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Experience the holiday routesSix holiday routes run through the Swabian Alb. Whether you fol-low the Swabian Alb Route, the Hohenstaufen Route, the Hohen-zollern Route, the German Limes Route, the Neckar-Alb RomanRoute or the Upper Swabian Baroque Route – on foot, by bike,on the Alb train or by car – you will everywhere find culture,exciting legends, a diversity of landscapes, informative and inter-esting facts and, above all, loads of fun.

The fascination of hikingThe Swabian Alb is perfect for man’s most natural and healthiestway of getting around: hiking. Germany’s largest ramblers’ associ-ation, the Schwäbischer Albverein, maintains an intensive net-work of paths that are systematically signposted and cover morethan 14,000 kilometres. And many places offering accommoda-tion will also offer you hiking opportunities, whether with orwithout packs. Welcome to the Swabian Alb, an El Dorado forhikers.

Cycling à la carteWhether with the whole family, with good friends, or on yourown, by simple bike, racing bike or mountain bike – the SwabianAlb is a cyclist’s paradise. While the going is easy on the Albplateau and in the river valleys, the more adventurous canattempt the climb to the top. Surrounded by juniper scrub, castles,palaces, rivers, woods and friendly hosts: enjoy life, we’ll giveyou tips for tours.

Welcome to the 7 keys to theSwabian AlbThe Swabian Alb (or Jura) is a treasure trove of natural recreationand of things to see and do for everyone – untouched country-side, situated centrally in Europe and in the south of Germany,easy to reach, full of exciting legends, loveable people and relax-ing peace and quiet. A landscape for you to discover and experi-ence, full of enchantment and surprises, perfect for exciting hol-idays and for recharging your batteries in untouched countryside.Information and facts, how to get here from wherever you live,seven keys and much more await you on the following pages:

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The adventure of geologyAnyone who gets to the bottom of the Swabian Alb will find fan-tastic testimony to the most varied epochs of the Earth’s history:fossilized marine crocodiles, ammonites and ichthyosaurs fromthe Lower Jurassic, Middle Jurassic rock strata in the Tiefer Stollendemonstration mine, limestone from the Upper Jurassic epoch,Keuper strata, volcanic vents and meteorite impacts from the Ter-tiary... to name but a few...

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Town and lifeRomantically modern towns that have developed organically over thecenturies, with ornately decorated half-timbered houses, magnificentchurches, and old and new universities await you on the Swabian Alb.Far away from the everyday world, enchanted and yet somehow inti-mate. You will quickly feel at home here, and find everything within asmall area: museums, theatres, historic monuments, art and gastronomicdelights, traditional festivals and places to shop. The liveliness of theAlb’s towns is an inspiration.

Country holidaysThe completely natural holiday still exists. In the midst of the un-touched Swabian Alb you will again rediscover a holiday feelingreminiscent of the long lost days of childhood: riding on a tractor,helping the farmer in the cow shed, chopping firewood, sniffingmeadow flowers, feeling the cooling water of a stream on your feet,enjoying regional specialities cooked on the farm – all this is possiblewhen you stay on the Swabian Alb.

Top events From January to December, there’s always something on: tradi-tional festivals, children’s festivals, open-air concerts, summertheatre seasons, Christmas markets, ”Fastnacht” carnival celebra-tions, and, and, and...

Castles and palacesScarcely anywhere can match the Swabian Alb for its many cas-tles and palaces. The Swabian Alb is home to two great rulingdynasties who once ruled Europe and Germany – the Staufer(Hohenstaufen) and the Hohenzollerns.

The German Danube The beautiful, often celebrated Danube rises not far from theSwabian Alb, disappears under the Swabian Alb only to reappearagain a few kilometres further along, then gnaws its way throughthe Alb and meanders dreamily along its flank, an outstandingnatural spectacle.

Contact addresses and help with planningFurther contact addresses and brochures about the Swabian Alband its surroundings.

Naturally healthyThe wide open spaces and beauty of the Swabian Alb’s variedlandscapes are sources of health on their own. But they are com-plemented by the inexhaustible healing properties of the ground,water and air: thermal and mineral baths, spas, and resorts re-nowned for their pure air. From a relaxing short break to a spacure, from traditional remedies to the most modern forms of ther-apy – let yourself be spoiled back to health.

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Close to wherever you live…The Swabian Alb – the holiday experience in the heart of south Germany, in the centre of Europe. The Swabian Alb is centrally situ-ated and within easy reach of wherever you live. Stuttgart’s airport is one gateway to the Swabian Alb, and is no more than two hour’sflight from anywhere in Europe. In magnificent countryside or romantic towns, your holiday will be an experience with people, coun-tryside and legend(s). Varied, quiet countryside, wonderful hikes, food and drink, relaxation, challenges for sportspersons – they are allhere as a matter of course, waiting for you and your imagination to discover them.

Schwäbische AlbTourismusverbandMarktplatz 1D-72574 Bad UrachTel. +49 (0)7125 / 94 81 06Fax +49 (0)7125 / 94 81 08tgsa@schwaebischealb.dewww.schwaebischealb.de

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And not far from other destinations ...The Swabian Alb is at the heart of it all, surrounded by many scenic areas and countries. To the west of the Alb lies the Black Forest,steeped in legend, while to the south you will find beautiful Lake Constance, bordered by Germany, Switzerland and Austria. To thenorth-east of the Alb, directly after the Swabian Forest, you enter Franconia, with its greatly prized wines – which is not to forget thegood wines to be found in Baden and Württemberg. ”Bavarian Swabia”, whose principal city is Augsburg, borders on the Alb’s east-ern edge. And Alsace (France) is also only a stone’s throw away. The Alb is an ideal base for discovering all these areas.

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How to get there: Stuttgart-Leinfelden airport is approx. 15 km from the middle of the northern edge of the SwabianAlb. There are train connections from here to many Alb destinations. Zurich, Munich and Frankfurt airports also havegood train and motorway connections to the Swabian Alb. The best train connections are by ICE bullet train viaStuttgart and Ulm, or by branch lines to your holiday destination. The A8 motorway from Stuttgart to Ulm runs directlyover the Swabian Alb, while the north-south A7 motorway crosses the eastern part of the Alb and the A81 motorwayruns from north to south to the western edge of the Swabian Alb. For cars and coaches, access roads are good anddirect, as is the extensive network of roads on the Swabian Alb itself.

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7 KEY FACTS:Geographical location: Between the Swiss and the Franconian Jura, the Swabian Jura (Alb) is the central part of a Jura chainstretching right through central Europe. Bordered by the Black Forest and Baar region to the south-west, theupper Neckar valley to the north, the Ries crater to the east and the Danube to the south, the Swabian Albruns right across Baden-Württemberg over a length of approx. 220 km and at a breadth of up to 80 km. It isa range of secondary mountains rising up from the surrounding countryside, reaching a height of between700 and 1000 metres above sea level at its northern edge and between 450 and 500 metres above sea levelat its southern edge and towards the Danube.

Climate: Healthy, moderately to strongly bracing climate throughout the Swabian Alb. Traditional spas, thermal andmineral baths, resorts for convalescence and pure air.

Area of natural beauty:As an area of the most diverse natural beauty, the Swabian Alb is without parallel. Gently rolling mountainsand soft ranges of hills, cheerful mixed woodlands, meandering valleys, juniper scrub and deep green mead-ows. Discover the traces of stone-age hunters in underground (dripstone) caves, walk around the ”Blautopf”,one of Germany’s most beautiful river sources, admire the spectacular craggy cliffs overlooking the Danubegorge, climb to the top of a dormant volcano, walk about in a million-year-old meteorite crater, use a ham-mer to look for fossils. The Swabian Alb is discovery pure, an unforgettable experience.

Water courses:”Water’s struggle on the Swabian Alb” is a fascinating one: here you find the European watershed, the linebetween the water that flows into the Rhine and the water that flows into the Danube. The courses of itsstreams and rivers are breathtakingly romantic, their banks dotted with mediaeval castles. The most dramaticscenery is to be found in the upper Danube valley. The springs gurgling out of Jurassic stone, the meander-ing rivers and almost mystical spring pools (Blautopf, Brenztopf) are unforgettable natural phenomena thatmake this area so attractive.

Flora and fauna:The Swabian Alb is an oasis for man, animals and plants. Its extensive, romantic mixed woods comprisecharming, typical steppe heathland with its juniper bushes, beeches, oaks, maples, elms and conifers. Thefields, woods and meadows are hemmed with hazel, dog rose, sloe and hawthorn. The rare plants to be foundrange from carline thistles to orchid species. The diverse fauna and microfauna, with its amphibians, reptiles,insects and birds to be found on the margins of fields and woods, ponds and wetlands, makes you want to(re)discover your environment. Walking along the rivers and streams, you will discover trout, storks andherons. The woods are still home to badgers, foxes, deer, hare and wild boar.

History:The early traces of human habitation reach back approx. 35,000 years. The German word ”Alb” comesfrom the Celtic word alpis, which means a nurturing mountain. ”Swabian” comes from the GermanicSuevi tribe (who settled on the Rhine and Neckar during Julius Caesar’s time). The Romans occupied this areabetween 15 BC and AD 260, after which the Alemannic tribes appeared. Place names ending in ”-ingen” datefrom this time (this suffix was added on to the names of famous persons or landowners). As Christianity spreadin the 6th century, the area began to be integrated into the Frankish empire. Hohenstaufen, Zähringer, Würt-temberger and Hohenzollern – great imperial and ruling dynasties – come from the Swabian Alb.

Cultural treasures:A journey through the Swabian Alb is always also a journey through vivid, still topical, history and the cul-tural wealth that is typical of southern Germany. Many of these cultural treasures are to be found on theSwabian Alb, mankind’s oldest artworks (30,000 years old), the world’s highest church steeple (Ulm Cathe-dral), remains of the Limes, the German frontier wall, Celtic centres of cult worship, churches from everyepoch, and towns that have developed over the centuries with their surviving traditions. The Swabian Alb hasone of the highest concentrations of castles in Germany and, not least, famous people such as Hölderlin,Uhland, Einstein, Daimler and Hauff were born here, to name but a few.

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Experience the holiday routesSee unparalleled scenery and learn the fascinatingstory/stories of the Swabian AlbSix varied and interesting thematic routes, all of them well-signposted, run through theSwabian Alb. Fascinating legends, the history of the great personages of central European(cultural) history, all of it to be experienced at first hand. Excursions through untouchedcountryside, fascinating landscapes, natural wonders and much more await you on theSwabian Alb Route. Follow in the footsteps of the Romans when you take the Neckar-AlbRoman Route or the German Limes Route. The Hohenstaufen Route leads you to the cra-dle of the great Hohenstaufen dynasty and the scenes of its undertakings on the SwabianAlb. The Hohenzollern Route takes you to the homeland of the German emperors, thatbeautiful area known as Hohenzollerische Lande. Finally, the Upper Swabian BaroqueRoute offers you art history at close quarters. The brochure shown here on the left, andthe tourist information offices shown below have more information for you.

The Hohenstaufen Route is more than 300 km long, and takes in almost all the important sites inthe Hohenstaufen heartland that are connected with the history, art, culture and politics of theHohenstaufen epoch. The outstanding landmark of this area is the conical Hohenstaufen hill,where you will find a room documenting Hohenstaufen history. From about 1079, this was theprincipal castle and home of the Hohenstaufen. The Hohenstaufen Route guides you throughthe heartland of the most prominent dynasty of German and European history between the 11th

and 13th centuries.

