Map of the nature trail of the city of Giengen
The Nature trail of the City of Giengen on the Schießberg shows geological and natural history features of the Giengen landscapes. It was drawn up in 2007 by volunteers from the “Environment and Biotopes Agenda Group”. In the meantime he is getting on in years; some signs are broken. Nevertheless, the path is definitely worth it. It is around 3.3 km long and can be tackled easily in a morning or afternoon.
preparation
- The path also leads over forest paths and meadows. Please wear appropriate shoes.
Starting points
- 1 Start 1 at the parking lot in Obertorstraße, with information board
- 2 Start 2 at the clubhouse of the SC Giengen on the Schießberg, with information board
Stations
The stations can be run in any order.
- 1 buckeye Via the Heribert-Beutel-Weg you walk from starting point 1 to the Schießberg. Once at the top, turn left into a lime tree avenue.
- 2 Lookout point in the pavilion with a view over the city; It is believed that the site of the listed pavilion used to be a castle.
- 3 Dance circle The dance group has existed since 1804. This is where the prize dancing takes place at the annual Giengen Children's Festival.
- 4 Lean grassland habitat The path leads west past the Bergbad.
- 5 Linden tree
- 6 Afforestation The wood on the right was created by afforestation of fields and pastures in the middle of the 20th century.
- 7 Former hackers After station 7, the path leads across a dry lawn.
- 8 Lookout point View of the Laura with a view of the city; The dry grassland of the Läutenberg is under landscape protection.
- 9 Geology Hölltal with a viewpoint over the juniper heath
- 10 Dog sports club
- 11 Hell Valley as a typical dry valley in the karst landscape of the Swabian Alb
- 12 Hedge as a habitat
- 13 Show garden Fruit and horticultural association; After that you come on Starting point 2 past. The small road towards Hohenmemmingen and the section of road to the sports facilities is part of the Way of St. James Nuremberg - Lake Constance.
- 14 jaw
- 15 Observation tower and fire-proof Unfortunately, you cannot climb the tower.
- 16 Friedenslinden These were planted in 1871 after the end of the Franco-German War.
- 17 Columbarium the Hähnle family; access is not permitted. Lina Hähnle was the founder of the Federation for Bird Protection and its chairman for almost 40 years. She had the nickname "German mother bird".
Web links
- PDF flyer on giengen.de
- Nature trail on Tourismus-bw.de with a GPX file
- Nature trail on outdooractive.com
