Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg

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Signpost of HW 9

The Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg is the main hiking trail 9 (HW 9) of the Swabian Alb Association . With a total length of 185 kilometers, it runs from Spaichingen to the Black Ridge and leads from the western Swabian Alb via Upper Swabia and Lake Constance to the Württemberger Allgäu .

mark

The path is marked with a red crossbar on a white background according to the main hiking trails of the Swabian Alb Association. Usually, but not always, the designation "HW 9" can be found in black below or above the bar.

Route

Sign for the Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg not far from Isny

The Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg begins in Spaichingen and leads to the Dreifaltigkeitsberg . From there it goes over the Großer Heuberg , the lonely highland in the extreme southwest of the Swabian Alb, to Nendingen on the Danube . The hiker reaches the town of Stockach im Hegau via Neuhausen ob Eck and Gallmannsweil . Now the path goes over the heights above the Überlinger See and reaches the shores of the Bodensee in Überlingen .

The main hiking trail 9 now follows the north shore of the lake for a longer stretch. Meersburg , Immenstaad and Friedrichshafen are important stops. The path leaves the lake at Eriskirch and leads to Tettnang .

Now it goes through the Württemberger Allgäu. Via Wangen and Isny you finally come to the Black Ridge, at 1,118 m the highest mountain in the former state of Württemberg , where the Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg ends.

Stages

The Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg can be walked in eleven stages:

  1. Spaichingen - Ursental - Nendingen, 14 kilometers
  2. Ursental - Neuhausen ob Eck, 10 kilometers
  3. Neuhausen ob Eck - Gallmannsweil - Hoppetenzell - Stockach, 18 kilometers
  4. Stockach - Hödingen , 13 kilometers
  5. Hödingen - Überlingen - Unteruhldingen, 15 kilometers
  6. Unteruhldingen - Meersburg - Hagnau - Immenstaad - Friedrichshafen, 23 kilometers flat stage
  7. Friedrichshafen - Eriskirch - Tettnang, 16 kilometers
  8. Tettnang - Jägerweiher - Ebersberg, 13 kilometers
  9. Ebersberg - Wangen im Allgäu , 11 kilometers
  10. Wangen im Allgäu - Siggen, 12 kilometers
  11. Siggen - Isny ​​- Schwarzer Grat, 17 kilometers

Sights along the way

  • Contrasts in landscape between the lonely south-west Alb, the lively Lake Constance basin and the pre-alpine Allgäu
  • Cities worth seeing: Spaichingen, Stockach, Überlingen, Meersburg, Friedrichshafen, Tettnang, Wangen and Isny
  • Stops on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route : Birnau pilgrimage church and Hofen monastery near Friedrichshafen.

literature

  • Willi Beck: HW 7 Swabian Alb - Upper Swabia, HW 9 Heuberg - Allgäu. Konrad-Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8062-0393-8 . Available from the Swabian Alb Association.

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