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Mountain Peaks

Tübingen District

Hundsrücken Summit

Mountain Peaks

Tübingen District

Hundsrücken Summit

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Hundsrücken Summit

Recommended by 156 hikers out of 158

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Location: Balingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Ridge Trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Streichen

8.05km

02:27

270m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Ridge trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Thanheim

16.1km

04:49

480m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Ridge trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Streichen

6.88km

02:04

220m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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🦣 𝕸𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖚𝖙 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖐 🏒🥅👨🏼‍🚒🚒

March 6, 2021

The dog's back is 931.4 m above sea level. NHN, high mountain on the Albtrauf of the southwestern Swabian Alb near Bisingen in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is surrounded by the following cities and communities (starting clockwise from the north): Bisingen (districts Bisingen and Thanheim), Albstadt (district Pfeffingen), Balingen (districts Zillhausen, Streichen, Heselwangen and Engstlatt).
The Hundsrück mountain is an excellent vantage point: from its steep drop you can see the nearby Hohenzollern Castle and the Albtrauf to the Dreifürstenstein eastwards, in the north you overlook the Alb foreland and to the west the view extends over the Balinger Mountains with the Plettenberg to the Black Forest.
On August 26, 1972, a spectacular landslide occurred as a result of heavy rainfall, in which the saddle between Hundsücken and Irrenberg slid down over a length of 700 meters on the north side. As a result of repeated reactivations, the area of the landslide has expanded from originally around 20 hectares to now over 36 hectares. The largest nature reserve in the Zollernalb district is located at this point and for the greater part to the south of the saddle. The 128 hectare site Irrenberg-Hundsücken is characterized by an extraordinary variety of biotope types. For example, on the barren soils of the wooden meadows on the Irrenberg, so-called lean lime lawns with a rarely encountered flora and fauna have developed.

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Roman Domhardt⚰️🐕‍🦺

November 26, 2016

From up here you have a great view, on a partially narrow degree you come to an information board where explains how the former castle has built and looked

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ulinator

May 18, 2023

Well hidden in the forest, accessible via narrow, partly alpine paths and with many views of the Hohenzollern, the Hundsrücken is a worthwhile destination.

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Location: Balingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Hundsrücken Summit

1. Ridge Trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Streichen

2. Ridge trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Thanheim

3. Ridge trail to Hundsrücken – Hundsrücken Summit loop from Streichen

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