Donauberglandweg
| Donauberglandweg | |
|---|---|
 View from the button maker rock in the Danube valley |
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| Data | |
| length | approx. 57 km |
| location | Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg , Swabian Alb |
| Supervised by | Swabian Alb Association |
| Markers |
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| Starting point |
Lemberg 48 ° 8 ′ 40.8 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 52.4" E |
| Target point |
Beuron Abbey 48 ° 3 ′ 8.7 ″ N , 8 ° 58 ′ 3.3 ″ E |
| Type | Long-distance hiking trail |
| Height difference | 409 m |
| The highest point | Lemberg ( 1015 m above sea level ) |
| Lowest point | before Beuron ( 606 m above sea level ) |
| Level of difficulty | easy to medium |
| season | Spring to autumn |
| Viewpoints | Lemberg Tower, Kehlen, Alter Berg , Gelber Fels, Gansnest, Knopfmacher- , Stiegeles and Loibfelsen, Kallenberg castle ruins |
| particularities | Prädikatswanderweg |
Map with all coordinates: The Donaubergland land is about 57 km long predicate trail with more than 1,700 meters in four stages from Lvov to Beuron . It leads along the Albtrauf over the southwestern Swabian Alb and through the Upper Danube Valley . It lies in a triangle between Sigmaringen , Tuttlingen and Rottweil in Baden-Württemberg .
history
In the spring of 2008, the Donauberglandweg was certified by the German Hiking Association as the first quality hiking trail in Germany in the Swabian Alb and in January 2011 it successfully passed the inspection required every three years. In the summer of 2013 it was voted Germany's second most beautiful hiking trail when it was voted “Germany's most beautiful hiking trail” and was re-certified as a quality trail for the third time in the second half of the year. For this purpose, minor modifications were made to the route.
Brief description
The Donauberglandweg begins about a kilometer north of Gosheim on a hiking car park and leads up to Lemberg , the highest mountain in the Swabian Alb. Then it goes down and through the village of Wehingen , then back up on the Kehlen and from there always along the Albtraufs to the Hummelsberg , to the Klippeneck with Germany's highest glider airfield and to the Dreifaltigkeitsberg . The path continues past Böttingen over the old mountain , into the Schäfertal, up on a valley edge to the Allenspacher Hof and later down and through the elongated Lippach valley to Mühlheim an der Donau . From Mühlheim the path climbs up to the “Gelber Fels”, comes to the Kolbinger Höhle and falls steeply down at the Gansnest Tower to Fridingen on the Danube . From the suburbs it goes up again, where the route runs above the Danube gorge in a loop on a high plateau along the Knopfmacherfelsen , the Stiegelesfelsen and the Loibfelsen and from there down into the Danube breakthrough valley. Shortly afterwards, it goes through the Wolfental up to the Kallenberg castle ruins , after a long and varied route through forest areas past Bronnen Castle and finally back down through the Liebfrauental with a Lourdes grotto to the Beuron Monastery .
Attractions
Some of the sights listed are not directly on the route, but are signposted separately.
- Panorama from the tower of the Lviv
- View from Kehlen with the white summit cross
- Albkante and view from Hummelsberg and Klippeneck
- Trinity Mount
- Panorama and chapel on the Old Mountain near Böttingen
- Schäfertal with Schäferbrunnen
- Allenspacher Hof with a linden tree that is over 500 years old
- View from the "Glatter Felsen" into the Lippach Valley
- Lippachmühle and the Lippach Valley
- Triebhalde nature reserve in the Lippachtal
- Upper town of Mühlheim and Gallus Church
- Mühlheim rock cave
- View from the "Gelber Fels"
- Kolbinger Cave
- Panorama from the Gansnest lookout tower
- Classic view from the button maker rock into the Danube breakthrough valley
- Stiegelesfelsen and Loaffelsen with a view of the Danube valley near Fridingen
- Mattheiser Chapel on the Stiegelesfelsen
- Fridingen with historical buildings
- Kallenberg ruins and remains of the Kallenberger Hof
- Bronnen Castle
- Bronner cave and Jägerhaus cave
- Danube valley at the Jägerhaus
- Liebfrauental with the Mariengrotto
- Beuron Monastery
- Historic wooden bridge over the Danube near the monastery
course
| stage | begin | target | Distance (km) |
Walking time (h) |
difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lviv | Trinity Mount | 15.0 | 4 ½ | easy - medium |
| 2 | Trinity Mount | Mühlheim on the Danube | 17.5 | 5 ½ | easy - medium |
| 3 | Mühlheim on the Danube | Fridingen on the Danube | 12.0 | 4th | medium |
| 4th | Fridingen on the Danube | Beuron Monastery | 12.0 | 4th | easy - medium |
The route lengths listed in the table above are the cumulative determined distances from the direct distances between the individual waypoints, which are indicated by the signs of the Swabian Alb Association at the waypoints on the route on the respective stages and rounded up to a full 500 meters. Individual tourist destinations such as the Dreifaltigkeitsberg with the church, the historic upper town of Mühlheim and the town center of Fridingen are not directly on the Donauberglandweg and therefore remain outside and may have to be considered separately.
