path leads via Freyberg, Zillishausen and Simmisweiler through Schönebürg to Mietingen . Along the Rottum and past the Hungerberg, the cyclist reaches the town of Laupheim, which was already known as " Loubhaim " in 778 .
Attractions
- In Füramoos: Hohbäumle panoramic mountain , St. Michael church
- In Bellamont: Bellamont Castle , Church of St. Blaise
- In Rottum: Church of St. Mauritius
- In Ochsenhausen: Öchsle museum railway , Ochsenhausen monastery , town hall, Gasthof zur Post , monastery pharmacy, St. Veit church chapel
- In Laupheim: parish church of St. Petrus and Paulus , museum for the history of Christians and Jews in Großlaupheim Castle , Laupheim public observatory - in 1999 the asteroid 7167 Laupheim was named in her honor
The west route
Friedrichshafen → Laupheim
Friedrichshafen ← 9 km → Immenstaad ← 7 km → Markdorf ← 7 km → Roggenbeuren ← 8 km → Haslachmühle ← 6 km → Wilhelmsdorf ← 6.5 km → Fleischwangen ← 10.5 km → Altshausen ← 4.5 km → Ebersbach ← 6 km → Aulendorf ← 5 km → Bad Schussenried ← 14.5 km → Bad Saulgau ← 3 km → Kleintissen ← 6 km → Kanzach ← 3 km → Moosburg ← 3 km → Bad Buchau ← 9 km → Seekirch ← 11 km → Rupertshofen ← 6, 5 km → Mundeldingen ← 6 km → Ingerkingen ← 9 km → Laupheim (total: 140.5 km)
Leave Friedrichshafen on the Lake Constance cycle path towards Meersburg . The path leads past Friedrichshafen Castle through Manzell and Fischbach to Immenstaad . Here the cyclist branches off at the town hall and drives via Bürgberg to Markdorf . At the foot of the Gehrenberg and through Wendlingen, the cycle path runs to Deggenhausertal - Roggenbeuren in the Rotach valley via Haslachmühle and Zußdorf to Wilhelmsdorf . Leaving Esenhausen on the right, you cycle at the oak mill over the Ostrach , drive through Fleischwangen , Ruprechtsbruck, Ebenweiler and arrive at Altshausen. After Ebersbach you reach the Kneipp health resort Aulendorf with its large crossing station : this is where the Württembergische Südbahn , the Württembergische Allgäubahn and the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn meet . Via Otterswang you continue to the moor spa Bad Schussenried . The Danube-Bodensee cycle path now runs west through the villages of Hopferbach, Renhardsweiler, Steinbronnen to Bad Saulgau , which you leave via Kleintissen, Dürnau , Kanzach to Moosburg. The paths to Riedlingen and the cross-connection via Biberach to Ochsenhausen branch off here.
At Bad Buchau am Federsee - with 33 km² the largest contiguous marsh area in southwest Germany - passing the cyclists overruns Oggelshausen , Tiefenbach, Seekirch, Ahlen, Rupert Hofen and Oggelsbeuren after Oberstadion . Finally, through Mundeldingen, Ingerkingen and Obersulmetingen you reach Laupheim.
Attractions
- In Immenstaad: old town hall, local history museum, doll museum, parish church of St. Jodokus
- In Markdorf: old town with churches, chapels, witch tower and city gates, bishop's castle
- In Wilhelmsdorf: Museum for rural handicrafts and culture, Pfrunger Ried
- In Ebenweiler: St. Urban Church , Ebenweiler See
- In Altshausen: History and Local History Museum, Altshausen Castle
- In Aulendorf: Aulendorf Castle , St. Martin's Parish Church , Castle Museum,, Citizens' Museum, Schwaben-Therme
- In Bad Schussenried: Steinhausen pilgrimage church , beer mug museum , Upper Swabian museum village Kürnbach , old smithy pilgrimage museum , Schussenried monastery
- In Bad Saulgau: City Museum, Sießen Abbey , City Gallery Die Fähre , City Church St. Johannes Baptist , old town with many historical buildings and the Katzentürmle
- In Dürnau: Former rectory, half-timbered houses, St. Johannes Baptist Church
- In Bad Buchau: Buchau Abbey , Federseemuseum , Federsee nature reserve
- In Oggelshausen: Sculpture field, St. Laurentius Church
- In the upper stadium: church, crib museum, Mundeldinger Käppele
Branch to Riedlingen
Moosburg ← 8 km → Dentingen ← 6 km → Riedlingen (total: 14 km)
From Moosburg there is a connection to the Danube Cycle Path via Riedlingen . To do this, the cyclist leaves the main route at Moosburg in the direction of Alles- and Bischmannshausen. Via Dentingen, past Bussen , the Holy Mountain of Upper Swabia , through Göffingen and Unlingen , the route to Riedlingen leads to the Danube .
