This circular route leads past meadows and fields, through magical forests, from Ellwangen to Eggenrot and back.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Roadbook
From the starting point at the Ellwangen Schießwasen parking lot, walk past the Ellwangen wave pool and the Campingplatz Azur to Rotenbach. Here you walk straight on to the Gasthof Linde and then turn right. At the next junction, turn right again and then keep left. At the next two forked paths, keep left until you reach the oil mill. Here the path leads slightly to the right into the forest. Follow the trail until you reach a larger forest path and turn left here. This meets a road after a few meters, which you follow a bit to the left until you turn right towards the glass sawmill. After the houses of the glass sawmill, follow the path left uphill to Eggenrot. In Eggenrot, first follow the street Zu Glassägmühle and at its end turn left onto Patriziusstraße. Follow this to Rosenberger Straße and then continue right. Leave the village and walk parallel to the road until the path leads back into the forest. After the Oberen Rettersweier, turn right and then immediately left. Past the sports facilities, the hiking trail leads right and in a curve to the Galgen memorial. Follow the path back to the city, down Nibelungenweg, turn right onto Haller Straße, right again onto Rotenbacher Straße, and left to the starting point.
Ölmühle
Staudamm Glasweiher
Public transport
Take the train to Ellwangen station. From there, walk to the start of the route (about 10 minutes): From the station, follow Bahnhofstraße to the left, go through the underpass, turn right in the underpass, go straight over the bridge, and before the traffic light turn left following the path to Schießwasen.Directions
From Aalen: Follow the B290 to Ellwangen, turn left onto Rotenbacher Straße in Ellwangen, then left to the Schießwasen parking lot.
From Crailsheim: Follow the B290 to Ellwangen, turn right onto Rotenbacher Straße in Ellwangen, then left to the Schießwasen parking lot.
From the A7: Follow L1060 towards Ellwangen, take Neunheimer Straße, pass through the two tunnels. At the end of the street turn right onto Haller Straße. In Ellwangen, turn left onto Rotenbacher Straße and then left to the Schießwasen parking lot.
Parking
You can park your car free of charge at the Schießwasen parking lot, alternatively you can park in Eggenrot or at the Gasthaus Linde in Rotenbach and start the circular route from there.Coordinates
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Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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