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a Schwäbische Alb Swabian Jura VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Landscape
The mountain range of Schwäbische Alb (the The gentle hills and Practical Information
Swabian Jura) extends like an arc, 220 km (137 miles) enchanting villages n Schwäbische Alb
attract hikers and
long and 40 km (25 miles) wide, from the area around tourists from all over Tourismusverband, Bismarck
Straße 21, Bad Urach (07125-93
Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen, in southwest Germany, the world. 93 00). ∑ schwaebischealb.de
to Nördlinger Ries, at the border between the federal
counties of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The
highest peak in the range is Lemberg (1,015 m/ Hechingen
3,330 ft). Beech woods and scented juniper shrubs On the outskirts of Hechingen, the
dominate the mellow landscape, whose whole remains of a 1st–3rd-century AD Roman
system of interconnected stalagmitic caves was villa are open to the public.
carved from the sedimentary limestone rocks.
Böblingen Böblingen
Wendlingen Wendlingen
Haigerloch Kirchheim Kirchheim
In the vaults of this castle
is a vast bunker that was
used as an atomic research Nürtingen Nürtingen
laboratory towards the HerrenbergHerrenberg
end of World War II.
J J
Tübingen Tübingen BeurenBeuren Hohenneuffen
N e c k a r
J J N e c k a r Hohenneuffen Hohenneuffen A massive castle dominates the
tiny town of Neuffen. It is the most
Rottenburg Rottenburg Reutlingen Reutlingen Bad Urach Bad Urach impressive ruin in the Swabian Jura.
J J
Lichtenstein Lichtenstein
Burg Lichtenstein Burg Lichtenstein MünsingenMünsingen
J J Mössingen Mössingen JJ
J J
J J J J
Haigerloch Haigerloch Hechingen Hechingen
Burg Burg
Hohenzollern Hohenzollern

Burladingen Burladingen B B
Balingen Balingen L L
A A

. Burg Hohenzollern E E
The ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern Albstadt Albstadt H H
family was remodelled in 1850–67. Only C C
the 15th-century St Michaelkapelle S S
survives from the original fortress. B B I I
J J Ä Ä Riedlingen Riedlingen Burg Lichtenstein
W W This romantic castle was
. Beuron H H immortalized in a novel
Beuron’s magnificent C C by Wilhelm Hauff.
D o n a u
Benedictine Abbey was D o n a u S S
founded in the 11th century. SigmaringenSigmaringen
Its subsequent remodelling JJ
resulted in a Baroque structure, J J
which survives to this day.
Key MesskirchMesskirch
Motorway . Sigmaringen
Main road The town’s skyline is dominated
by the castle, which was
Secondary road reconstructed following a fire in
River 0 km 5 1893. Only the towers of the
Viewpoint 0 miles 5 medieval fortress remain.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp497–8 and pp522–4

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