Stages on the Hohenstaufen Route: Göppingen, Bad Boll, GöppingenFaurndau, Wangen-Oberwälden, Adelberg, Wäschenbeuren, Lorch,Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Gmünd Rechberg, Donzdorf,

Bartholomä, Königsbronn, Dischingen, Giengen a.d. Brenz, Sontheim a.d. Brenz, Bissingen ob Lonetal, Herbrechtingen, Hei-denheim, Steinheim am Albuch, Geislingen an der Steige, Süßen, Hohenstaufen. Between Lorch and Schwäbisch Gmünd theroute runs parallel with the German Limes Route.

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Touristikgemeinschaft Stauferland e. V.Marktplatz 37/1

73525 Schwäbisch GmündTel. 0 71 71 / 6 03 - 42 50Fax 0 71 71 / 6 03 - 42 99eMail: info@stauferland.de

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Covering a length of approx. 200 km, the Swabian Alb Route crosses the ”length” of theSwabian Alb from south-west to north-east. It begins on two branches in Tuttlingen andTrossingen, crosses the Alb in a straight east-west direction from Dürbheim to Heidenheim,and ends again on two branches in either Nördlingen or Aalen.

The Swabian Alb Route has a variety of attractions, entertainment and special features for hikers,cyclists, convalescents and spa guests, and art lovers: juniper scrub, gently rounded peaks, cas-tles, palaces, maars, healing springs, the ”Danube Seepage” near Tuttlingen, Albstadt-Tailfin-gen’s textiles museum, the Bärenhöhle and Nebelhöhle caves,the summer toboggan-run at Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen, and much,much more…

Stages on the Swabian Alb Route (from east to west): Trossingen or Tuttlingen, Dürbheim, Königsheim, Messtetten, Albstadt, Burladin-gen, Sonnenbühl, Engstingen, St. Johann, Bad Urach, Römerstein, Westerheim, Wiesensteig, Mühlhausen im Täle, Bad Ditzenbach, BadÜberkingen, Geislingen a.d. Steige, Böhmenkirch, Heidenheim a.d. Brenz, Aalen or Nattheim, Dischingen, Neresheim, Nördlingen

The German Limes Route is some 700 km long, and fol-lows the former Roman frontier wall known as theUpper Germanic or Rhaetian Limes, which ran from theRhine to the Danube. The route starts in Rheinbrohl/BadHönningen on the River Rhine and ends in Regensburg, on theRiver Danube. Along the way it passes many sites of cultural-historical importance that bear witness to the Roman past in the

Rhineland Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The route takes you to Romanmonuments, reconstructed sites, museums and excavations along what was once the frontier ofthe Roman Empire. The Limes is regarded as Germany’s most significant archaeological monu-ment. Between Lorch and Tannhausen on the Swabian Alb, it presents the visitor with especially interesting and varied testimony ofRoman history.Stages on the German Limes Route (on the Swabian Alb): Lorch, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Böbingen, Aalen, Hüttlingen, Rainau, Ellwangen

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Verein Deutsche Limes-StraßeMarktplatz 273430 AalenTel. +49 (0) 73 61 / 52 23 58Fax +49 (0) 73 61 / 52 19 07eMail: touristik-service@aalen.dewww.limesstrasse.de

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eMail: tgsa@schwaebischealb.dewww.schwaebischealb.de

The Neckar-Alb Roman Route, opened in 1999, gives visitors a chance to see and re-livethe Roman past of the Alb region. The route, which for the time being is approx. 100 kmlong, follows the traces of old Roman roads, from the former garrison and village ofBurladingen, through the Killer valley, via the villa rustica (farm) in Hechingen-Stein, Rot-

tenburg am Neckar (the town known as Sumelocenna in Antiquity) and Nürtingen-Oberensin-gen (Roman farm) to Köngen (fortress and Vicus Grinario). The route therefore takes in everytype of settlement of the Roman era. Between the Neckar and the Swabian Alb, the RomanRoute leads the visitor to typical Roman excavations, monumentsand (open air) museums – a fascinating voyage of discovery in theRomans’ footsteps.

Stages on the Neckar-Alb Roman Route: Köngen, Nürtingen-Oberensingen, Pliezhausen, Kirchentellinsfurt, Rottenburg am Neckar, Ober-nau, Bad Niedernau, Hirrlingen/Rangendingen, Hechingen-Stein, Burladingen, Balingen, Geislingen-Hasenbühl, Rosenfeld, Sulz am Neckar,Oberndorf-Bochingen, Rottweil

From the Danube in the north to Lake Con-stance in the south, the main Upper SwabianBaroque Route and its three side routes takein the entire variety of the Baroque move-ment in the unique cultural setting of Upper Swabia. Thenorthern part of the route goes from Ulm (the last major church

to be built in Upper Swabia, 1714-81) via Blaubeuren (including a Late Gothic abbey with asplendid winged altar and choir stalls) and Ehingen (Late Baroque assembly house, High Ba-roque manor house, Early Baroque Franciscan St. Mary’s Church) to Zwiefalten (cathedral, oneof the best examples of German Rococo), as well as through a charming part of the southernSwabian Alb, taking in a number of Gothic and Baroque gems along its way.

Stages on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route: Ulm-Wiblingen, Erbach, Oberdischingen, Blaubeuren, Ehingen/Donau, Munderkingen, Obermarchtal, Zwiefalten, Riedlingen/ Donau

Over a distance of some 230 km, the Hohenzollern Route takesyou through the countryside and to the many sights that once madeup ”Hohenzollern country”. The route starts from the Neckar val-ley in the north and runs down almost as far as Lake Constance inthe south, traversing the Swabian Alb on the way. Hohenzollern Castle was

the cradle of the Hohenzollern dynasty of princes, kings and emperors, a family which still existstoday. From their palaces in the residential towns of Haigerloch, Hechingen and Sigmaringen, theHohenzollerns ruled for centuries over an extensive area between Baden and Württemberg. Fromthe principal castle of this old aristocratic dynasty, Hohenzollern Castle near Bisingen, visitors havea wonderful view of the Swabian Alb and its foothills.

Stages on the Hohenzollern Route: Haigerloch, Hechingen-Stein, Salmendingen, Trochtelfingen, Neufra, Gammertingen, Laucherttal, Sigmaringen, Leibertingen, Hausen im Tal,Beuron monastery, Irndorf, Schwenningen, Meßstetten, Stetten a.k.M. Albstadt, Balingen, Schömberg, Rosenfeld, Sulz-Glattt

Kurverwaltung GlattIm Schloss72172 Sulz-GlattTel. +49 (0) 74 82 / 316Fax +49 (0) 74 82 / 72 49

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Römerstraße Neckar-Alb e.V.Postfach 29

72101 Rottenburg am NeckarTel. 0 74 72 / 1 65-3 51Fax 0 74 72 / 1 65-3 92

eMail: info@rsna.dewww.roemerstrasse-neckar-alb.de

Gebietsgemeinschaft Allgäu-Bodensee-OberschwabenPostfach 142088331 Bad WaldseeTel. +49 (0) 75 24 / 94 13 - 43Fax +49 (0) 75 24 / 94 13 - 45eMail: info@bad-waldsee.de

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■ Schwäbische Albstraße/Swabian Alb Route

■ Deutsche Limes-Straße/German Limes Route

■ Straße der Staufer/Hohenstaufen Route

■ Hohenzollernstraße/Hohenzollern Route

■ Römerstraße Neckar-Alb/Neckar Alb Roman Route

■ Oberschwäbische Barockstraße/

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The adventure of geologyThe entire Swabian Alb is basically one single geolo-gical theme parkWhere else in this day and age can you experience 200 million years of the various epochsand phenomena of Earth history so directly and in such variety? In a Hollywood film or a JulesVerne novel, perhaps, but most certainly when you take a trip to the Swabian Alb, that lowrange of mountains at the heart of Baden-Württemberg and Europe. Just a few kilometres tothe south-east of Stuttgart, the state capital, a veritable ”Jurassic Park” opens up for the visitor,where, millions of years ago, real saurians and veritable sea monsters up to 18 metres in lengthsplashed around, together with huge cuttlefish, crocodiles, pterosaurs and colonies of sea-lilies. Like a speeded-up film, the Swabian Alb gives you at first hand an exciting and intelli-gible introduction to the evolution of the Earth, from the Triassic to the present day. Thebrochure shown on the left describes this topic in more detail.

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After 50 million years, the Jurassic Seareceded, and the Alb became emergedland. Only a few traces from the Creta-ceous and early Tertiary have been pre-served. However, the volcanic eruptions that can still be recog-nized in the region’s physical geography occurred during thistime. Within an approx. 40 km radius of Kirchheim and Bad

Urach, there are 350 volcanic vents.

Roughly 700,000 years ago, homo sapiensappeared on the Alb. Some of the caves inhab-ited by Stone Age dwellers can be visited near

Blaubeuren, in the valleys leading to the Danube and in the Danubevalley itself. A sculpture more than 30,000 years old was discoveredhere, the world’s oldest work of art.

The strata of the Upper Jurassic, formedbetween 159 and 144 million years ago, aremainly white limestone. The picturesque cliffs

on the Alb slopes originate from this epoch, made up of countlessremains of shells and lime secretions from sponges, seaweed andcorals.

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During the Middle Jurassic, between 180 and159 million years ago, fine-grained clayswere deposited, with intermediate layers of

limestone and iron oolites. Iron ore has been quarried near Aalenand Geislingen/Steige. Ulm Cathedral was built using Middle Juras-sic stone.

Where water and stones disappear

Karstification is the name for the chemicalweathering of pervious limestone: rainwaterabsorbs CO2, becomes acid and dissolves thelimestone, cracks and fissures develop, surface

water seeps away and drains away underground. This led andleads to the formation of extensive networks of caves inside theSwabian Alb, or means that the Danube simply disappears nearImmendingen…

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Volcanoes erupt, meteorites strike

Sun, sea and saurians

Climb to the top of a Swabian volcano, which has been peacefully dormant for mil-lions of years. Make your way through the wild Danube gorge with its craggy cliffs,on foot, by bike, by canoe or on the national park express. Rest in the Bärenhöhle cave like a Stone Age hunter, or make your own StoneAge tools in the Prehistoric Museum in Blaubeuren. Take a trip to the underworld: Wasseralfingen’s demonstration mine, the only subter-ranean river in Germany open to the public, or the marvellous world of caves. See how the Danube, one of Europe’s mightiest rivers, simplydisappears near Immendingen. Look for your own ammonites in Holzmaden, or for a fossilized sponge on the Alb. Discover a sea cliff ondry land, with the holes made by boring clams 60 million years ago.

Geological Park Swabian Alb – the Earth’s history experienced live

Almost 200 million years ago, the area of southGermany that is now dominated by the SwabianAlb was covered by a sea – the Jurassic Sea.With the exception of a few islands, all of Europe

was covered by this sea for approx. 50 million years… It was tropi-cally warm. During the Lower Jurassic epoch between 208 and 180million years ago, dark limestone, clays, marl and oil-shale weredeposited on the Alb. Fossils from this period can be seen in Urwelt-museum Hauff and Werkforum Dotternhausen.

