Fratzenweg – Uhlberg Tower loop from Bonlanden

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Fratzenweg – Uhlberg Tower loop from Bonlanden

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Fratzenweg – Uhlberg Tower loop from Bonlanden

02:28

8.61km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Schönbuch

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

51 m

Hochwald Ecosystem Information Board

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Directly behind the Uhlberg hiking car park, a few meters in the direction of the Uhlbergturm, you will find a clear, very carefully prepared information board about the fauna and flora in the surrounding forest.

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408 m

Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms Information Board

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Also interesting. But I wouldn't collect them.

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2.34 km

Aich River

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The Aich is a left and western tributary of the Neckar, approximately 30 km long.
It rises near Holzgerlingen (LK Böblingen) and flows into the Neckar near Nürtingen.

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4.36 km

View of Uhlbergturm

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View from the hiking trail through a forest clearing onto Neuenhaus and the slightly higher Uhlbergturm.

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5.56 km

Fratzenweg (Carved Faces Trail)

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Beautiful path accompanied by the grimaces

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5.60 km

Fratzenweg

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Nice path with many grimaces

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7.13 km

View of the Albtrauf from the information board

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Definitely worth a trip

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7.18 km

Uhlberg Tower

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Be sure to keep the opening hours, as the tower is only open on weekends - the kiosk, the toilets and the tower itself.

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8.61 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.17 km

714 m

555 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.58 km

855 m

555 m

416 m

185 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Saturday 12 September

24°C

11°C

67 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

December 26, 2021,Fratzenweg – Uhlbergturm

Nice little Sunday hike. Very slippery when wet in the first part. Not suitable with a stroller.

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August 11, 2024,Fratzenweg – Uhlbergturm Runde vom Wanderparkplatz Uhlberg

A shorter hike from Filderstadt, due to the heat and the time available to us. We started at the Uhlberg hiking car park and first hiked through the forest on a beautiful, shady gravel path to the Uhlberg tower, which we climbed. The tower is run by the Albverein with a kiosk on weekends and there are tables and benches …

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