Attractions
- In Moosburg: Church of St. Maria , remnants of the possibly early medieval Moosburg and moats
- By bus: St. Johann Baptist pilgrimage church
- In Unlingen: former Franciscan convent - today town hall, St. Nikolaus church, Maria Immaculata parish church
- In Riedlingen: Museum Riedlingen, historic old town with town houses from the 16th to 18th centuries and St. Georg parish church
Laupheim → Ulm
Laupheim ← 5 km → Achstetten ← 3 km → Stetten ← 6 km → Dellmensingen ← 6 km → Gögglingen ← 4.5 km → Wiblingen ← 5 km → Ulm (total: 29.5 km)
From Laupheim, a route continues towards Ulm for the last thirty kilometers . At the Achstetter Feld, parallel to federal highway 30 , the cyclist leaves Laupheim and crosses the Rot in Achstetten , the northernmost municipality in the Biberach district . Through Stetten, Dellmensingen you get to Donaustetten . From here there is the option of two short variants - the northern one with a detour to Taubried - to Wiblingen along the Danube. After the oxbow lakes of the Danube, it is crossed shortly before the confluence of the Iller and followed to the city center of Ulm. The Danube-Bodensee cycle path ends here at the bus station. Already at the Ulm railway bridge over the Danube, the path to the east as can Donauradweg or south on the Iller bike path will continue.
Attractions
- In Achstetten: Castle, Church of Saints Oswald and Agatha , Chapel of the Annunciation , Wieland Birthplace
- In Dellmensingen: Parish Church of St. Kosmas and Damian , Erbach Castle
- In Donaustetten: water tower, Danube oxbow lake, hydroelectric power station
- In Wiblingen: Wiblingen Monastery
- In Ulm: old town, Ulm Minster with the highest church tower in the world (161.53 meters), fishing and tanning district, federal fortress
Cross connection Ochsenhausen → Bad Buchau
Ochsenhausen ← 6.5 km → Ziegelhau ← 2 km → Dietenwengen ← 6 km → Fischbach ← 5 km → Biberach ← 4 km → Reute ← 7 km → Steinhausen ← 11 km → Bad Buchau (total: 41.5 km)
From Ochsenhausen past the glider airfield near Hattenburg and through Dietenwengen, the path leads into the Umlach valley to Fischbach and on to Ummendorf . The former imperial city of Biberach an der Riss is only a few kilometers away . Here the Danube-Bodensee cycle path crosses the German Half-timbered Road , the Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben and the Swabian Dichterstraße . Via Reute, Muttensweiler, Steinhausen and past Steinhauser Ried you reach the western route of the Danube-Bodensee cycle path in Bad Buchau.
Attractions
- In Ummendorf: Johanneskirche , Ummendorfer Castle, Horn Castle
- In Biberach: market square with patrician houses , market fountains and town halls, parish church of St. Martin , White Tower and Gigelturm , Braith Mali Museum , Ulmer Tor , Jordanbad thermal baths , Kolesch am Bleicherbach white tanner mill - oldest and last still active fulling mill in Germany
Connections to the long-distance cycle network
In Kressbronn (to Lindau and Bregenz ) and Immenstaad (to Meersburg and Überlingen ) there is a connection to the Lake Constance cycle path , in Ulm and Riedlingen the Danube cycle path branches off to Sigmaringen and Donaueschingen or to Günzburg and Ingolstadt . Two paths lead north across the Swabian Alb near Ulm : the Alb-Neckar cycle path and the Hohenlohe-Ostalb path .
There are also various regional bike paths along the routes.
literature
- Danube-Lake Constance cycle path . Esterbauer publishing house , ISBN 978-3-85000-091-8 .
- Martin Gross: Lake Constance-Danube cycle path . Fink-Kümmerly + Frey, Ostfildern 1995, ISBN 3-7718-0747-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donau-Bodensee-Radweg at www.esterbauer.com, accessed on March 24, 2018
- ↑ a b Donau-Bodensee-Radweg on www.tourismus-bw.de, accessed on March 24, 2018
- ↑ Donau-Bodensee-Radweg ( memento from March 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) at www.adfc-tourenportal.de, accessed on March 24, 2018
- ↑ Two new star routes in Upper Swabia at www.adfc-bw.de, accessed on March 24, 2018
- ↑ From Ulm to Lake Constance at www.fahrradland-bw.de, accessed on March 24, 2018
- ↑ Oberschwaben Tourismus GmbH: Cycle paths in the Oberschwaben-Allgäu holiday region . Bad Schussenried.