The Top 20 Gorges around Heidenheim

The Wental offers you a unique nature experience. Countless stone pillars and bizarre rock formations of limestone line up in the valley. They bear such impressive names as Felsenmeer, Wentalweible, … read more

Nice quiet valley. With all the rock formations and the legend of the Stone Maidens, it is a destination that is also fun for children. The water playground at the … read more

Beautiful scenic route with many places that invite you to take a break and a large adventure playground.

The Eselsburger Tal forms a section of the Brenz. The river flows from the Anhausen monastery near Herbrechtingen in a loop of the sharply narrowing valley around the "Buigen" ridge. … read more

Here widens the Wental and passes into the Gnannental. The grass is regularly grazed with sheep.

Before the Danube and Rhine existed, the Lone River was the sole drainage of the entire region and a raging torrent that created this valley. When the first humans arrived … read more

The Wental is always worth a trip, whether on foot or by bike! On the weekends when the weather is nice, however, you should expect a lot of hustle and … read more

The Hungerbrunnen is a karst spring that flows only irregularly due to the porous, stony subsoil and mostly seeps away directly underground. In the Middle Ages, flowing and seeping away … read more

You feel small in this narrow valley cut under the giant rock on both sides, which lift their peaks steeply upwards to let them shine in the sun. One can … read more