49% of the nature of the trail is natural, 38% is covered with other ground and 13% is paved. The path is marked by the Swabian Alb Association with yellow signposts and uniform waymarks (blue-green circle). The individual stages can be divided individually if necessary.
All altitude information in the directions is at zero sea level .
First stage: Lviv - Dreifaltigkeitsberg
Overview
- Distance: 15 km (to the Schrofe signpost )
- Walking time: approx. 4 ½ hours
- Difficulty: easy to medium
| Place / sight | Distance (km) |
Height (m above sea level ) |
Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parking lot for hikers | 0 | 871 | Located about 1 kilometer north of Gosheim on the county road K 5905. |
| Lviv | 0.8 | 1,015 | Lookout tower, hiking hut and barbecue area |
| Lembergsattel | 0.6 | 925 | |
| Under the Schänzle | 2.0 | 900 | |
| Bürgle Chapel | 0.4 | 865 | Chapel, Stations of the Cross, Lourdes Grotto and above a parking lot |
| Wehingen | 1.6 | 777 | Town hall and town center |
| Knee catcher | 1.0 | 900 | |
| Nackwegle | 1.3 | 932 | Crossing with the Swabian Alb North Edge Path (main hiking trail 1) |
| Throats | 0.6 | 1,001 | View from the summit cross and barbecue area |
| Quirin Chapel | 0.5 | 987 | chapel |
| Hummelsberg | 3.3 | 956 | Waypoint / signpost |
| Cliff corner | 0.8 | 972 | Inn, glider airfield |
| Heuberger Wasen | 0.2 | 970 | |
| Cruises | 0.5 | 979 | |
| Rugged | 1.4 | 963 | From here the Donauberglandweg branches off to the left in the direction of Böttingen . Crossing with the Swabian-Alb-Nordrand-Weg |
| Trinity Mount | 0.7 | 985 | Monastery, church and restaurant A path leads steeply down approx. 2.5 km to Spaichingen (train station). |
Directions
The first stage of the Donauberglandweg begins at the hiking car park on the K 5905 district road , directly below the highest mountain in the Swabian Alb , the Lemberg ( 1015 m above sea level ), north of the municipality of Gosheim and east of Rottweil in the Tuttlingen district .
After a short, steep, wooded ascent in a protected landscape area, Lemberg is reached. From the Lemberg Tower there is, depending on the weather, a panoramic view of the Alps , the Black Forest and the northern edge of the Swabian Alb. The descent to Wehingen takes place over the Lembergsattel ( 925 m ), often staying in the forest to the Bürgle Chapel, with a short way of the cross and a Lourdes grotto . The further route into the village after leaving the forest is paved. Like the Lemberg, Gosheim and the later stage locations Klippeneck and the Dreifaltigkeitsberg, Wehingen is located on the Heuberg .
After crossing the center of Wehingen ( 777 m ), the route then takes an often wooded and sometimes steeper ascent to the promising throats ( 1001 m ), with its white summit cross and barbecue area. On the way, the path meets the Swabian Alb Northern Edge Path (main hiking trail 1) of the Swabian Alb Association at the Nackwegle signpost ( 932 m ) . Once on the plateau, the often forest-free path always leads along the edge of the Alb, first past the Quirinkapelle ( 987 m ) to the Hummelsberg ( 1002 m ) and the Klippeneck ( 980 m ), with Germany's highest glider flight area . After about two kilometers through a forest area, the Donauberglandweg branches off to the left at a crossroads in the direction of Böttingen . The stage destination, the Dreifaltigkeitsberg with the monastery and the pilgrimage church built in 1666 , the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, are reached after a good 700 meters on the way to the right. After descending to Spaichingen , a steeper and mostly straight path takes you about 2.5 km.