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Geological highlightsAalen: ”Tiefer Stollen” demonstration mineBad Boll: TeufelslochBad Urach: Urach waterfall & Güterstein waterfallBad Urach – Kirchheim-Teck: ”Swabian volcano”Bärenthal: tufaceous limestone quarryBlaubeuren: BlautopfBurg Teck: Jusi Donzdorf: Donzdorf sandstone Im Hegau: source of the AachHeldenfingen: Heldenfinger KliffImmendingen, Fridingen, Tuttlingen: ”Danube Seepage”Königsbronn: Brenztopf Mössingen: Mössinger BergrutschUpper Danube national park: Danube valleySchopfloch: Randeck maar and Schopfloch peat bogSteinheim a. Albuch: Steinheimer Becken (crater)Untermarchtal: lime-kiln museum Unterschneidheim, Wössingen, Unterwiflingen und Zipplingen: geological outcrops (suevite)”Zeugenberge”: Hohenzollern, Achalm, 3 KaiserbergeNear Zwiefalten: ”Gauing marble”

Reichstädter Str. 1, Tue. - Sun. 10-12 a.m. - noon + 2-5 p.m, Tel. +49 (0) 73 61 / 52 22 31

OT Ebingen, Im Hof 19, prehistory and early history of the Ebingen Alb. May-Oct.: Wed, Sat, Sun, public holi-days: 2-5 p.m., Nov.-Apr.: Wed: 2.30-7 p.m.+ every 1stSun in the month: 2-5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 74 31/16014 65

Aalen Urweltmuseum f. Geologie u. Paläontologie

Albstadt Museum im Kräuterkasten

Permanent exhibition: ”Journey into the Past – Prehistoric Finds from Bad Boll”, daily 9 a.m. – noon and 2 – 6p.m., guided tours on request, Tel. +49 (0) 71 64/8 10Tue.-Sun.: 2-5 p.m., admission free, guided tours by arrangement,Tel. +49 (0) 74 33/1 68 10 + 17 02 61

Bad Boll Kurhaus

Balingen Heimatmuseum in der Zehntscheuer

Karlstr. 21, opening times on request, Tel. +49 (0) 73 44/92 10 30

Spitalplatz 1, Apr.-Oct.: Tue.-Fri: 2-4 p.m., Sa t.+Su.+public holidays: 2-5 p.m., Nov.-Mar: Sat.+Sun.: 2-5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 73 62/38 55 + 801-0

Blaubeuren Urgeschichtliches Museum

Bopfingen Museum im Seelhaus

Dormettinger Str. 23, Tue., Wed., Thu.: 1-5 p.m.; Sun.+public holidays: 1 a.m.-5 p.m., closed from 1 Dec. -6 Jan. Guided tour at 6 p.m. every 1st Tue. in the month. Tel. +49 (0) 74 27/7 92 11Sun.: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed.: 10 a.m. noon and 2-6 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 7 37 91/7 50 64

Dotternhausen Fossilienmuseum im Werkforum

Ehingen an der Donau Stadtmuseum

Sun. and public holidays: 10 a.m. - noon and 1-5 p.m., guided tours by arrangement, Tel. +49 (0) 73 24/54 45Jebenhausen, Boller Str. 102, mid-Apr. - mid-Nov.: Wed., Sat., Sun., public holidays: 10 a.m. - noon + 2-5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 71 61/47 42 + 97 95 21

Giengen an der Brenz Stadtmuseum

Göppingen Naturkundliches Museum

Hindenburgstr. 2, May - Sept., every 1st Mon. in the month: 2-4 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 74 62/240

Holzmaden Urweltmuseum Hauff

Immendingen Heimatmuseum

Museum für Höhlenkunde, Schallenau 1, from Easter holidays to end of autumn holidays: daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.,Tel. +49 (0) 73 33/55 86Fleinheimer Str. 2, opening hours by arrangement, Bürgermeisteramt Nattheim: Tel. +49 (0) 73 21/9 78 40

Laichingen Museum für Höhlenkunde

Nattheim Korallen- und Heimatmuseum

Eugene-Shoemaker-Platz 1, Tue. - Sun. 10 a.m. - noon + 1.30-4.30 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 90 81/2 73 82 20

Am Weibermarkt 4, Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat. + Sun.: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Thu. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 71 21/3 03 20 22

Nördlingen Riesenkrater-Museum

Reutlingen Naturkundemuseum

Spitalgasse 6, every 1st Sun. in the month: 10 a.m. - noon and 2-4 p.m., guided tours by arrangement, Tel. +49 (0) 73 94/28 76Im Prediger, Tue. - Fri.: 2-5 p.m.; Sat. + Sun.: 10 a.m. - noon and 2-5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 71 71/57 37

Schelklingen Heimatmuseum

Schwäbisch Gmünd Museum f. Natur u. Stadtkultur

Hochfeldweg 4, Tue. - Sun.: 10 a.m. - noon and 1.30-4.30 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 73 29/73 70Museum am Löwentor, Rosenstein 1, Tue. - Fri.: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat., Sun. and public holidays: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.,Tel. +49 (0) 7 11/8 93 60

Steinheim am Albuch Meteorkrater-Museum

Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde

Geologische Sammlung, Apr. - 6 Jan.: Sun.: 2-5 p.m., by arrangement, Tel. +49 (0) 74 25/2 77 03Sigwartstr. 10, Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on public holidays, opening hours possibly restricted duringuniversity vacation, Tel. +49 (0) 70 71/297-7 75 61 + (7 69 89) + (7 24 89)

Trossingen Heimatmuseum Trossingen

Tübingen Geologisch-Paläontologisches Museum

Donaustr. 50, Sat. + Sun. 2-5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 74 61 / 77 01 84

Ulm, Tue. - Sun. 10 a.m. - noon and 2-5 p.m. , Tel. +49 (0) 7 31/16147 42

Tuttlingen Geologische Sammlung im Fruchtkasten

Ulm/Neu-Ulm Naturkundl. Sammlungen der Stadt

Sonnenbühl-Genkingen, Apr. - Oct.: 9 a.m. - 5.30p.m., Nov. + Mar.: Sun. and public holidays 9a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 71 28/6 05 + 6 82

Kolbingen, Mar. - Oct.: Sat. 1-5 p.m. + Sun. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Groups during the week on prior applic.,Bürgermeisteramt (Mayor’s office): +49 (0) 7463/97083

Schelklingen, on prior application, Tel. +49 (0)73 94/21 30 (Mr. Bauer), 23 40 (Mr. Weyler), 16 40 (Mr. Blumentritt)

Olgahöhle

Schertelshöhle

Hohler Fels

Bärenhöhle

Nebelhöhle

Kolbinger Höhle

Bad Überkingen, on prior application ,Tel. +49 (0) 73 31/6 66 60 (Mr. Dohmke)

Giengen Hürben, Apr. - Oct.: 8.30-11.30 a.m. +1.30-4.30 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 73 24/7296 u.1391

Hayingen, Apr. - Oct.: 9 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Nov. -Mar. on request, Tel. +49 (0) 73 73/28 13(Gasthaus zur Friedrichshöhle)

Heroldstatt, May - Oct.: Sat.: 2-6 p.m., Sun.: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., on request, Höhlenverein, Tel. +49 (0) 7 38 9/6 82

Laichingen, from Easter to 1 Nov.: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.,Höhlen- u. Heimatverein, Tel. +49 (0) 73 33/55 86

Linkenboldshöhle

Kahlensteinhöhle

Charlottenhöhle

Friedrichshöhle/Wimsener Höhle

Sontheimer Höhle

Laichinger Tiefenhöhle

Lichtenstein Honau, Apr. - Nov.: every 1st Sun. inthe month: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 7129/5179

Römerstein, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sundays, from Palm Sun-day to 15 Nov., working days: 15 May - 30 Sept.,Tel.+49 (0) 73 82/93980

Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen, Apr. - Oct.: 9 a.m. - 5.30p.m., Nov. + Mar.: Sun. and public holidays 9a.m. - 5.30 p.m., Tel. +49 (0) 71 28/6 96 + 635

Albstadt, Schwäb. Albverein, OG Onstmettingen,Tel.+49 (0) 74 32/2 25 69 + 2 15 21, openinghours on request

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The fascination of hikingHike with the seasons: walk back to happiness in theSwabian Alb’s marvellous hiking country

With its hills that can be both craggy and gentle, its atmosphere of magnificent views andwonderful valleys, the Swabian Alb is a tantalizing prospect for any hiker, inducing himto drop everything and savour pure contentment: walking is an almost automatic statehere. The walk to the top is always also a journey to one’s inner self; hiking brings youback to basics and gives your thoughts time to roam.The brochure Faszination Wandern (”The Fascination of Hiking”) gives you a rough ideaof the many destinations that hikers can reach in this wonderful hiking country on theSwabian Alb. You will also find tips for tours and further details about the Swabian Alb’smarvellous hiking country.

The Swabian Alb: one huge geological theme park for the hikerExperience the Earth’s history live, hike to a dripstone cave, to one of the 350 vents of the Swabianvolcano between Kirchheim and Bad Urach – the biggest are Jusi and Randeck maar – or to the

Steinheim basin, the site of a meteorite impact in the Albuch area 15 million years ago.

History at every turn: Celts, Romans, AlemanniansHike per pedes, as the Romans would say, to the remains and partial reconstruction of a villa rus-tica – a Roman farm – near Hechingen-Stein, to the Heuneburg Celtic settlement near Her-

bertingen or to the Limes museum in Aalen. Let the past come alive and fascinate you.

At the peak of power: emperors and kings from the Swabian AlbTwo great dynasties originated on the Swabian Alb. From Hohenstaufen castle, the eponymousdynasty began its rise to become rulers of Europe. Hohenzollern castle is the home of the last Ger-

man emperors and was rebuilt at the command of Frederick William IV of Prussia from 1850.

An incredible journey: of fairytales, myths and moreUhland and Hegel, Mörike and Hauff are the rule rather than the exception, part of every child’sprimary school education here on the Swabian Alb. Follow the traces of our poets and philo-

sophers, to the scenes of their stories, to the Blautopf, to Hölderlin’s tower, and many more…

So many fascinating things to see: discover the countryside and its peopleEduard Mörike called it a surviving ”savage paradise”: meadows and forests give way to idyllic set-tlements, friendly hosts invite you to sit down and rest. Travelling on the Swabian railway and slowly

roaming the romantic countryside by nostalgic railbus – that's what the Swabian Alb is about.

Castles, palaces and ruins: real film sets wherever you lookYou will find more than 100 castles, palaces and ruins on the Swabian Alb –whether in the middle oftown, as in the case of Göppingen, or high on a mountain like Lichtenstein or Hohenzollern castles.

In other words, there are more than 100 hikes that can have these ”high spots” as their destination.

The marvel of churches and monasteries: silent paths to the heartOn the Swabian Alb,youwill find enchanting churches, monasteries and buildings from the Romanesque,Gothic,Renais-sance,Baroqueand Jugendstil (art nouveau) periods.To hike to these sites and discover them as places of introspection,

as places to come to an understanding of art, of faith, or indeed of oneself, is a uniquely valuable experience.

