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Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route, Loop 7

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The Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route connects places of Marian veneration, as well as pilgrimage sites to the Upper Swabian "Farmer Saints" and other places of grace, as well as monasteries.

Loop 7 (98 kilometers) leads from Untermarchtal via Zwiefalten to Seekirch and from Unterstadion via Ehingen and Dächingen back to Untermarchtal.

moderate

Distance 97.8 km

28:15 h

1,515 m

748 m

497 m

It is about an ancient spiritual practice of pilgrimage, the act of traveling to a spiritual goal. For believers and seekers, this path offers an answer in their search with its positive spiritual, psychological, and also health effects. Prayer is intended to be the focus. The tourist aspect is at most a more or less welcome side effect. The "Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route" aims not only to connect the numerically dominant places of Marian devotion, but also the pilgrimage sites to the Upper Swabian "Farmer Saints", the "Homeland Saints" and other places of grace as well as monasteries.

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Heike D'Ettorre

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Stadt Ehingen (Donau)

Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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Highest point

748 m

Lowest point

497 m

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www.oberschwaebischer-pilgerweg.de

Roadbook

From Untermarchtal via Rechtenstein to Zwiefalten, Loop 7 of the Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route continues to Offingen am Bussen to Seekirch, then over Unterstadion to Rottenacker and Ehingen, returning via Dächingen to Untermarchtal.

The route is divided into several sections of 2 to 12 kilometers, whose GPS tracks can be downloaded from the Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route website.

Most stages can be completed in one day. For shorter stages, several can also be done in one day. Usually, the stages start or end near larger towns. Of course, all of these stages are just recommendations and aids; you can start and end the Upper Swabian Pilgrimage Route at any point you like.

Stages:

Untermarchtal - Obermarchtal: 3km

Obermarchtal - Rechtenstein: 2km

Rechtenstein - Emeringen: 3km

Emeringen - Zwiefalten: 6km

Zwiefalten - Unlingen: 12km

Unlingen - Offingen (Bussen): 3km

Offingen (Bussen) - Bischmannshausen: 5km

Bischmannshausen - Seekirch: 6km

Seekirch - Uttenweiler: 5km

Uttenweiler - Grundsheim: 7km

Grundsheim - Unterstadion: 5km