Second stage: Dreifaltigkeitsberg - Mühlheim an der Donau
Overview
- Distance: 17.3 km (from the Schrofe signpost )
- Walking time: approx. 5 ½ hours
- Difficulty: easy to medium
| Place / sight | Distance (km) |
Height (m above sea level) |
Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Mount | 0 | 985 | Monastery, church and restaurant |
| Rugged | 0.7 | 963 | From here the Donauberglandweg branches off to the left in the direction of Böttingen . Crossing with the Swabian-Alb-Nordrand-Weg |
| Boettingen | 3.6 | 950 | Waypoint cemetery, entrance to town |
| WP Old Mountain | 0.8 | 951 | Waypoint, lies below the mountain |
| Old mountain | 0.6 | 980 | Round chapel and panorama |
| Stork valleys | 0.5 | 938 | |
| Schäfertal | 1.6 | 870 | |
| Schäferbrunnen | 0.5 | 851 | Well and rest area with barbecue area |
| Allenspacher Hof | 0.3 | 898 | Allenspacher Hoflinde natural monument |
| Lippachmühle | 2.8 | 767 | Inn |
| Wolfensteige | 1.6 | 727 | BBQ area |
| Under the gallows mountain | 4.1 | 661 | |
| Muhlheim | 0.9 | 640 | Signposts for Mühlenhöschle train station in 0.5 km and Oberstadt in 1.0 km. The Donauberglandweg continues to the left in the direction of Fridingen . |
Directions
The second stage begins at the Schrofe signpost, a good 700 m from the Trinity Church above Spaichingen and leads from the plateau of the Alb through the Lippach valley, mostly descending to Mühlheim an der Donau .
The first 1.5 km of the approx. 3.6 km long route to the outskirts of Böttingen (cemetery) remain in a forest area. On the Spaichinger Weg, Böttingen is only touched on the southern outskirts, then for a short stretch along the K 5900 district road leading to Mahlstetten . On the local mountain of Böttingen, the Alter Berg ( 980 m above sea level ), there is a small round chapel, inaugurated in 1919. It is reached after a short ascent through juniper heaths and past some wayside shrines. A view from the summit to the Alps is possible depending on the weather.
On a small path through the juniper heaths, you first head south from the Old Mountain down into a forest. The route follows a loop at the next waypoint Storchentäle and orientates itself a little later through a nature reserve to the northeast in the direction of Schäfertal, while on the way there, the district road K 5900 is crossed. Before entering the Schäfertal, with its partially visible cliffs, the eastern edge of Böttingen can be seen once more on the further descent. In this valley is the Schäfertalbrunnen with the associated resting place.
From the Schäfertal upwards the path leads to the Allenspacher Hof , from where a partly narrow and rooty stretch of road begins above the rocky and wooded edge of the valley. On some sections and from rocky protrusions such as the Auchten ( 915 m ) and the Glatten Felsen ( 900 m ), views of the Lippach Valley and Mahlstetten on the other side of the valley above are always possible. The descent to the Lippachmühle with about 150 meters in altitude is steep and stony.
The route from the Lippachmühle through the elongated Lippach Valley in the direction of Mühlheim mostly remains on shady sections for almost 6 kilometers. After the end of the valley, a short, steep path goes up again to a little above a new development area of Mühlheim. The view falls into the valley and the nature park of the Danube with the further course of the coming, third stage. The upper town of Mühlheim is reached after about a kilometer on the edge of the Donauberglandweg, starting from the last waypoint Mühlenhöschle of this stage.