The ”stone virgins” in Eselsburg valley

Roman Festival in Aalen

Emperor Barbarossa, the ”Cappenberg bust”

Tübingen, on the River Neckar

Neresheim monastery church, Härtsfeld

Lichtenstein Castle

Historic steam train

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Hike without packsalong the European watershed

This 52-page brochure provides detailed descrip-tions of 17 ”flexibly hikeable” routes that can bebooked in advance, together with background in-formation about the course taken by the Europeanwatershed on each particular route, tips on placesto eat, sights, and much more. You can book indi-vidual sections of the route in advance, or putmore substantial tours together. Reading thisbrochure alone is enough to make you want to setout to trace this geological topic and to get to knowit better at first hand. For a free brochure and book-ings, contact: Schwäbische Alb Tourismusverband,Marktplatz 1, 72574 Bad Urach, Tel. +49(0)7125/948106, Fax 948108, eMail: tgsa@schwaebischealb.de, www.schwaebischealb.de

Schwäbische Alb Tourismusverband, Marktplatz 1, 72574 Bad Urach, Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 81 06, Fax +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 81 08, www.schwaebischealb.de, tgsa@scwaebischealb.deFremdenverkehrsverein Ries-Ostalb, Marktplatz 1, 73441 Bopfingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 62 / 8 01 21, Fax +49 (0) 73 62 / 8 01 50www.bopfingen.de, Stadt@Bopfingen.deVerkehrsverband Gastliches Härtsfeld e.V., Hauptstr. 21, 73450 Neresheim, Tel. +49 (0) 73 26 / 81 49, Fax +49 (0) 73 26 / 81 46,www.neresheim.de, tourist@neresheim.deErlebnisregion Schwäbische Ostalb, Spitalstr. 4, 73479 Ellwangen, Tel. +49 (0) 79 61 / 8 43 03, Fax +49 (0) 79 61 / 5 52 67,www.aalen.de, touristik-service@aalen.de, www.ellwangen.de, info@ellwangen.deTourist-Info Heidenheim, Hauptstr. 34, 89522 Heidenheim, Tel. +49 (0) 73 21 / 32 73 40, Fax +49 (0) 73 21 / 32 76 87www.heidenheim.de, tourist-information@heidenheim.deTouristik-Gemeinschaft Stauferland, Marktplatz 37/1, 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Tel. +49 (0) 71 71 / 6 03 42 50, Fax 6 03 42 99www.stauferland.de, info@stauferland.deVerkehrsamt Lorch, Hauptstr. 19, 73547 Lorch, Tel. +49 (0) 71 72 / 18 01 19, Fax +49 (0) 71 72 / 18 01 59, www.stadt-lorch.de, info@stadt-lorch.deTouristik- und Kulturbüro, Schillerstr. 2, 73312 Geislingen an der Steige, Tel. +49 (0) 73 31 / 2 43 62 oder 2 42 66, Fax 2 43 76www.geislingen.de, info@geislingen.deTourist-Info Göppingen, Hauptstr. 1, 73033 Göppingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 61 / 65 02 92, Fax 65 02 99 · www.goeppingen.de,touristinfo@Goeppingen.deKlosterpark Adelberg, Sport- und Erholungszentrum, 73099 Adelberg, Tel. +49 (0) 71 66 / 9 12 10 - 0, Fax 9 12 10 - 29www.adelberg.de, klosterpark@adelberg.deGeschäftsstelle der Bädergemeinschaft, Bad Boll-Info, Hauptstr. 81, 73087 Bad Boll, Tel. +49 (0) 71 64 / 8 08 28, Fax 902309 www.bad-boll.de,info@verkehrsamt-bad-boll.de, www.badditzenbach.de, touristinfo@badditzenbach.de, www.badueberkingen.de, info@badueberkingen.deAlb-Donau-Kreis Tourismusförderung, Schillerstr. 30, 89070 Ulm, Tel. +49 (0) 7 31 / 1850, Fax +49 (0) 7 31 / 1 85 13 04www.alb-donau-kreis.de, wirtschaft@alb-donau-kreis.deEsslinger Stadtmarketing u. Tourismus GmbH, Marktplatz 16, 73728 Esslingen/Neckar, Tel. +49 (0) 7 11 / 39 69 39 69, Fax 39 69 39 39www.esslingen-tourist.de, info@esslingen-tourist.deStadtverwaltung, Marktplatz 15, 89601 Schelklingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 94 / 24 80, Fax +49 (0) 73 94 / 2 48 50, www.schelklingen.de, info@schelklingen.deKurverwaltung, Am Thermalbad 5, 72660 Beuren Tel. +49 (0) 70 25 / 91 04 00, Fax +49 (0) 70 25 / 9 10 30 10, www.beuren.de, beuren@beuren.deTourist-Informationsbüro im Rathaus, Bachwiesenstr. 7, 72525 Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 18 21 45, Fax 18 21 01, www.muensingen.de, touristinfo@muensingen.deVerkehrsverein Teck-Neuffen e.V., Max-Eyth-Str. 15, 73230 Kirchheim unter Teck, Tel. +49 (0) 70 21 / 30 27, Fax 48 05 38, www.albtrauf.de, tourist@kirchheim-teck.deFremdenverkehrsbüro, Kirchenplatz 16, 72589 Westerheim, Tel. +49 (0) 73 33 / 96 66 12, Fax +49 (0) 73 33 / 96 66 20, www.westerheim.de, info@westerheim.deStädtische Kurverwaltung, Bei den Thermen 4, 72574 Bad Urach, Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 9 43 20, Fax +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 32 22,www.mythosschwalb.de, kbu@badurach.deTouristik-Gemeinschaft St. Johann, Kirchstr. 1, 72813 St. Johann-Upfingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 22 / 92 31, Fax +49 (0) 71 22 / 36 79, www.st-johann.de, Touristik-St.Johann@t-online.deWTG Rottenburg, Marktplatz 18, 72108 Rottenburg am Neckar, Tel. +49 (0) 74 72 / 91 62 36, Fax +49 (0) 74 72 / 91 62 33, www.rottenburg.de, stadt@rottenburg.deBMA, Hauptstr. 49, 72393 Burladingen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 75 / 89 20, Fax +49 (0) 74 75 / 89 21 55, www.burladingen.de, info@burla-dingen.deKurverwaltung Glatt im Schloss, 72172 Sulz-Glatt, Tel. 0 74 82 / 3 16, Tel. + Fax 0 74 82 / 72 48, www.burg-hohenzollern.de, verwaltung@burg-hohenzollern.comTourist-Info Sigmaringen, Schwabstr. 1, 72488 Sigmaringen, Tel. +49 (0) 75 71 / 106-223, Fax 106-177, www.landkreis-sigmaringen.de, tourismus@lrasig.deZollern-Alb Tourist-Info, Hirschbergstr. 29, 72336 Balingen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 33 / 92 13 92 oder 92 11 39, Fax 92 16 10, www.zollernalbkreis.de, tourismus@zollernalbkreis.deTouristikgemeinschaft Oberes Schlichemtal, Schillerstr. 29, 72355 Schömberg Tel. +49 (0) 74 27 / 94 98-0, Fax 94 98-30, www.oberes-schlichemtal.de, gvv@oberes-schlichemtal.deBüro Ulrike Schätzle, Im Dörfle 14, Postfach 46, 78586 Deilingen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 26 / 5 10 36, Fax +49 (0) 74 26 / 91 22 06,www.region-der-zehn-tausender.de, Ulrike.Schaetzle@t-online.deVerkehrsamt im Rathaus, Kirchplatz 2, 78567 Fridingen/Donau, Tel. +49 (0) 74 63 / 83 70, Fax 83750, www.donau-heuberg.de,verkehrsamt@donau-heuberg.deTouristik- u. Verkehrsbüro, Hermann-Leiber-Str. 4, 78532 Tuttlingen-Möhringen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 61 / 3 40 oder 94 82 20, Fax 75 72,www.tuttlingen.de, info@tuttlingen.deNaturpark Obere Donau e.V., Geschäftsstelle, 88631 Beuron, Tel. +49 (0) 74 66 / 92 80-14, Fax 9280 23, www.naturpark-obere-donau.de, Kontakt@Naturpark-Obere-Donau.deBMA Schwenningen, Alte Pfarrstr. 9, 72477 Schwenningen, Tel. +49 (0) 75 79 / 92 12 12, Fax +49 (0) 75 79 / 92 12 50, www.schwenningen.de, info.schwenningen@t-online.deTourist-Informationsbüro im Rathaus, Bachwiesenstr. 7, 72525 Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 18 21 45, Fax +49 (0) 73 81 / 18 21 01, www.grosses-lautertal.de, touristinfo@muensingen.de

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On the Swabian Alb, cyclists will find the hills and valleys that will allow fitness, healthand contentment to be restored to their natural state. Whether with the whole family,with good friends, or on your own, by simple bike, racing bike or mountain bike. Simplyget going and enjoy the healthy air, sun and wind, or discover cultural sights and geo-logical highlights by bike – that’s what the Swabian Alb is about.The brochures shown here put together some of the finest tours for you. The altitude pro-files given for each individual tour give you an idea of the hills you will have to climbon your way. Leave stress behind you and experience time anew: let the good times roll.

”Cycling à la carte” cycle tour guide

On 35 pages of detailed maps and 80 pages full of information, ”Cycling à la carte” tells you everythingyou need to know if you are planning a cycling holiday on the Alb: 1:100,000 scale maps, a basic net-work of cycle routes (for the first time, all the Swabian Alb in one book), supplementary cycle routes,practical spiral binding, tourist routes on the Swabian Alb, descriptions of places, addresses for informa-tion. practical tips (cycle hire, cycle repairs, camp sites, youth hostels), what to see, useful facts. (price:€ 12–, can be ordered direct from Schwäbische Alb Tourismusverband, Marktplatz 1, 72574 Bad Urach,Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 81 06, Fax +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 81 08, tgsa@schwaebischealb.de, www.schwae-bischealb.de).

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These 12 selected tours offer you recre-ation, relaxation and excitement, as well as thefinest destinations on the Swabian Alb. The alti-tude profiles (see the example on the right) give

you an idea of the highs and lows of each tour, andare an ideal aid to planning a route, as are the smalloutline maps showing the most important towns and

villages for easy orientation.

With these and your cyclist’s map(see below) you will be ideallyequipped for fun and sport on the

Swabian Alb. The individualtours are as follows:

1) To lakes and Roman sites around Ellwangen2) From Härtsfeld to the Ries3) Around the Albuch area4) Brenz, Blau and the bleak Alb5) Hohenstaufen country6) From Fils to Erms7) Through the Lauter, Danube and Lauchert valleys8) ”Von dr Alb ra” to the countryside at the foot of the Alb9) Enjoy the Sonnenalb area

10) Breathtaking gorges and open spaces (Upper Danube national park)

11) Hohenzollern country 12) Heuberg, the highest part of the Alb

Baden-Württemberg state cycle routesDiscover Baden-Württemberg by bike.

