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Valley tour around Blaubeuren and up to the Alb - On the bike in the Alb-Donau-Kreis

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Valley tour around Blaubeuren and up to the Alb - On the bike in the Alb-Donau-Kreis

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Valley tour around Blaubeuren and up to the Alb - On the bike in the Alb-Donau-Kreis

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60.2km

640m

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There are four valleys and two beautiful karst springs to admire on this tour. The valley trip begins in Blaubeuren. The blue that flows into the Danube rises from the local blue pot. You first follow it until you turn off at Blaustein into the Kleine Lautertal. After you have…

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Last updated: June 5, 2024

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View of Rusenschloss Castle Ruins

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The Hohengerhausen ruins, also known as the Rusenschloss, are the ruins of a hilltop castle on a hill above the Gerhausen district of the city of Blaubeuren. Below the castle in the rock is the Neanderthal cave "Great Grotto".

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Lautertopf Spring

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The "Lautertopf" is one of the strongest karst springs in the Swabian Alb and here a real river emerges almost out of nowhere. The small Lauter, however, is only 6 …

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46.6 km

Deep valley trail

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Seems forever, even though it's only ten kilometers. It's going uphill all the time. Very pleasant to drive in the summer heat, as the forest provides shade and coolness.

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41.2 km

8.70 km

5.47 km

3.98 km

679 m

146 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.0 km

17.1 km

4.53 km

2.31 km

211 m

151 m

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Highest point (790 m)

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Sunday 19 July

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November 13, 2025,Alb-Donau-Kreis Radtour 6 - Tälerfahrt rund um Blaubeuren und hoch auf die Alb

🚴🚴‍♀️And the Alb-Donau district rounds continue. With fantastic ☀️☀️ weather in November. 🍁🍂 Temperatures of 19 degrees Celsius and 11 degrees Celsius in the valleys. To finish off, we enjoyed some delicious cake and coffee.☕🍰

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July 6, 2024,Tour 06.07.2024: 1862MP: Knühl-Bus-Radreise: Die Blautopf-Runde: Laichingen (Tiefenhöhle) Berghülen Bühlenhausen (kleines Lautertal, 📍Lauterquelle) Herrlingen Blaustein Arnegg Gerhausen Blaubeuren (📍Blautopf, 📍Kloster) Sontheim Laichingen

Tour 07/06/2024: 1862MP: Knühl-Bus-Radreise: The Blautopf-Runde: Laichingen (Tiefenhöhle) Berghülen Bühlenhausen (kleines Lautertal, 📍Lauterquelle) Herrlingen Blaustein Arnegg Gerhausen Blaubeuren (📍Blautopf, 📍Kloster) Sontheim Laichingen

Weather better than reported the day before ... only at 4:00 p.m. did we get a little rain on the last 5 km or so ... before that, the weather was beautiful

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August 6, 2025,Tour 6: Laichingen nach Blaubeuren

Tour 6 from the "Bicycle Tours Adventure Tours. Experience World Culture" brochure from the Albdonau District Tourist Office offers everything: from Laichingen, the tour goes through the Lauter Valley to Blaustein and then to Blaubeuren. The return journey leads gently up the Alb via the Tiefental valley.

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August 20, 2025,Alb-Donau-Kreis Radtour 6 - Tälerfahrt rund um Blaubeuren und hoch auf die Alb

A beautiful, scenic cycling area.🚵‍♂️.🌞🌲🍀🐞🐝
The color of the Blautopf is truly impressive and worth seeing.

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August 17, 2021,Tiefes Tal, Lauter, Langes Tal

My relaxing lap to clear my head because I have to work from home

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August 29, 2024,2024 Blaubeuren - Blaustein - Kleines Lautertal - Laichingen (Tiefenhöhle anschauen) - Tiefental - Blaubeuren

The deep cave in Laichingen was worth visiting. Sometimes it goes down extremely steeply. Up to 55 meters deep. And then back up again on a different path. You have to breathe a bit ;-)
Unfortunately, the photos didn't turn out so well because of the blinding lighting in the cave.
Another piece of information:
You could still cycle to …

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June 8, 2023,Fahrradtour ADFC auf der Alb

Deployed as a tour guide, it went on a round trip on the Swabian Alb. From Herrlingen we went through the small Lauter valley and past the source of the small Lauter, steadily uphill in the most beautiful cycling weather and beautiful hotspots to Suppingen. Next we drove to the Sontheimer cave for our break at the local gastronomy. Unfortunately, …

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May 25, 2021

There are four valleys and two beautiful karst springs to admire on this tour. The valley trip begins in Blaubeuren. The blue that flows into the Danube rises from the local blue pot. You first follow it until you turn off at Blaustein into the Kleine Lautertal. After you have reached and visited the

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View of Rusenschloss Castle Ruins

Lautertopf Spring

Deep valley trail

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