ニュルティンゲンの天然記念物・トップ20

Teck Castle sits enthroned at an altitude of 773 meters on the Albtrauf of the Swabian Alb. The Swabian Alb Association runs a restaurant and a hostel here - the ideal place to take a relaxing break with a great view during your tour.

Walter Röhm, author of the Bad Urach hiking book, explains how the hell holes came about so - actually they are cracks in the rocks of the Weißjura delta lying on top in this area of the Alb - so that the underlying marl layers of the Weißjura gamma are to be regarded as impermeable to water. As a result, water that has penetrated into the upper layers, hitting the marl, must come out and flow down the slope and cannot seep away. During this process, according to Röhm, the layers of marl soften and become slippery, so that they no longer offer proper support to the rocks above. This process continues until individual clods tear out and go to the valley. The dizzyingly narrow rocks lying down the valley – if not already hanging – are floes that are doomed to fall but have not yet gone down into the valley, and which have already become detached from the Alb body as a result of the process described above. It will be difficult to predict when they will follow other crash candidates that have preceded them.

The Schopfloch peat bog is a scenic feature of the Swabian Alb. It owes its creation to a water-retaining layer of clay, which was created by the weathering of a volcanic vent.

Nice to drive, very long asphalt road through the forest.

An absolute highlight. Be sure to walk through it and use the two short steel ladders. The canyon is very impressive!

Here you should already know where to put your feet ;) Two ladders and a rocky climb out of the hell hole... It can be very slippery there and as an unsafe occasional hiker you should think twice. At least not go alone. But when you do it, it's an unforgettable experience. The history of the earth is presented very intensively right here. We were very impressed down there ;)

The asphalted path is an old railway line that was originally used by the Siebenmühlentalbahn, which was closed in 1956. The current, well-developed path is federal property and is therefore also called the "Federal Hiking Trail". The path leads from Burkhardtsmühle in Aichtal (between Waldenbuch and Aichtal-Neuenhaus) up to Leinfelden-Musberg. The gradient is moderate and lies between 0% and 1% over the entire route, making it easy to ride uphill even with a bio-bike. The good surface is also ideal for inline skating. The total length of the route between Burkhardtsmühle and Musberg is around 8 km.

The wooden plank path with snow is super nice and the high moor exudes a very special flair.