View of Ottobeuren Abbey – Memmingen Market Square loop from Markt Rettenbach

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View of Ottobeuren Abbey – Memmingen Market Square loop from Markt Rettenbach

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View of Ottobeuren Abbey – Memmingen Market Square loop from Markt Rettenbach

05:08

78.1km

710m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.7 km for 164 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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23.4 km

View of Ottobeuren Abbey

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Wonderful view of Ottobeuren with its Benedictine abbey.

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24.1 km

View of Ottobeuren Abbey

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From the hill near Halbersberg you have a beautiful view of Ottobeuren and the surrounding area.

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25.5 km

Ottobeuren Market Square and Basilica

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Ottobeuren Market Square / Market Chronicle
Probably none of the visitors who stay in Ottobeuren today, for a shorter or longer period of time, can imagine how this approximately 1,500-year-old, historic town was founded.
When visitors arrive in Ottobeuren from all directions by private car, taxi, or bus, their first gaze is usually drawn to the mighty basilica with its monastery buildings.
No one considers that the very ground they have just set foot on was once impassable terrain, moorland, swamp, and densely wooded area.
Nevertheless, a man had dared to gain a foothold here, clear the forest, and establish a human settlement. What Stone Age hunters and fishers had failed to achieve much earlier—namely, to settle here—had become the life's work of a man named Uot. At the site where the market square stands today, the first giant trees soon collapsed under the axe blows of the Uot farmers.
Huts were built from rough beams, livestock was raised, and fields were cultivated. Only a few huts in the middle of the forest housed the Uot clan. Uot, the Swabian, founded Ottobeuren in the 5th century.
Text / Source: Ottobeuren Tourist Office, Marktplatz 14, Ottobeuren
ottobeuren.de/de/marktgemeinde/rathaus/markt-chronik.php

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25.7 km

Basilica of St. Alexander and St. Theodor, Ottobeuren

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The magnificent basilica of St. Alexander and Theodor belongs to the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren and is one of the most beautiful baroque churches in southern Germany.

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34.3 km

Rail Trail Near Westerheim

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A very beautiful bike path. A dream to ride.

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48.5 km

Memmingen Market Square

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Beautiful design of the buildings around the market square in Memmingen. The Renaissance town hall with its extraordinary domes and the wheelhouse are particularly eye-catching. Nothing here disturbs the viewer and one might think that this place was created all in one.

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48.8 km

Memmingen Old Town

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Memmingen is a beautiful small town with fun-loving people. I grew up there. The pub scene is a bit quieter than it was 30 years ago, the Weinmarkt is now a traffic-calmed area, and the newly built pedestrian zone from the Rathausplatz to the Schrannenplatz is lovely for a stroll.

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51.3 km

Benninger Ried

Nature Reserve

61.1 km

Bench With Mountain View

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Ideal for a short break.

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78.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.2 km

14.9 km

10.0 km

1.20 km

Surfaces

53.2 km

14.9 km

6.36 km

1.76 km

1.21 km

800 m

Elevation

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Highest point (760 m)

Lowest point (590 m)

Weather

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Comments

August 4, 2022,2022*07 RRA Bad Grönenbach - Bad Wörishofen

Nice way to Memmingen, then partly gravel. All in all a nice day, the short detour to the Katzbrui mill was worth it. Previously Ottobeuren, if you like baroque, you must have seen the church

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May 13, 2023,Radrunde Allgäu - Etappe 2: von Bad Wörishofen nach Bad Grönenbach

Our 2nd stage started with cool temperatures and fog and this was reflected on the glasses and the mind.
In addition, there were initially quite nice climbs but also great descents.
Today we are in the landscape stories on the paths of happiness. It is the home of the water doctor Sebastian Kneipp, who helped many sick people to heal …

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June 9, 2024,Tag 7 Bad Grönenbach -> Mindelheim

From Bad Grönenbach, we head east of the A7 through the villages to Memmingen. This stretch of the route is not as scenic, but the old town of Memmingen makes up for it and is worth a little extra walk. The next stop is Ottobeuren, where you absolutely have to see the Basilica of St. Alexander and St. Theodor, which …

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