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Route 1 of the 30 circular routes of the e-bike and touring bike project "Legends and Myths of Ortenau." You can obtain the detailed touring bike map including 30 route cards from the municipalities and tourist information offices of the Ortenau district as well as in bookstores (ISBN No. 978-3-939657-71-2).
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Distance 45.3 km
3:03 h
73 m
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197 m
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The Dwarfs Route is a cross-district route connecting the Ortenau district with the Rastatt district. Enjoy the nature in the rural areas of the region and discover numerous farm shops along the route that invite you to take a break with their regional products.
Author’s recommendation
At the Hub in Ottersweier towards Aspichhof, there is a cave in the mountain. Dwarfs used to live there. Once, they dug a passage through the mountain to Aspichhof. They rolled a barrel of wine out of the cellar and closed the hole again.
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easy
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197 m
Lowest point
124 m
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Ottersweier – Ulm 19.5 km
- The start of the route is at the church in Ottersweier.
- From there, follow "Bachstraße" along the stream and through the underpass out of the town.
- Around the sports field, then turn right towards Walzfeld.
- About 400 meters after Walzfeld, at the three-way intersection, turn right.
- Over the flood channel and the Fuchsgraben, then right over the bridge crossing the A5 to Unzhurst.
- At the church, turn right, then turn left into "Rheinstraße" and follow it out of town for about 500 meters.
- Turn right through the forest, right at the field cross, left at the farm, and right after the next farm towards Moos.
- On "Weiherstraße" turn right, then the next left, and at the end of "Bachstraße," turn left.
- Now follow "Mooser Straße" through the town and onwards to Ulm.
- In Ulm, turn right into "Schulstraße" and at its end, continue straight on the farm track until you reach the B36.
- There, return to Ulm on the bike path. Follow the B36 into the town center.
Ulm – Ottersweier 25.5 km (45 km total)
- Straight ahead at the town hall into "Bahnstraße" past the cemetery. Turn left into "Medicusstraße," then right and the next left into "Goethestraße."
- After 300 meters, turn left over the bridge and at the sports shooting range turn right, following the stream to Scherzheim.
- In the town center, turn left, then left again into "Muckenschopfer Straße" towards Muckenschopf.
- Straight through the town.
- At the town exit turn left, then the next right, and over Straubenbühl to Rheinau-Memprechtshofen.
- Straight into "Waldstraße" (K5312) and follow it for about 2.5 km to the hamlet Maienwald, then turn left to Gamshurst.
- There turn left and follow "Lange Straße" into the town center. Turn right into "Oststraße" to Litzloch.
- Turn right there and follow the road over the A5 to Großweier.
- In the town center, turn left, then follow "Großweierer Straße" (K5372) through the town and onwards to Sasbachried.
- Turn left into "Rieder Straße," continue through the town and then through the underpass to the T-junction.
- Turn right and follow the bike path to Sasbach.
- In town, turn left into "Oberdorfstraße." At its end, turn left and follow the L86a to Erlenbad and onwards to Lauf.
- At the entrance to Lauf, turn left into "Westtangente" and straight downhill to "Hauptstraße."
- Follow this leftwards (L86a) through Haft and Untere Mühle back to Ottersweier.
- Turn left into the "bike/pedestrian path" which becomes "Friedhofstraße" and leads back to the starting point of the route.
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Ottersweier KircheOttersweier Kirche/Lauferstr.
Ottersweier Schule
Toni-Merz museum
Heimatmuseum "´s Eicher-Wilhelme Hus"
Kloster Erlenbad
Heimatmuseum "´s Eicher-Wilhelms-Hus"
Kühnerhof
Katholische Kirche "St. Nikolaus" Gamshurst
Katholische Kirche "St. Martin" Großweier
Pfarrkirche St. Johannes
Kloster Erlenbad
Gamshurst - Achern - Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus mit Deckengemälde
Historischer Rundgang
Jüdische Grabstelle
Platz der ehemaigen Synagoge Lichtenau
Grindehalle Obersasbach
Kirche St. Brigitte
Coordinates
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48.668402, 8.110082
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48°40'06.2"N 8°06'36.3"E
UTM
32U 434478 5390976
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Author’s map recommendations
Touring bike map "Legends and Myths of Ortenau" (ISBN No. 978-3-939657-71-2)
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Parts of this content were machine translated from German.
Difficulty
easy
Overall difficulty
easy
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Distance
45.3 km
Duration
3:03 h
Ascent
73 m
Descent
73 m
Highest point
197 m
Lowest point
124 m
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