Seven of the 16 signposted state cycle routes thatcross Baden-Württemberg run through the cycling

centre that is the Swabian Alb:

· Neckar Valley Cycle Path· Swabian Alb Cycle Path· Alb-Danube Cycle Path· Alb-Neckar Cycle Path

· Hohenzollern Cycle Path· Hohenlohe Cycle Path· Kocher-Jagst Cycle Path

For more details contact: TMBW GmbH, Esslinger Str. 8, 70182 Stuttgart

Tel. +49 (0) 7 11 / 2 38 58-0 Fax 2 38 58-99 info@tourismus-baden-wuerttemberg.dewww.tourismus-baden-wuerttemberg.de

Ries-Ostalb Touristik-Büro, Marktplatz 1, 73441 Bopfingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 62 / 80 10, Fax +49 (0) 73 62 / 8 01 50, www.bopfingen.de, Stadt@Bopfingen.de

Gastliches Härtsfeld Verkehrsverband Gastliches Härtsfeld, 73450 Neresheim, Tel. +49 (0) 73 26 / 8149, Fax +49 (0) 7326 /8146, www.neresheim.de, tourist@neresheim.de

Erlebnisregion Schwäbische Ostalb Spitalstr. 4, 73479 Ellwangen, Tel. +49 (0) 79 61 / 84-303, Fax +49 (0) 79 61 / 55267, www.ellwangen.de, info@ellwangen.de oder

Markplatz 2, 73430 Aalen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 61 / 52-23 60, Fax +49 (0) 73 61 / 52-19 07, www.aalen.de, touristik-service@aalen.de

Heidenheim Tourist-Info Heidenheim, Hauptstr. 34, 89522 Heidenheim, Tel. +49 (0) 73 21 / 32 73 40, Fax 32 76 87www.heidenheim.de, tourist-information@heidenheim.de

Stauferland Touristik-Gemeinschaft, marktplatz 37/1, 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Tel. +49 (0) 71 71 / 603-42 50, Fax 603-42 99, www.stauferland.de, info@stauferland.de

Filstal-Route Touristik- und Kulturbüro, Schillerstr. 2, 73312 Geislingen an der Steige, Tel. +49 (0) 7331/42-362 oder 24-266, Fax 24376, www.geislingen.de, info@geislingen.de

Adelberg Klosterpark, Sport- und Erholungszentrum, 73099 Adelberg, Tel. +49 (0) 71 66 / 9 12 10-0, Fax 9 12 10-29, www.adelberg.de, klosterpark@adelberg.de

Alb-Donau-Kreis Tourismusförderung, Schillerstr 30, 89077 Ulm, Tel. +49 (0) 7 31 / 18 50, Fax 1 85 13 04, www.alb-donau-kreis.de, wirtschaft@alb-donau-kreis.de

Ulm/Neu-Ulm Tourist-Information, Münsterplatz 50 (Stadthaus), 89073 Ulm/Donau, Tel. +49 (0) 7 31 / 161-28 30, Fax 161-16 41, www.tourismus.ulm.de

Westerheim Verkehrsbüro, 72589 Westerheim, Tel. 0 73 33 / 96 66 12, Fax 0 73 33 / 96 66 20, www.westerheim.de, info@westerheim.de

Esslingen, Stadt und Landkreis Pulverwiesen 11, 73726 Esslingen a.N., Tel. +49 (0) 7 11 / 39 02, Fax 39 02 10 30, www.esslingen.de, Stadt.Esslingen@esslingen.de oder

Esslinger Stadtmarketing u. Tourismus GmbH, Marktplatz 16, 73728 Esslingen a. Neckar, Tel. +49 (0) 7 11 / 39 69 39 69, Fax 39 69 39 39, info@esslingen-tourist.de

Münsinger Alb mountain-bike tours, information from: Helmut Schneiderhahn, Grundstr. 1, 72525 Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 20 89, Fax +49 (0) 73 81 / 47 28

Teck-Neuffen Fremdenverkehrsverein, Max-Eyth-Str. 15, 73230 Kirchheim u. Teck, Tel. +49 (0) 70 21 / 30 27, Fax 48 05 38, www.albtrauf.de, tourist@kirchheim-teck.de

LKR Reutlingen/Mythos Schwalb Postfach 11 09, 72562 Bad Urach, Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 9 43 20, Fax 94 32 22, www.mythosschwalb.de, kbu@badurach.de

St. Johann Touristikgemeinschaft, Kirchstr. 1, 72813 St.-Johann-Upfingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 22 / 9231, Fax 36 79, www.st-johann.de, Touristik-St.Johann@t-online.de

Erlebniskreis Sigmaringen Tourismusreferat Landratsamt Sigmaringen, Leopoldstr. 4, 72488 Sigmaringen, Tel. +49 (0) 75 71 / 102-358, Fax 75 71 / 102-439,

www.landkreis-sigmaringen.de, tourismus@lrasig.de

Zollernalb Tourist-Info, Hirschbergstr. 29, 72336 Balingen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 33 / 92 13 92 oder 92 11 39, Fax 961666, www.zollernalbkreis.de, wfg@zollernalbkreis.de

Oberes Schlichemtal Touristik-Gemeinschaft, Schillerstr. 29, 72355 Schömberg, Tel. +49 (0) 74 27 / 94 98-0, Fax 94 98-30 www.oberes-schlichemtal.de, gvv@oberes-schlichemtal.de

Hohenzollern Kurverwaltung Glatt, Im Schloß, 72172 Sulz-Glatt, Tel. +49 (0) 7482/316 oder 913433, Fax 7249, www.burg-hohenzollern.de, verwaltung@burg-hohenzollern.com

Donau-Heuberg Verkehrsamt, Kirchplatz 2, 78567 Fridingen a.d. Donau, Tel. +49 (0) 74 63 / 837-0, Fax 837-50, www.donau-heuberg.de, verkehrsamt@donau-heuberg.de

Tuttlingen Touristik- u. Verkehrsbüro, Hermann-Leiber-Str. 4, 78532 Tuttlingen-Möhringen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 62 / 340 u. 94 82-20, Fax 75 72, www.tuttlingen.de, info@tuttlingen.de

Naturpark Obere Donau Geschäftsstelle, 88631 Beuron, Tel. +49 (0) 74 66 / 92 80-14, Fax 92 80-23, www.naturpark-obere-donau.de, Kontakt@Naturpark-Obere-Donau.de

ARGE-Deutsche Donau Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 86633 Neuburg a.d. Donau, Tel. +49 (0) 84 31/ 5 72 37, Fax 5 72 05, www.deutsche-donau.de, info@deutsche-donau.de

Swabian Alb – tips for tours and fantastic scenery

Großes Lautertal Tourist-Informationsbüro, Bachwiesenstr. 7, 72525 Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 18 21 45, Fax 18 21 01, www.grosses-lautertal.de,touristinfo@muensingen.de

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Naturally healthy! Completely in your element: the spas and health resorts of the Swabian Alb

On the Swabian Alb you will find every way and means of restoring the balance betweenbody and soul. The health resorts on the Swabian Alb have first class spa facilities and manydifferent types of spa cure to offer, allowing you to regain health, contentment and energy.They are open to all kinds of guests, whether inpatients or outpatients, as a preventativemeasure or for rehabilitation and supplementary treatment, for private patients or patientsin statutory health insurance schemes. According to holistic principles, a comprehensivetreatment method combines physical and psychological aspects with the natural remediesfound in the ground, water and air, and tailors them to the individual patient. And it doesyou good! Reinforce your health and harmony, or regain them again after illness or an acci-dent. For further details, consult the brochure shown on the left.

Kneipp cure (hydrotherapy): therapy involving water applications, promoting holistic acti-vation of human powers of self-healing. Taking the waters: regular drinking of untreatedmedicinal water promotes the reorganization of daily rhythms of digestion and metabolismfunctions. Heat and cold: alternating applications of hot and cold elements build up thecardiovascular and immunological systems, are anti-inflammatory, relieve pain, stimulatethe blood flow, generally tone up, and relax.

Massages: classical foulage and many varied techniques for the connective tissue, tendonsand their insertions. Kinesitherapy: the buoyancy of mineral water baths relaxes the mus-cles, relieves the joints, relieves the pressure on the intervertebral disks, loosens connec-tive tissue, removes pain not related to inflammation. Baths: medical tub baths from bathsto cure colds to relaxation baths. Baths such as CO2 baths draw heat or are thermally neu-tral, thereby improving blood flow to the skin, slightly increasing respiratory volume andpartial oxygen pressure in the tissue.

Speleotherapy: the air inside caves, such as that to be found inside disused mines or oldgalleries, is not affected by pollution and is purer than a marine or mountain climate. Itaids the healing and relieving process in asthmatic conditions, allergies or chronic inflam-mation of the skin. Sulphur photo (individually tailored UV phototherapy of the skin incombination with baths in sulphurated water) is ideal for skin conditions, especiallychronic eczema, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders.

● Medicinal mineral water comes from pure sources. Its physical or chemical properties makes it suitable asa medicine

● Hot springs from the depths of the earth bestow a feel-ing of well-being, and are ideal for kinesitherapy.

● Mineral water has seeped through various rock strata,absorbing many minerals that are essential for us:drink yourself back to health!

● Sulphurated water is excellent for the treatment of

skin conditions, rheumatism and arthrosis● Fango is mineral mud of volcanic origin, excellent for

relieving many conditions● Curative mine gallery air: the extremely pure air mix-

ture to be found deep inside a mountain is excellentfor treating respiratory and skin conditions, as well asallergies

● Climatotherapy: constantly pure air and a mildlybracing climate are the best fresh air spa cure

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● Fasting cure: cleansing body and soul. Deposits andwaste products in the body are removed. The ideal fasttakes place away from everyday life, best of all in a group.

● Homeopathy: a healing method based on the law ofsimilitude. Instead of prescribing drugs that coun-teract the symptoms of the illness, something similarto the illness is administered in order to activate thebody’s self-healing powers.

● Phytotherapy: treatment with purely plant-basedmedicines. In many cases, the recipes for these tinc-tures and extracts have been known for centuries.Physicians such as Kneipp modified or refined them.

● Food: Hippocrates knew that food is the best medicine.This is a rule that is especially observed in medicinal

spas and health resorts, and which guests are againmade aware of at seminars and in guidelines.

● Oxygen therapy: insufficient oxygen is the cause ofmany complaints. Inhalation, positive pressurebreathing and autohaemotherapy improve the body’ssupply of oxygen.

● Neural therapy: acupuncture, electrotherapy, mudpacks, CO2 baths, specific pain treatment to treat ner-vous disorders, rheumatism and slipped disks or aspart of follow-up treatment.

● Relaxation: autogenic training or Far Eastern rela-xation techniques allow us to preserve the calmnessand collectedness we need to survive in our every-day life.

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A silent smile, rather than loud laughter, iswhat characterizes the Swabian Alb.Come to where even the Romans felt athome, and the purest air can be breathedin even today (Aalen), to a spa surroundedby wild orchards, beech woods and dis-tinctive geological features (Bad Boll), toromantic water courses and juniper scrubwith a wealth of carline thistles andorchids, located in the beautiful upper Filsvalley (Bad Ditzenbach and Bad Überkin-gen), to a spa embedded in magnificentnatural surroundings and the peace of theAlb foothills, surrounded by rare old trees(Bad Imnau), to a sheltered spot set softlyin a valley, in the midst of beech woods(Bad Urach), or to a spa half-way downthe slopes of the Alb, in a fertile landscapeof vineyards, meadows and orchards(Beuren). Come and enjoy the health-giv-ing treasures of the Swabian Alb.

