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A highlight in every season... wonderful nature, ideal for switching off and recharging

The Wurzacher Ried is a unique, primeval landscape with a special magic. The enormous power of the Rhine glacier continuously formed the hill ranges of the Allgäu during the last three ice ages and carved out a deep tongue basin. Today, the Wurzacher Ried is the largest contiguous and still intact raised bog in Central Europe and one of the largest nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg. Why raised bog? The raised bog does not get its name because it is on a hill or in the mountains. The name refers to the formation of the bog: In the first step, a fen forms in a depression, into which groundwater also flows. Dead plant parts gradually become an increasingly thick layer of peat and gradually the bog grows above the groundwater level - a raised bog is created. Source: bad-wurzach.de/tourismus/de/moor/naturschutzgebiet-wurzacher-ried

sky pond A platform floating in the water moves when you step on it, allowing you to experience this element sensually together with the view of the pond. There is an opportunity to observe waterfowl. ATTENTION: Curious and sometimes aggressive big white pond guard who you can bribe with some bread!

The park is very spacious. It's great that the ammunition depot's old trees and topography have been retained.

If you are nearby, you should definitely go to Riedsee or Ried. Very nice here and a very well-kept path.

Gastronomy with a wonderful terrace on the banks of the pond, very idyllic, and there is also ample parking space.

Amphibians live between land and water. Peat ponds and ditches form the nursery for frogs, toads and newts. Some species only spend the larval period in the water, others remain loyal to the wet element for life. That is why we can only observe common toads, common frogs and moor frogs during the spawning season, whereas water frogs can be seen all summer long at the reed ponds.

The Wurzacher Ried is one of the largest nature reserves and one of the most important moor areas in southern Germany. Due to its size of 1812 ha, its originality and the characteristic mosaic of the most diverse moor habitats, the Wurzacher Ried is home to a very unusual flora and fauna. The core area, which is still largely untouched, is now considered to be the largest contiguous and still intact raised bog in Central Europe. Peat used to be cut here, but now the Wurzacher Ried is a nature reserve and peat may no longer be cut.