Third stage: Mühlheim an der Donau - Fridingen an der Donau
Overview
- Distance: 12.0 km
- Walking time: approx. 4 hours
- Difficulty: medium
| Place / sight | Distance (km) |
Height (m above sea level) |
Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlheim | 0 | 640 | Signposts for Mühlenhöschle train station in 0.5 km and Oberstadt in 1.0 km |
| Yellow rock | 1.5 | 801 | View with seating on Mühlheim, the Danube and the breakthrough |
| A hit | 1.5 | 820 | |
| Kolbinger Cave | 0.9 | 815 | Large, hosted refuge with barbeque stalactite cave |
| Wasenhalde | 0.2 | 823 | Kolbingen in 2.5 km |
| Hamburg Bühl | 0.5 | 815 | Bärenthal in 5 km |
| Goose nest | 1.5 | 800 | Lookout tower and former high storage basin of the Fridingen hydropower plant |
| Under the goose nest | 0.5 | 634 | |
| Fridingen | 0.2 | 632 | railway station |
| Fridingen | 0.6 | 628 | Suburb |
| Button maker rock | 1.2 | 766 | Waypoint with restaurant and hotel Felsen in 50 m with a view of the Danube breakthrough |
| Ottern valleys | 1.4 | 769 | |
| Stiegelesfelsen | 0.5 | 777 |
Stiegelesfels castle ruins View of the Danube and Kallenberg castle ruins |
| Fridingen | 1.5 | 692 | Waypoint at the Antoni center of Fridingen in 0.5 km The Donauberglandweg continues to the left in the direction of Beuron . |
Directions
The third stage to Fridingen begins on the northern edge of Mühlheim at the sign Mühlenhöschle , directly on Kolbingerstraße and L 443. It usually leads above the Danube, which runs in Schlingen, on wooded sections.
Shortly before the ascent in the direction of “Gelber Fels”, the stage passes a pond and the Gallus Church in Mühlheim. On the narrow and steep path in a nature reserve, small rocks and an old tree are protected as a natural monument until you reach the Mühlheimer Felsenhöhle, which was opened in 1912 after about 15 minutes of walking (visit with advance notice). From the “Gelber Fels” you can see Mühlheim (partly with the upper town) and the course of the Danube in the valley with the Danube Cycle Path and the Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway line .
After the waypoint Einschlag ( 820 m above sea level ) and 300 meters before the Kolbinger cave , the route through the forest on broader forest paths passes another vantage point in the Hintelestal. The Kolbinger cave is the only stalactite show cave in the southwestern Alb. At the cave entrance, Fridingen can be seen from another vantage point in the distance, depending on the weather. After about two kilometers you have hiked to the Gansnest Tower (height 17 m), a former valve house of the high storage system of the Danube power plant in Fridingen. Fridingen is right at your feet, and Bronnen Castle can be seen from a great distance from the tower . The descent down to the Fridingen train station is short, very steep and serpentines.
After about 600 meters along the road, the path climbs to the left in the Fridinger Vorstadt, while the town center is about 600 meters away. The route runs on a wide forest path up to the Knopfmacherfelsen , whose name goes back to a legend from 1823. From this rock ( 765 m ) you can see the Danube breakthrough at Beuron , with the Beuron monastery , the Probstfelsen and the hunter's house at the foot of Bronnen Castle on the right. The further path leads on the plateau at a distance of 1.4 km to the waypoint Otterntäle ( 769 m ) and turns right there until the Stiegelesfelsen above the Danube valley is reached in a nature reserve. The view extends over to the Kallenberg castle ruins . Remains of the Stiegelesfels castle ruins can still be found on this rock.
After a short stretch, the route leads past a small chapel ( 790 m ), which, according to the inscription, was partly made from the remains of the nearby castle and is said to be a memorial to the first church that stood on this mountain. A little later it goes down past the Loibfelsen to the last waypoint of the Am Antoni stage ( 692 m ), where the Donauberglandweg continues to the left towards Beuron to the monastery. The historic center of Fridingen can be reached in 500 meters on the small path at the ski lift down.
