Swabian Alb Northern Edge Trail

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Swabian Alb Northern Edge Trail
Lichtenstein Castle on the Albtrauf
Lichtenstein Castle on the Albtrauf
map
Map of the hiking trail
Data
length approx. 365 kmdep1
location Baden-Wuerttemberg ,
Bavaria
Swabian Alb
Supervised by Swabian Alb Association
Markers
HW1 (SAV) .svg

Red triangle with point towards Tuttlingen
Starting point Rathaus Donauwörth
48 ° 43 ′ 5.4 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 51.4 ″  E
Target point Town hall Tuttlingen
47 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 47.1 ″  E
Type Long-distance hiking trail
Height difference 631 mdep1
The highest point 1015.7  m above sea level NHN ( Lviv )
Lowest point 384  m above sea level NHN ( Gingen )
Level of difficulty medium
season Spring to autumn
Months April to October
particularities Quality hiking trail

The Swabian Alb North Edge Path (Hauptwanderweg 1, HW 1) , also Albsteig , is a long-distance hiking trail of the Swabian Alb Association along the north side of the Swabian Alb . It leads in 25 daily stages over a total of 365 kilometers from Donauwörth to Tuttlingen , following the Albtrauf . It also touches the Swabian Alb biosphere area of UNESCO .

As road signs , the path with a red triangle in whose tip points in the direction Tuttlingen. The Swabian Alb South Rim Trail runs parallel to this .

The Swabian Alb North Edge Trail was certified on September 2, 2009 by the Association of German Mountain and Hiking Associations as a quality trail for Wanderable Germany . Since 2012 it has been marketed as Albsteig by the Top Trails of Germany association .

Stages

Starting point in Donauwörth
signpost
  1. Donauwörth - Wörnitzstein - Obere Reismühle - Harburg Castle (17 km)
  2. Harburg Castle - Bockberg - Eisbrunn - Mönchsdeggingen (12 km)
  3. Mönchsdeggingen - Karlshof - Christgarten - Schweindorf (15 km)
  4. Schweindorf - Ohrengipfel - Schloßberg - Bopfingen (12 km)
  5. Bopfingen - Jewish cemetery Aufhausen - Tierstein - Hülen (11 km)
  6. Hülen - Grünenberg - Kocherursprung - Unterkochen (17 km)
  7. Unterkochen - Aalbäumle - Volkmarsberg - Lauterburg - Rosenstein - Heubach (22 km)
  8. Heubach - Bargau Cross - Lützelalb - Weißenstein (15 km)
  9. Weißenstein - Messelstein - Kuchalb (12 km)
  10. Kuchalb - Gingen an der Fils - Burren - Wasserberg (11 km)
  11. Wasserberg - Fuchseck - Kornberg - Gruibingen (12.5 km)
  12. Gruibingen - Boßler - Eckhöfe (8 km)
  13. Eckhöfe - Reußenstein ruins - Randecker Maar - Breitenstein - Rauber - Teck Castle (17 km)
  14. Teck Castle - Owen - Erkenbrechtsweiler - Hohenneuffen Castle (11.5 km)
  15. Castle Hohenneuffen - Burrenhof - Hülben - Bad Urach (10 km)
  16. Bad Urach - rock slides - Hohe Warte - Eninger Weide (11 km)
  17. Eninger Weide - Stahleck - Holzelfingen (13 km)
  18. Holzelfingen - Lichtenstein - Nebelhöhle - Genkingen - Roßberg (19 km)
  19. Roßberg - Bolberg - Riedernberg - Talheim (12 km)
  20. Talheim - Hirschkopf - Dreifürstenstein - Jungingen (18 km)
  21. Jungingen - Hoher Berg - Hangender Stein - Raichberg (9 km)
  22. Raichberg - Stich - Böllat - Burgfelden - Schalksburg - Laufen an der Eyach (19 km)
  23. Running on the Eyach - Lochenhörnle - Lochenstein - Plettenberg - Ratshausen (17 km)
  24. Ratshausen - Oberhohenberg - Lemberg - Gosheim - Klippeneck (17 km)
  25. Klippeneck - Dreifaltigkeitsberg - Rußberg - Tuttlingen (19 km)

Stations on the Nordrand-Weg

  • The Volkmarsberg with its 743 meters of altitude is one of the highlights of the route.

  • From Lauterburg in the foreground the path leads over to the Rosenstein

  • The Reußenstein ruin is a striking castle ruin to which the main hiking trail leads

  • The Lochenstein on the Lochen is one of the rare peaks on the path that is adorned with a summit cross

  • The Plettenberg leads to a height of over a thousand meters and offers excellent views on a clear day

literature

  • Willi Beck, Willi Siehler, Theo Müller: Swabian Alb - North Rim Trail (HW 1) . Theiss, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8062-1329-1 .
  • Willi Siehler: Swabian Alb - Hikes on the North Rim and South Rim Path (HW 1 + 2) . Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8062-2203-6 .

Hiking maps

  • State Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg (publisher): Schwäbische Alb Nordrandweg, Hauptwanderweg 1 (HW 1), Schwäbischer Albverein, 1: 50,000 , State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-89021-766-6 - three-part map set, on which the entire route is shown.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albsteig on www.schwaebischealb.de
  2. ^ Wanderbaren Germany - Portal for hiking in Germany
  3. ↑ Albsteig - Top Trails of Germany, Germany's best hiking trails

Web links

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