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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Danube-Ries

Danube-Ries’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments in Danube-Ries. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: November 6, 2025

Three-Country Point Röglinger Valley

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After prolonged periods of rain, heavy thunderstorms, or during snowmelt, the ford can fill with water to a depth of 10 cm or more.
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Witches' Rock, Nördlingen

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The Hexenfelsen, a natural monument, is located on the only hill around Nördlingen

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Lindle Quarry (Geopark Ries)

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For this trip, it's best to bring a geologist's hammer with you to "beat" flint and flint stones. But please do not forget goggles. The best time is from March …

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Dreiländereck Middle Franconia–Swabia–Upper Bavaria Monument

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Beautiful place in a significant place. Beautifully designed place where Middle Franconia, Swabia and Upper Bavaria meet. A seating group and benches invite you to linger. A plaque on the …

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Doos Pond

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A truly wonderful, and even quiet, place to dream and relax during the week.

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Gailach Dry Valley

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Two kilometers below Warching, the stream seeps into sinkholes at a retention basin, usually completely in summer. The percolated water of the upper Gailach emerges again after about four kilometers of underground flow from the Gailach spring in Mühlheim.

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Lech estuary on the Danube near Marxheim

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In the second picture you can see the Brückenwirt, an old traditional tavern with a guest room, and really tasty

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Bockberg: Summit Cross and View over the Ries Crater

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Wouldn't have thought to see a memorial stone for the fallen gymnasts of North Swabia up here. Maybe they should still be able to enjoy the beautiful view.

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Marienhöhe

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Before the 19th century, the gallows of the free imperial city of Nördlingen stood on this hill. From 1834 the height was transformed into a local recreation area. Maximilian of …

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Prälatenweiher

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The small bench on the edge is perfect for a short break. Is something off the beaten track, you just have to follow the trail.

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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Danube-Ries

Three-Country Point Röglinger Valley

Witches' Rock, Nördlingen

Lindle Quarry (Geopark Ries)

Dreiländereck Middle Franconia–Swabia–Upper Bavaria Monument

Doos Pond

Gailach Dry Valley

Lech estuary on the Danube near Marxheim

Bockberg: Summit Cross and View over the Ries Crater

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