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Limesthermen Aalen

Aalen Touristik-Service · Marktplatz 2 · 73430 Aalen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 61 / 52 23 58 · Fax 52 19 07 · touristik-service@aalen.de · www.aalen.de

Bad Boll-Info · Hauptstr. 81 · 73087 Bad Boll · Tel. +49 (0) 71 64 /808-28 · Fax 90 23-09 · info@verkehrsamt-bad-boll.de · www.bad-boll.de

Stahlbad Imnau Kurverwaltung · Badstr. 64 · 72401 Bad ImnauTel. +49 (0) 74 74/699-0 · Fax 699-999

Tourist Info · Postfach 12 06 · 72563 Bad Urach · Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 32-0 · Fax 94 32-22 · kbu@badurach.de · www.badurach.de

Tourist-Information · Marktplatz 2 · 72532 Gomadingen Tel. +49 (0) 73 85/96 96-33 · Fax 96 96-22 · info@gomadingen.de · www.gomadingen.de

Fremdenverkehrsbüro · Hauptstr. 2 (Rathaus) · 72820 Sonnenbühl-Undingen · Tel.+49 (0) 71 28/925-18 · Fax 925-50 · info@sonnenbuehl.de · www.sonnenbuehl.de

Tourismus-Info · Kirchenplatz 16 · 72589 Westerheim · Tel. +49 (0) 73 33 / 9666-12 · Fax 96 66-20 · info@westerheim.de · www.westerheim.de

Tourismusbüro Haus d. Gastes · Helfensteinstr. 20 · 73342 Bad Ditzenbach ·Tel. +49 (0)7334/ 69 11 · Fax 92 04 08 · touristinfo@badditzenbach.de · www.badditzenbach.de

Kurverwaltung · Gartenstr. 1 · 73337 Bad Überkingen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 31/96 19 19 · Fax 96 19 99 · info@bad-ueberkingen.de · www.bad-ueberkingen.de

Kurverwaltung in d. Therme · Am Thermalbad 5 · 72660 Beuren Tel. +49 (0) 7025 / 9 10 40-0 · Fax 9 10 40-10 · beuren@beuren.de · www.beuren.de

Verkehrsamt · Kirchstr. 15 · 72534 Hayingen Tel. +49 (0) 73 8 /97 77 23 Fax 97 77 33 · info@hayingen.de · www.hayingen.de

Touristik- u. Verkehrsbüro · Herm.-Leiber-Str. 4 · 78532 Tuttlingen-Möhringen · Tel.+49 (0) 74 62/340 + 94 82-20 · Fax 75 72 · info@tuttlingen.de · www.tuttlingen.de

Chronic rheumatic disorders, disorders of the loco-motor system, asthma, chronic bronchitis, hayfever, chronic sinusitis, neurodermatitis, pseudo-croup

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Country holidaysHappy faces and good food are only natural: countryholidays on the Swabian Alb.

People on the Swabian Alb look forward to spring, are curious to see what the summerwill bring, enjoy the harvest, the festivals, the colours of the autumn leaves, and the silentwinter. Still being able to feel the passage of the seasons, to experience it with its sun, rainand wind – here on the Alb this is one of the most beautiful and yet so simple experi-ences, something that make a visit interesting whatever the season. Sitting comfortably ona bench in front of your house, leaning back, telling stories, talking, laughing. There is agood chance you will rediscover here the peace that gives you time again, and an envi-ronment that gets you in the right mood for the really important things in life.The LandFerien (”Country Holidays”) brochure will help you find the right accommodation foryourself, your family and your friends, and provides tips for a super holiday in the country.

Natural insights

Naturschutzzentrum Schopflocher AlbVogelloch 1, 73252 Lenningen-Schopfloch, Tel. 0 70 26 / 9 50 12-0 ,

Fax 9 50 12-10Opening hours: mid-April to mid-Oct.: Tue. to Fri. 2-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.mid-Oct. to mid-April: Tue. to Fri. 2-5 p.m., 1st Sun. in the month 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Exhibitions about the Swabian Alb and biotopes, slide show, landscape models,children’s playroom, country garden, marble quarry, nature walks for groups, programme

of events.

Haus der Natur Obere DonauWolterstr. · 88631 Beuron Tel. 0 74 66 / 9 28 00 · Fax 92 80 23h

Opening hours: 1 April to 31 Oct.: Tue. to Fri. 9 a.m. - noon, Sat. and Sun.1 p.m. - 5 p.m.1 November - 31 March: Tue. to Fri. 9 a.m. - noon. Also open during the after-

noons all year on request.

A permanent exhibition gives the visitor an insight into the diversity ofnatural habitats, the geological history of the area and the culturalhighlights of this national park. Lectures, seminars and excursions

provide further insight into various topics. Groups andschool classes are welcome, and can book various

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Uniquely delicious

Swabian cuisineSouth German culinary art is of a very high quality, andthe cuisine of the Swabian Alb occupies a special posi-tion within it. It ranges from a simple cold snack to a 5-star gastronomic menu. Whether plain and simple orhighly sophisticated, the names of the dishes are a de-light in themselves: Linsen mit Saitenwürstle und Spät-zle (lentils with sausages and spätzle – a kind of noo-dle), Maultaschen (a kind of ravioli), either in soup or”geschmelzt” or ”geröstet” (delicious but untranslatable!),Wurstsalat (finely chopped sausage salad), Käsespätzle(spätzle baked in the oven with cheese and onion): typ-ically Swabian dishes, unique and incomparable.

Fresh, good and healthy

Farm produceThese dishes taste so good because hardly anywhereelse can match the Swabian Alb in its great variety ofregional suppliers and markets selling vegetables, meat,fruit and other delicious produce of high ecologicalquality (see the addresses in the LandFerien brochure).

Gerlinde Gross · Mozartstr. 40/1 · 73453 Abtsgmünd · Tel./Fax +49 (0) 73 66 / 92 05 67

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Anbietergemeinschaft Mittlere Alb

Anbietergemeinschaft Östliche Alb Beate Kottmann · Braunhof 1 · 73550 Waldstetten · Tel./Fax +49 (0) 71 71 / 4 32 62

Country holiday associations

Holiday villages on the Swabian Alb

”On the Swabian railway”

own are advised to try the ”Öko-Regio” tour, a voyage of dis-covery for young and old in the Münsingen area, with tips onitems of cultural interest, food and drink, outstanding naturalfeatures, places to shop and plenty of fresh air and scenery.For information, contact: Tourist-Info Münsingen/GroßesLautertal (Manfred Waßner), Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 18 21-45,Fax 18 21-01.Both projects were set up on the initiative of NABU Lan-desverband Baden-Württemberg (environmental association).

Do you want to experience the Alb at close quarters? Thencome on an Alb-Guide-Tour around thecentral Swabian Alb. There are 22 guidedtours around Münsingen, the Great Lautervalley and the Alb slopes. Together withan Alb-Guide, you can discover thecharming countryside on foot, by bike orby coach, at set times or by individual

arrangement. Those who would prefer to see the region on their

Feriendorf Gomadingen Stuttgarter Weg 1 · 72532 Gomadingen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 85 / 96 98-0

Feriendorf Tieringen

Feriendorf Tuttlingen-Möhringen

72469 Meßstetten · Tel. +49 (0) 74 36 / 92 91-0 · Fax +49 (0) 74 36 / 92 91-20

Touristik- und Verkehrsbüro · Hermann-Leiber-Str. · 78532 Tuttlingen-Möhringen · Tel. +49 (0) 74 62 /340 oder 94 82-20 · info@tuttlingen.de · www.tuttlingen.de

Ferien- und Erlebnisdorf Sonenmatte Sonnenmatte 51/1 · 72820 Sonnenbühl · Tel. +49 (0) 71 28 / 92 99-0 · Fax 92 99-20 · die-sonnenmatte@t-online.de www.schwaben-international.de

Feriengebiet Lauterdörfle 72534 Hayingen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 86 / 97 94-0 · Fax +49 (0) 73 86 / 13 38

bach stud farm, the car museum in Engstingen, Lichten-stein Castle, Bärenhöhle caves, the romantic GreatLauter valley. Walk or cycle along the latter with thehelp of the ”Lauter Leisure Coach”, which can transportup to 30 bikes.

For information, contact: Tourist-Info Münsingen, Bach-wiesenstr. 7, 72525 Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 /182-145 Fax 182-101, eMail: Touristinfo@Muensingen.de

The ”Swabian railway” is going through a renais-sance. Disused tracks are awaking to new life: nos-talgic railbuses and modern shuttle trains are takingholidaymakers, hikers and cyclists to and across theSwabian Alb. All aboard for a truly special rail andscenic experience. On board the ”Ulm Sparrow” andthe Cycle Tour Shuttle you can take scenic roundtrips on outstandingly romantic branch lines. Alongthe way you will find many places to visit – the Mar-

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Alb-Guides and the ”Öko-Regio” tour – fun and new ideas in harmony with nature

Anbietergemeinschaft Mittlere Alb Ferienring Schwäbische Alb · Gartenstraße 12 · 72534 Hayingen-Münzdorf · Tel. +49 (0) 73 86 / 506Landratsamt Sigmaringen · Tourismusreferat · Leopoldstr. 4 · 72488 Sigmaringen · Tel. +49 (0) 75 71 /102-358 · Fax 0 75 71 / 102-540

Town and life They have evolved naturally and are as lively todayas ever: the towns of the Swabian Alb

Old houses with a life of their own, trees that were planted centuries ago, traditions thatare passed down from one generation to the next and shape the towns’ culture and in-habitants – this is what is so astonishing and special about the Alb towns’ culturalinheritance.Lively town centres and magnificent townscapes, intimate and romantic – there is somuch urban culture to discover and experience here. Here you will find squares whereyou will quickly feel at home, and find time to watch time go by. Or perhaps you feel likethe hum of activity and surprising cultural events. All of this is here within a small area:shopping, strolling, theatre, culture, art, restaurants. Be ready for natural relaxation andexcitement, for life in the towns on the Swabian Alb.

Every Swabian Alb town has a unique atmosphere of itsown, a special history whose repercussions can still be felt today. The first

Swabian university was founded in Tübingen in 1477. You will also find homes to the intellectin Reutlingen and Nürtingen with their renowned technical colleges. Schwäbisch Gmünd, the oldest

Hohenstaufen city and former imperial city, is famous for its jewellery and design industry The Hohenstaufen cityGöppingen was influenced by Emperor Barbarossa and more recently by model railways, Giengen an der Brenz was founded

by the Hohenstaufens and is now famous for teddy bears, and Gottlieb Daimler was born in the Hohenstaufen town Schorndorf.And although Aalen received its charter from the Hohenstaufens, it was a Roman metropolis as early as 150 BC, as was Heidenheim.

