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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Neckarzimmern

View of Guttenberg Castle – View of Hornberg Castle loop from Neckarzimmern

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Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Neckarzimmern

View of Guttenberg Castle – View of Hornberg Castle loop from Neckarzimmern

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(36)

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View of Guttenberg Castle – View of Hornberg Castle loop from Neckarzimmern

00:58

15.6km

110m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 30, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 14.4 km for 175 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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6.24 km

View of Schloss Horneck and Gundelsheim

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The lock is part of the Gundelsheim barrage. Numerous similar barrages were built along the Neckar in the 1930s to make the river more navigable. A bridge runs over the …

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6.53 km

View of Guttenberg Castle

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A visit to the griffin observatory, the museum with the tree library and a walk to the castle chapel with the graves of the Lords of Gemmingen are well worth a visit.

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6.66 km

A really nice bike path. Here comes a castle or ruined castle after the other. Guttenberg Castle is managed and has a cool ornithological station. A little further towards Mosbach …

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6.95 km

View of Horneck Castle, on the left the Himmelreich, first-class vineyard, in front of the Neckar and the Neckarmühle

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7.00 km

From here you can see 3 castles, all 3 built on strategic points.
So they had everything in view back then and were reasonably safe from surprises.

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9.55 km

The water quality of the Neckar is not particularly good. New results from samples taken by the State Health Office show that the Neckar has worryingly poor water quality and …

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12.7 km

Hornberg Castle

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According to the oldest documents, Hornberg Castle was a count's castle and later a knight's castle. It is located on a steep, 228.6-meter-high spur of rock above the Neckar valley, above the village of Neckarzimmern, between Bad Wimpfen and Mosbach.

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13.9 km

View of Hornberg Castle

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Hornberg Castle was a Gaugrafenburg and later a knight's castle on a steep 228.6 m high mountain spur. The Spornburg originally consisted of two separate castles with a common outer …

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15.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.81 km

3.87 km

3.33 km

2.41 km

964 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.2 km

523 m

393 m

276 m

114 m

< 100 m

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Friday 29 May

29°C

16°C

60 %

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