Fourth stage: Fridingen an der Donau - Beuron Abbey
Overview
- Distance: 12.0 km
- Walking time: approx. 4 hours
- Difficulty: medium
| Place / sight | Distance (km) |
Height (m above sea level) |
Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fridingen | 0 | 692 | Waypoint at the Antoni center of Fridingen in 0.5 km |
| Brick walkway | 0.8 | 620 | Crossing the Danube crossing with the Swabian-Alb-Südrand-Weg (main hiking trail 2) crossing with the Danube Cycle Path |
| Schänzle | 1.0 | 638 | Guest house at 0.4 km on the route |
| Wolfental | 0.5 | 717 | |
| Kallenberg castle ruins | 0.2 | 751 | Waypoint, the ruin is on the left. |
| Kallenberger Hof | 0.1 | 740 | Remains of the Kallenberger Hof |
| Butt valleys | 1.1 | 733 | |
| Bachtal | 1.5 | 703 | |
| Bronnen Castle | 3.7 | 766 | |
| Hunter's house cave | 0.3 | 671 | The Gasthaus Jägerhaus is 0.3 km down the Danube. |
| Stone bridge | 1.0 | 657 | Lourdes grotto at 0.1 km on the route |
| Liebfrauental | 0.4 | 629 | Crossing with the Schwäbische Alb Südrand-Weg (main hiking trail 2) |
| Danube | 0.5 | 608 | Lowest point of the entire Donauberglandweg |
| Beuron Monastery | 0.9 | 610 | End at the monastery car park, wooden bridge in 0.2 km connection to the Donau-Zollernalb-Weg train station in 0.3 km |
Directions
The fourth and last stage begins in Fridingen and finally leads to the Beuron Abbey , the spiritual center of the Upper Danube Valley. The starting point is the waypoint Am Antoni , which can be found from the center of the village at the church up through the streets Kirchberg and Burgsteig in about 0.5 km near the ski lift.
The trail initially runs down a meadow. During the descent down to the Danube, which meanders in the valley, the Kallenberg castle ruins can already be seen above on the other side of the Danube valley. The Danube is crossed for the only time on the entire Donauberglandweg at the Ziegelsteg ( 620 m above sea level ). The Donauberglandweg meets the Danube Cycle Path and follows it along the Danube to the Schänzle waypoint . On this part of the way you can see the loaf rock above the other side of the river.
The ascent to the Kallenberg castle ruins first leads through the incised Wolfental valley, which is thickly covered with forest and partly with rocks, and there turns left on a path. The ruins of the hilltop castle ( 776 m ) built around 1200 can be found on the left at the waypoint. From the remains of a wall you can see the Danube breakthrough at Beuron and Bronnen Castle . In the immediate vicinity and along the way, you can still see some remains of one of two farms belonging to the castle, the Kallenberger Hof, overgrown by forest and plants. The remains include the foundations of the house, a small vaulted well and a cistern.
The further, a good six kilometers long path to Bronnen Castle is mostly in the forest. Before the waypoint Bachtal ( 703 m ) it goes for a small part of the way on a narrow, serpentine path, then again on wider forest and forest paths. On the route in front of Bronnen Castle, there are occasional opportunities to see the Danube Valley from above from some rocks. Bronnen Castle ( 766 m ), which is owned by the Lords of Enzberg and is privately inhabited, is not accessible. So there is no direct view down to the Danube with the Jägerhaus. The path descends steeply to the next attraction, the Jägerhaushöhle, on a narrow path in serpentines for almost 100 meters in altitude. From this waypoint the steep path is left to the right in the direction of the Bronner Wiese and the Liebfrauental.
A detour to the Jägerhaus enables hikers to see the Danube breakthrough valley from below. Below the Jägerhaus there is a small bridge over the Danube.
From the Bronner Wiese ( 717 m ) the castle can be seen from a different perspective before the path comes to an end and leads into the Liebfrauental ( 629 m ). In the valley, the path meets a large Lourdes grotto and the pilgrimage site, which is followed by a way of the cross. After the water treading waypoint , the Donauberglandweg passes the Danube again, crossing under a bridge on the Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway line, and finally ending along the fields at the parking lot.
Web links
- The Donauberglandweg website of the Donaubergland Marketing und Tourismus GmbH Tuttlingen
- The Donauberglandweg Description of the route, route, altitude profile and GPS tracks on wanderkompass.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of the German Hiking Association. wanderbaren-deutschland.de, January 16, 2010, accessed on October 9, 2012 (PDF; 66 kB).
- ↑ Press release of the German Hiking Association. http://www.wanderverband.de/ January 11, 2014, accessed on April 8, 2014 (PDF; 215 kB).
- ↑ Graph of the nature of the path of the German Hiking Association. wanderbaren-deutschland.de, accessed on October 4, 2012.
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )