The Danube-Bodensee-Weg opens up Upper Swabia between Ulm on the Danube and the Lake Constance.The Route network opens up the sights of the attractive region on several branches.
Route profile
- Length:
- Main route: Ulm - Laupheim - Unterschwarzach - Bad Waldsee - Wangen - Kressbronn am Bodensee: 161 km
- West route: Laupheim - Bad Saulgau - Immenstaad on Lake Constance: 160 km
- East route: Unterschwarzach -Isny - Wangen: 70 km
- Signposting: available (blue signs with white cyclists and the inscription "Radwanderweg Donau - Bodensee").
- Slopes: Upper Swabia is hilly; Sometimes longer climbs have to be mastered.
- Path condition: Mainly asphalt paths, partly water-bound gravel paths
- Traffic load: Low-traffic side streets, through the town of Wangen busy, moderately heavy in and around Leutkirch, Isny and Wangen.
- Suitable bike: Best touring bikes with tread tires and gearshifts suitable for mountain use.
- Family suitability: Suitable as far as Ochsenhausen, then less suitable because of the inclines and traffic.
- Inline suitability: ?
background
getting there
By train
Ulm Central Station
On road:
- Main route: Erbach, Laupheim-West, Bad Waldsee, Wolfegg, Kißlegg, Wangen, Kressbronn
- West route: Laupheim-West, Saulgau, Bad Schussenried, Aulendorf, Altshausen, Markdorf
- Eastern route: Leutkirch, Cheeks
- Connections: · Riedlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Friedrichshafen
By bicycle
- Alb-Neckar-Weg ·
- Danube cycle path
- Iller cycle path · Comes from Bavarian New Ulm
Route description with sights
Places in the area of the cycle network
Main route: 161 km
- Ulm · With the old town and the famous cathedral
- Gögglingen (southern part of Ulm)
- Donaustetten (southern part of Ulm) ↔ connection to Danube Cycle Path (Germany)
- Dellmensingen(southern district of Erbach (Danube))
- Achstetten
- Laupheim ↔ branch of the west route
- Mietingen
- Ochsenhausen - Benedictine abbey with monastery museum ↔ branch of the Connection route to Riedlingen above Biberach an der Riss
- Hattenburg (western district of Ochsenhausen)
- Bellamont (western district of Steinhausen an der Rottum)
- Unterschwarzach(northern district of Bad Wurzach) ↔ branch of the East route
- Haisterkirch (eastern part of Bad Waldsee)
- Bad Waldsee - old town
- Gwigg
- Bergatreute
- Höll - train station in the north of Alttann
- Wolfegg
- Rötenbach (southern district of Wolfegg)
- Bietenweiler (Living space in the north of Wangen)
- Kisslegg - Baroque church
- Sommersried (southern district of Kißlegg)
- Wangen in the Allgäu · 556 m above sea level - Old Town ↔ junction of the East route
- Schomburg (southwestern district of Wangen)
- Neukirch 570 m above sea level
- Steinenbach
- Argental - beautiful river valley of the Argen
- Langnau 450 m above sea level (southeastern part of Tettnang)
- Kressbronn on Lake Constance 400 m above sea level ↔ connection: Lake Constance cycle path
West route: 160 km
- Laupheim ↔ branch from the Main route
- Bad Buchau with moorland Federsee ↔ connection to Connection route
- Bad Saulgau
- Bad Schussenried
- Aulendorf - Castle with toy museum
- Altshausen
- Wilhelmsdorf
- Markdorf
- Immenstaad at Lake Constance ↔ connection: Lake Constance cycle path
East route: 70 km
- Unterschwarzach ↔ branch from the Main route
- Bad Wurzach - The wetland "Bad Wurzacher Ried" is worth seeing.
- Leutkirch
- Isny
- Eglofs - District of Argenbühl - in the vicinity of the Lake Constance-Königsseee cycle path
- Wangen in the Allgäu - Old town ↔ connection to the Main route
Connecting routes
- Riedlingen - Bad Buchau - Biberach an der Riss - Ochsenhausen
- Wilhelmsdorf - Ravensburg
- Markdorf - Ravensburg
- Friedrichshafen - Ravensburg
trips
GPS data
References to literature and maps
- Bikeline guide "Danube-Lake Constance Cycle Path: From Ulm through Upper Swabia to Friedrichshafen", Verlag Esterbauer, 1: 50,000, 120 pages, ISBN 3-85000-091-5 - please refer Esterbauer publishing house
