Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg

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Hohenlohe – Ostalb – way
Logo Hohenlohe Ostalb Weg
overall length 186 km
location BavariaBavaria Bavaria Baden-Wuerttemberg
Baden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg 
Starting point Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Target point Ulm
difficulty medium
Website URL Tourismus-bw.de

The Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg leads over 186 kilometers as a long-distance cycle path from Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Ulm . During its course, the Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg overcomes 2036 vertical meters uphill and 1987 vertical meters downhill. The cycle path is usually shown on maps with the abbreviation HO .

Route character

The path is mostly paved with little traffic, partly gravel roads. On the section from Rothenburg to Wasseralfingen there are some medium gradients, after which the route becomes more level. The route is less suitable for children and the inexperienced, only individual stages are family-friendly.

The Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg is not only on the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb , but also in the very east of the state of Baden-Württemberg . It started in Bavaria .

The Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg next to the Brenz in Eselsburger Tal on the Ostalb

Points of contact

For bike tours in a north-south direction (or in a south-north direction) through southern Germany and Europe, the cycle path is an important link:

Sights along the route

See also

literature

  • Long-distance cycle routes in Baden-Württemberg . Bruckmann-Verlag GmbH, Munich, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7654-5567-4 , p. 128

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Radweg , on tourismus-bw.de
  2. z. B. Topographic hiking map 1:35 000, map of the Swabian Alb Association, sheet 27 Ulm Laupheim, special edition ed. from the Swabian Alb Association , from 2006