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Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn – Abandoned Village of Gruorn loop from Münsingen

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Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn – Abandoned Village of Gruorn loop from Münsingen

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Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn – Abandoned Village of Gruorn loop from Münsingen

02:23

34.6km

470m

Cycling

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

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Start point

Train Station

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6.25 km

Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn

Highlight • Historical Site

Good cake and good coffee. The church or the cemetery is a nice place to linger and pause

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6.25 km

Abandoned Village of Gruorn

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The village of Gruorn in the Swabian Alb no longer exists today. It was completely cleared in 1939 to expand the Münsingen military training area, and the residents were relocated. …

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11.4 km

Nature in the Former Military Training Area, Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Wonderful cycling and hiking trails lead across flower meadows and past forests. The paths are in very good condition and mostly paved.

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19.0 km

Münsinger Hardt (Former Military Training Area)

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Heart of the biosphere area of the Swabian Jura: the former Münsingen military training area in the so-called Münsinger Hardt

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19.0 km

Alb plateau in the Swabian Alb Geopark

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A wonderful, paved bike path that leads through meadows and past forests. There's a rest area with restrooms along the way.

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27.0 km

View of the Former Military Training Area, Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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The former military training area

The military training area is a huge area in the Swabian Alb biosphere region. Our interview guest Margit Weber is a TrÜP guide and hiking …

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27.0 km

Gänsewag Viewpoint

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From this 861 meter high hill you have a wonderful view of the former military training area and far beyond. The untouched flora in this area is unique. There are …

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30.9 km

Altes Lager Münsingen

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Very well maintained military facility, even has a boot washing room.

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34.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

9.19 km

7.79 km

6.33 km

382 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.7 km

4.88 km

2.52 km

1.95 km

394 m

166 m

Elevation

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Highest point (860 m)

Lowest point (700 m)

Weather

Monday 20 July

19°C

8°C

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Comments

July 22, 2021,Verlassenes Dorf Gruorn – unberührte Alb

A very nice tour. Hardly any people on the move during the week, lots of flowers - wonderful

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September 26, 2023,Bissel "aufn" TrÜPl Münsingen

The area is a bit like a huge "city park".
Just keep your wheels off the Panzerstrasse...that's a private road...driving on it costs a €150 fine...I was lucky and "only" got a warning😅😘

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June 30, 2022,Biosphären Gebiet, ehemaliger Truppenuebungsplatz Zugang Feldstetten

A great tour of the former military training area. The wheels roll almost by themselves (sometimes with a little e-assistance) and you could take a new picture every 100 meters. A little caution is only required on the few gravel sections. There are even several toilets and a snack in the abandoned village of Gruorn. Definitely climb the Hirsch tower, …

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May 29, 2025,Truppenübungsplatz MÜNSINGEN

A walk around the former MÜNSINGEN military training area. I was here for the first time in February 1981 for an exercise. It was a long, long time ago, a whole 44 years.😊

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June 16, 2023,Feldstetten: Zum verlassenen Dorf Gruorn auf dem ehemaligen Truppenübungsplatz

Due to military use, an area of around 6700 hectares was largely spared from settlements, road construction, land consolidation and intensive agriculture. Sheep grazing was preserved in the park-like pasture landscape, as was customary on the Alb in the past. Very special is the village of Gruorn, which had to be abandoned by its residents in the 1930s. Today only …

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July 25, 2024,46. 2024 Fahrradtour Truppenübungsplatz Münsingen

An unplanned tour with Johann.
The three of us actually wanted to go hiking.
As one of us dropped out, we switched to our bikes.
Our tour was now supposed to go from Münsingen over the Hohe Warte, down the Rutschenfelsen to Bad Urach and back through the Trailfinger valley back to Münsingen.
When I arrived in Münsingen, I realized …

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July 13, 2025,Radeln nach Gruorn

From Feldstetten through the military training area. Family outing. Fortified with red sausage and a shandy, still puffing on the Hursch.

Very nice cycling. Mostly paved, some steep gravel paths.

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August 31, 2021,2021-08-31 - Zum Auftakt eine Runde im ehemaligen Truppenübungsplatz von Münsingen

At the start of my short vacation in the Swabian Alb, I only did a little lap in the former military training area of Münsingen today. The course covers a huge area of untouched nature. Just nice to look at this great landscape! The weather could have been a bit better - at a height of 800 meters, the wind …

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Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn – Abandoned Village of Gruorn loop from Münsingen

Old Schoolhouse of Gruorn

Abandoned Village of Gruorn

Nature in the Former Military Training Area, Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Münsinger Hardt (Former Military Training Area)

Alb plateau in the Swabian Alb Geopark

View of the Former Military Training Area, Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Gänsewag Viewpoint

Altes Lager Münsingen

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