Ellwangen, Rottenburg and Blaubeuren have been shaped by a centuries-old spiritual tradition. The former imperial free city of Ulmdeveloped into a great trading centre from the 11th century on. And the former imperial city of Esslingen, as well as the city of Plochingen, were

early pioneers in the industrialization of the mid-Neckar region. Industries that have developed out of centuries-old craft trades in combinationwith new, creative products: this is also typical of the ”textile towns” such as Albstadt, Münsingen and Metzingen. Tuttlingen is famous formedical equipment, while Geislingen (with its five valleys) and Kirchheim unter Teck are renowned for metal goods, and Trossingen, theharmonica town, for musical instruments. With their palaces and castles, residential seats such as Hechingen, Balingen, Haigerloch or

Sigmaringen are testimony to former rulers, especially the Hohenzollerns. Bad Urach, which today is one of the most frequented healthresorts in Germany, was for decades the residence of the Counts of Württemberg, and an important Alemannic settlement long before

that. And the history of Ehingen on the Danube, once a Lower Austrian town, or of the Württemberg country town Pfullingen,reaches back to earliest Alemannic times. Diversity, history, tradition and modernity, festivals and celebration – the towns of the

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Aalen Limes Thermen Tel. +49 (0) 73 61 / 9 49 30Adelberg Wellenbad Klosterpark Tel. +49 (0) 7166 / 311Albstadt badkap Tel. +49 (0) 74 31 / 7 20 72Bad Urach Aquadrom Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 16 66Blaustein Bad Blau Tel. +49 (0) 73 04 / 802-62/64Ellwangen Wellenbad Tel. +49 (0) 79 61 / 5 22 80Heidenheim Aquarena Tel. +49 (0) 73 21 / 32 81 30Ulm Atlantis Tel. +49 (0) 7 31 / 98 59 90

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Tourist-Information · Hauptstraße 34 · 89522 Heidenheim · Tel. +49 (0) 73 21 / 327-340 · Fax 327-687 · rathaus@heidenheim.de · www.heidenheim.deHeidenheim

Verkehrsamt · Max-Eyth-Straße 15 · 73230 Kirchheim u. Teck · Tel. +49 (0) 70 21 / 30 27 · Fax 48 05 38 · tourist@kirchheim-teck.de · www.kirchheim-teck.de

Stadt Metzingen · Stuttgarter Str. 2-4 · 72555 Metzingen · Tel. +49 (0) 71 23 / 925-0 · Fax 925-210 · metzingen.de@t-online.de · www.metzingen.deMetzingen

Tourist-Information · Bachwiesenstr. 7 · 72525 Münsingen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 182-0 · Fax 182-101 · touristinfo@muensingen.de · www.muensingen.deMünsingen

Information · Marktstraße 7 · 72622 Nürtingen · Tel. +49 (0) 70 22 / 75-381 · Fax 0 70 22 / 75-380 · stadt@nuertingen.de · www.nuertingen.de Nürtingen

Kulturamt Plochingen · Schulstraße 7 · 73207 Plochingen · Tel. +49 (0) 71 53 / 70 05-0 · Fax 70 05-199 · krepela@plochingen.de · www.plochingen.dePlochingen

Tourist-Information · Marktplatz 5 · 72793 Pfullingen · Tel. +49 (0) 71 21 / 703-0 · Fax 703-213 · info@pfullingen.de · www.pfullingen.dePfullingen

Tourist-Information · Listplatz 1 · 72764 Reutlingen · Tel. +49 (0) 71 21 / 303-26 22 · Fax 33 95 90 · webmaster@reutlingen.de · www.reutlingen.de Reutlingen

Info-Center · Marktplatz 18 · 72108 Rottenburg · Tel. +49 (0) 74 72 / 91 62 36 · Fax 91 62 33 · rottenburg@gmx.de · www.rottenburg.deRottenburg

Bürgermeisteramt · Öffentlichkeitsarbeit · Marktplatz 1 · 73614 Schorndorf · Tel. +49 (0) 71 81 / 602-103 · Fax 602-160 · melanie.wischkony@schorndorf.deSchorndorf

I-Punkt · Marktplatz 37/1 · 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd · Tel. +49 (0) 71 71 / 603-42 50 · Fax 603-42 99 · tourist-info@schwaebisch-gmuend.de · www.schwaebisch-gmuend.de

Städtisches Verkehrsamt · Schwabstr. 1 · 72488 Sigmaringen · Tel. +49 (0) 75 71 / 10 62 23 · Fax 10 61 66 · tourismus@sigmaringen.de · www.sigmaringen.de Sigmaringen

Tourismus-Information · Hohnerstr.23 · 78647 Trossingen · Tel. +49 (0) 74 25 / 32 68 83 · Fax 32 69 85 · kultur-gmbh@trossingen.de · www.trossingen.deTrossingen

Tourist-Information · An der Neckarbrücke · 72072 Tübingen · Tel. +49 (0) 70 71 / 91 36-0 · Fax 3 50 70 · mail@tuebingen-info.de · www.tuebingen-info.deTübingen

Touristik- und Verkehrsbüro · Hermann-Leiber-Str. 4 · 78532 Tuttlingen-Möhringen · Tel. +49 (0) 74 62 / 34-0 und 9482-20 · Fax 75 72 · Info@Tuttlingen.de · www.tuttlingen.de

Tourist-Information Ulm/Neu-Ulm · Münsterplatz 50 (Stadthaus) · 89073 Ulm · Tel. +49 (0) 7 31 / 161-28 30 / - 28 00 · Fax 161-16 46 · unt@tourismus.ulm.de · www.ulm.de/tourismus

Tourist-Information · Bei den Thermen 4 · 72574 Bad Urach · Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 32-0 · Fax 94 32-22 · kbu@badurach.de · www.badurach.de

Tourist-Information · Marktstr. 35 · 72458 Albstadt · Tel. +49 (0) 74 31 / 160-12 04 · Fax 160-12 27 · stadtverwaltung@albstadt.de · www.albstadt.de

Touristik-Service Aalen · Marktplatz 2 · 73430 Aalen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 61 /52-23 58 · Fax 52-19 07 · touristik-service@aalen.de · www.aalen.de

Tourist-Information · Neue Straße 33 · 72336 Balingen · Tel. +49 (0) 74 33 / 170-26 · Fax 170-127 · stadt@balingen.de · www.balingen.de

Tourist-Information · Auf dem Graben 15 · 89143 Blaubeuren · Tel. +49 (0) 73 44 / 92 10 25 · Fax 96 69 36 · info@blaubeuren.de · www.blaubeuren.de

Tourist-Information · Marktplatz 1 (Rathaus) · 89584 Ehingen (Donau) · Tel. +49 (0) 73 91 / 503-0 · Fax 503-222 · info@ehingen.de · www.ehingen.de

Tourist-Information · Spitalstraße 4 · 73479 Ellwangen (Jagst) · Tel. +49 (0) 79 61 / 84-303 · Fax 5 52 67 · info@ellwangen.de · www.ellwangen.de

Stadtinformation · Marktplatz 2 · 73728 Esslingen · Tel. +49 (0) 7 11 / 35 12 33 30 · Fax 35 12 33 31 · info@esslingen-touristik.de · www.esslingen.de

Touristik- und Kulturbüro · Schillerstr. 2 · 73301 Geislingen · Tel. +49 (0) 73 31 / 24-362 / -266 · Fax 24-376 · info@geislingen.de · www.geislingen.de

Tourist-Information · Im Schlössle 11 · 89537 Giengen an der Brenz · Tel. +49 (0) 73 22 / 952-292 · Fax 952-264 · info@giengen.de · www.giengen.de

Tourist-Information · Hauptstr. 1 · 73033 Göppingen · Tel. +49 (0) 71 61 / 650-292 · Fax 650-299 · touristinfo@goeppingen.de · www.goeppingen.de

Tourist-Information · Oberstadtstraße 11 · 72072 Haigerloch · Tel. +49 (0) 74 74 / 697-0 · Fax 697-725 · verkehrsamt@haigerloch.de · www.haigerloch.de

Tourist-Information · Marktplatz 11 · 72379 Hechingen · Tel. +49 (0) 74 71 / 940-114 · Fax 940-108 · tourist-info@hechingen.de · www.hechingen.de

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Hechingen Christmas market inHohenzollern Castle: always on thefirst weekend in Advent. UnadulteratedChristmas market romanticism against ahistorically unique backdrop.

BalingenArt exhibitions in the municipal hall:from June to Sept. every odd year.International exhibitions have fea-tured Picasso, Chagall and Klee

HaigerlochHaigerloch Palace Concert Festival:annual concert series – Baden-Würt-temberg Intern. Festival: always fromAscension Day to the end of July.

AlbstadtAir day at Degerfeld:on the last weekend in August every year.There is always room in the sky: balloontrips, gliding, air show and much more

HeidenheimOpera Festival at Heidenheim Palace:World-renowned artists in a musical”stronghold”. A fine overture to theopen-air season.

GiengenInternational Vintage Teddy Bear Rally:always on the 3rd Sunday in August.Bears for the ladies, gleaming vintagecars for the men.

EhingenEhingen Jazz Festival:every year, on the second weekend inOctober. Exciting program for jazzand blues fans, on 10 stages

BlaubeurenTheme-based hiking day:always on 1 May. New topic eachyear, such as: ”How does water getonto the Alb?”

EsslingenOnion Festival:end of July/beginning of August every year.Onions versus the Devil. A magnificentfestival with wine and Swabian specialities.

GeislingenChildren’s Festival and procession:always on the Monday before thesummer holidays. One of the best-known and oldest German festivals.

EllwangenKalter Markt:begins every year on the Mondayafter Epiphany. Has been one ofBaden-Württemberg’s major horsemarkets since 1353.

Göppingen May Days Festival, fromFriday to Monday:in May/June, Göppingen always cele-brates the withdrawal of troops fromthe undestroyed town in 1650.

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AalenRoman Festival – every even year:on the last weekend in September.Europe's largest meeting of Romans onthe fortress site and in the Limes Museum

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Bad UrachUrach Shepherds’ Race:in June/July every odd year. Grand hi-storical and traditional festival, original-ly the meeting of the shepherds’ guild

Reutlingen Mutscheltag: always on theThursday after Epiphany. All the bakersbake them, and everyone in Reutlingentries to win them: the golden Mutschelnbuns with their wonderful aroma.

PfullingenMay Market: always on the first Sat-urday in May. All the bustle of a tra-ditional fair. Roundabouts, stalls, beertent …

NürtingenMaientag – traditional festival forschoolchildren:every year in mid-May, Nürtingen’sschoolchildren live it up.

Rottenburg Swabian-AlemannicFastnet (carnival): every year, fromthe Thursday before Ash Wednesdaytill Ash Wednesday. Uninhibited mer-rymaking and good cheer.

SchorndorfSchorndorf Wine Market:every year, on the first weekend inSeptember, Schorndorf celebrates itstraditional wine market.

TrossingenKilbemärt: every year on the lastweekend in September. Autumn mar-ket and conviviality – three days ofunfettered enjoyment.

TuttlingenHonberg Concert Summer: every yearin July, 18 days of outstanding concerts inthe courtyard in the castle ruins. A festivalunder canvass in a unique setting.

MetzingenSeven Winepresses Grape Harvest Fes-tival: always in the third week in Octo-ber. The town winepress becomes apub. pure Swabian enjoyment.

MünsingenTown Festival: always on the lastweekend before the summer holidays.Entertainment, hustle and bustle,good Swabian food and drink.

TübingenPunt race on the Neckar:always on the second Thursday inJune. The Oxford and Cambridge boatrace is a dry affair by comparison.

Ulm Schwörmontag and water procession: every year on the last butone Monday in July. Ulm’s version ofCarnival. On the Danube – good wetfun in the middle of summer.

SigmaringenTown Festival in the historical town centre:on the last weekend in June every year.Three days and nights of merrymakingtill the old walls shake.

KirchheimHaft und Hekafescht: always on thelast weekend in June. Traditionaltown festival. Visitors are invited tojoin in the fun. Open air concerts.

Schwäbisch GmündCarnival Music Festival:always two weekends before AshWednesday. Cacophony and highspirits.

Celebrations without end: thetowns of the Swabian Alb haveexciting events in store for you allthe year round. Welcome!

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PlochingenPlochinger Marquardtfest:always on the 2nd weekend in July Plochingencelebrates its town festival to remember his fa-mous medival citizen Marquardt v. Randeck.

GöppingenRenaissance Palace with vinesMon. - Fri. during District Courtopening hours. Tourist-InformationGöppingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 61 / 6502-92, -93, Fax -99

Albstadt – LautlingenStaufenberg Palace with the Jehlecollection of musical artefacts.Opening hours: Wed., Sat. Sun. and public holidays 2-5 p.m.,museum office (Ms. Goebel), Tel. +49 (0) 74 31/16014 65 orTourist-Information Albstadt, Tel. +49 (0) 74 31 / 1 60 12 04

Bad UrachHohenurach Castle ruinsHohenwittlingen Castle ruinsboth ruins are accessible to the public. For information, contact: Kurverwaltung Bad Urach, Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 94 32-0

Geislingen/SteigeHelfenstein Castle ruinsopen to the public. Tourist informa-tion: Verkehrsamt in der MAG,Tel. +49 (0) 73 31 /24 266

Former town palace of the Counts ofHelfensteinnot open to visitors (council offices)

GöppingenHohenstaufen Castle ruinsopen to the public. Tourist-Informa-tion Göppingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 61 /65 02-92, -93, Fax -99

HayingenDerneck CastleOpen to the public. Castle office (Ms Stein), Tel. +49 (0) 73 83 / 12 97

BopfingenBaldern Palace16 Mar. - 31 Oct. Tue. - Sun. 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Palace office, Tel. +49 (0) 7362 / 43 22

BalingenZollern PalaceOpening hours on request,Stadtarchiv & Museen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 33 / 170-216

Bad UrachBad Urach Town PalaceGuided tours by arrangement, visitsalso without guide. Palace office (Mr.Maier), Tel. +49 (0) 71 25 / 15 82 20

HaigerlochHaigerloch Palacewith the exception of the gallery, inte-rior not open to visitors (hotel, confer-ence centre). Verkehrsamt Haigerloch,Tel. +49 (0) 74 74 / 69 3-0

DischingenKatzenstein CastleBürgermeisteramt Dischingen,Tel. +49 (0) 73 27 / 820

EhingenMochental Palace Art gallery andbroom museum. Tue. - Fri. 10 a.m. -noon & 2-5 p.m., Sat. 2-5 p.m., Sun.10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Ewald & DorotheaSchrade, Ehingen-Mochental, Tel. +49 (0) 73 75 / 418 + 419

Hohenzollern-BisingenHohenzollern Castle16 Mar. - 15 Oct. daily 9 a.m. - 5.30 p.m., 16 Oct. - 15 Mar. daily 9 a.m. -4.30 p.m. Castle office: Tel. +49 (0) 74 71 / 24 28

EllwangenEllwangen Palaceonly Palace museum open to visitors:Tue. - Fri. 2-5 p.m., Sat., Sun. & pub-lic holidays 10 a.m. - noon, 2-5 p.m. Grounds open to the public. Tel. +49(0) 79 61 / 5 43 80 od. Tourist-Infor-mation +49 (0) 79 61 / 8 43 03

AalenFachsenfeld PalaceOpening hours: Sat.& Sun. 10 a.m. -noon, 2-5 p.m., weekdays by arrange-ment. Palace office: Tel. +49 (0) 7366 / 27 93

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LeibertingenWildenstein CastleTel. +49 (0) 74 66 / 411, Fax 417

NeuffenHohenneuffen Castle ruinsopen to the public, BürgermeisteramtNeuffen, Tel. +49 (0) 70 25 / 106-0

Great Lauter valleyBichishausen Castle ruins, Hohengundelfingen Castle ruins, Nieder-gundelfingen Castle ruins, Hohenhundersingen Castle ruinsall open to the publicTourist-Information Münsingen, Tel. +49 (0) 73 81 / 1 82-145

TuttlingenHonberg Castle ruinsopen to the public, Touristik- undVerkehrsbüro Tuttlingen-Möhringen, Tel. +49 (0) 74 62 / 340 or 94 82-29

WiesensteigHelfenstein Palaceby request, Schlossverwaltung, Tel. +49 (0) 73 35 / 2721

WiesensteigReussenstein Castle ruinsopen to the public, VerkehrsamtWiesensteig, Tel. +49 (0) 73 35 /96 20-0

Schwäbisch GmündRechberg Castle ruins: Wed. – Sun.from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closes earlierin inclement weather) Schw. Gmünd,Tel. +49 (0) 71 71 / 6 03-455, Fax -459, tourist-info@schwaebisch-gmuend.de

TübingenHohentübingen PalaceVisitors can walk around the outside,the palace courtyard and the gateway(museum on request). VerkehrsvereinTübingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 24 / 41 23

HeidenheimHellenstein Castle and Palace Hellen-stein Palace Museum, opening hours:Easter Sun. to 31 Oct.: Tue. - Sun.,10 a.m. - noon, 2-5 p.m. Carriageand Cart Museum, opening hours: 15Mar. to 30 Nov.: Tue. - Sun., 10 a.m.- noon, 2-5 p.m. 1 May. to 31 Oct.:Sun. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tourist-Inform.

ReutlingenAchalm Castle ruinsopen to the public, VerkehrsamtReutlingen, Tel. +49 (0) 71 21 / 3 03-25 26 oder 3 03-26 22

Rottenburg (Neckar)Weitenburg Palaceprivately owned, grounds, courtyardand palace chapel open to visitors(hotel, conference centre), SchlossWeitenburg, Tel. +49 (0) 74 57 /9 33-0

SigmaringenPalace of the Princes of Hohen-zollern-Sigmaringen: May - Oct. 9a.m. - 4.45 p.m., Nov., Feb. - Apr.daily from 9.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.Palace office, Schlossverwaltung, Tel.+49 (0) 75 71 / 72 90

LichtensteinLichtenstein CastleApr. - Oct.: daily 9 a.m. - noon, 1-5.30 p.m., Sun. and public holidays 9 a.m. -5.30 p.m. Nov., Feb., Mar.: Sat. Sun., public holidays 9 a.m. - noon, 1-5 p.m.Closed Dec. and Jan. Castle office (Mr. Wälder), Tel. +49 (0) 71 29 / 41 02

Kirchheim unter TeckTeck CastleSwabian Alb Association hikers’ hos-tel. Opening hours: daily from 9a.m., closed Mon. 2 p.m. - Wed. 8a.m. , Tel. +49 (0) 7021 / 5 52 08

LauchheimKapfenburg Palaceby arrangement, grounds open to thepublic. Mr. Hacker, Tel. +49 (0) 73 63/ 9618-0

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T H E GERMAUPPER SWABIAN ALB

TUTTLINGEN

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NEU-ULM

DONAUWÖRTH

Source of the Danube – the

start of a fascinating river.

The fountain in which the source

of the Danube has been set is to

be found in the north-western

corner of Donaueschingen’s

palace grounds. The Royal

Fürstenberg Palace with its

renowned art gallery and zoo-

logical and mineralogical collec-

tions, and St. John’s church, built

in the Bohemian Baroque style,

are also well worth visiting.

Donaueschingen itself has many

art nouveau buildings.

Ulm and its cathedral – views as

far as the Alps.

Ulm is the site of Germany’s sec-

ond largest Gothic church,

which has the world’s highest

church steeple (161.5 mtrs). It

also has a fascinating historical

city centre, with a romantic fish-

ermen’s quarter. Ulm’s museum

with its prehistoric collection,

the city hall (1370) and the

annual Christmas market are

also worth a visit.Danube gorge in the Upper

Danube national park –

picturesque scenery in the midst

of nature.

After disappearing completely

near Tuttlingen (it seeps under-

ground), the Danube then cuts a

gorge though the Swabian Alb.

The steep craggy cliffs are a

breathtaking sight at any time of

year. Not far from this natural

spectacle, the visitor will find

sites of cultural interest: Beuron

monastery, Sigmaringen Palace

and Heuneberg, a Celtic site

near Herbertingen.

Source of the Danube

Donauwörth, Reichsstraße

Ulm Cathedral

DONAUESCHINGEN

In Donaueschingen, near to the south-west-

ern corner of the Swabian Alb, the source

of the Danube is to be found in the grounds

of the Royal Fürstenberg Palace. At a length

of 2,800 km, the Danube is Europe’s second

longest river, which, after passing though

many different land-

scapes and countries,

flows into the Black Sea.

ArbeitsgemeinschaftDeutsche DonauPostfach 154086620 Neuburg a.d. DonauTel. +49 (0) 84 31 / 5 72 17Fax +49 (0) 84 31 / 5 73 08www.deutsche-donau.deinfo@deutsche-donau.de

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Donauwörth – imposing

houses with a story to tell.

Reichstrasse is the main street

throughDonauwörth.See theC 15th

Tanzhaus, the town hall (built

betw. the C 13thand 19th), the cus-

toms house with its Late Gothic

bay window, the Baudrexel, the

Fuggerhaus (C 15th/16th).

Danube gorge near Beuron

N D A N U B EBAVARIA

Regensburg – experience an

unspoilt mediaeval metropolis at

first hand.

Practically untouched by the

destruction of war, Regensburg

has almost 1500 historic build-

ings for the visitor. Probably

among the most splendid are the

Steinerne Brücke bridge, the old

town hall, the Porta Praetoria,

the History Museum and

St. Peter’s Cathedral, where you

can hear the world-famous

Regensburg Domspatzen choir

every Sunday at 9 a.m.

Neuburg on the Danube – a ro-

mantic town on a romantic river.

Perched on a limestone promon-

tory overlooking the Danube,

Neuburg is a picturesque town

full of Renaissance and Baroque

buildings erected by the enterpris-

ing Neuburg princes. The most

outstanding reminders of this

heyday (from the 15th century on)

are the Grünau hunting lodge,

the residential palace, Karlsplatz

square and the Hofkirche church.

Weltenburg monastery – where

the Danube again cuts a pic-

turesque gorge through the

mountains.

The Benedictine monastery at

Weltenburg is one of Bavaria’s

oldest monasteries, with the

world’s oldest monastery bre-

wery. Set directly on the Danube

gorge, the visitor can explore

this magnificent scenery – which

has won a European award as an

area of outstanding natural

beauty – by boat.

Passau – a 2000-year-old town

at the confluence of the Danube,

Inn and Ilz.

Celtic settlement, Roman for-

tress, prince-bishopric – Pas-

sau’s history is in evidence

everywhere in the town. There

are the picturesque old town,

the town hall chambers, the

Roman Museum, Boiotro

fortress, Veste Oberhaus Palace,

St. Paul’s church, St. Michael’s

church, Niederburg abbey with

Gisela’s tomb, St. Nicola’s uni-

versity church, Maria Hilf pil-

grimage church and St. Severin’s

church, while St. Steven’s Cathe-

dral has the world’s largest

organ.

NEUBURG

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KELHEIM

REGENSBURG

PASSAU

WALHALLA

Walhalla – this monumental

Parthenon with the busts of

famous Germans was built for

Ludwig I of Bavaria between

1830 and 1842.

Neuburg Palace

Danube gorge near Weltenburg monastery

Passau Cathedral

Walhalla

Regensburg, cathedral and Steinerne Brücke

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