The Württemberg Wine Route leads through the most important wine-growing areas in the country from Weikersheim above Heilbronn and Stuttgart to Metzingen.
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The Württemberg Wine Route emerged from the Swabian Wine Route, which was founded in 1993. It has been expanded several times and has been called since 2004 Württemberg Wine Route and has had its provisional final form since 2007. Its total length is over 500 km, its course appears somewhat arbitrary in some places. In the conception it was probably never planned that one would drive through this street in a train, the intention was rather to make the Württemberg wine-growing regions better known in a holiday route.
getting there
You should choose a part of the route that goes in connection with a trip to Württemberg. Just two examples:
- In connection with a wellness or spa stay in Bad Mergentheim one visits the wine towns of the Taubertal
- During a visit to the central Neckar region, you can explore the wine villages in the Remstal as a compensation
Most of the places are not too far from that A8 or the A81 away, so that it is easy to get there by car.
Routes
Taubertal
The Württemberg Wine Route begins at the castle in Weikersheim. She goes through Markelsheim, Igersheim and Bad Mergentheim down the Taubertal and leaves it at Stuppach. The wine-growing area belongs to the large area Tauberbergwho have favourited vines grow on limestone soils. Mainly white wine in the varieties Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner is grown, with red wine the black Riesling dominates. Also the old grape variety Dove black is being grown again increasingly.
The Taubertal is criss-crossed by cycle paths, and the region also has a lot to offer culturally. Examples are that Teutonic Order Castle in Bad Mergentheim and the Stuppacher Madonna. The wine towns on the Württemberg Wine Route are part of the area Kocher-Jagst-Tauber, The places on the lower reaches of the Tauber, on the other hand, belong to the Baden area of Tauberfranken.
Hohenlohe, Kocher and Jagst
At Dörzbach the Wine Route reaches the Chasing, after only a few kilometers it leaves the valley and goes to Stachenhausen Ingelfingen. in the Kochertal the wine-growing communities belong to Major location Kocherberg. You can get here via Criesbach Niedernhall, the wine there is called Goldfinch marketed. The road continues via Weißbach Forchtenberg, then shortly before Sindringen the Kocher valley is left, it goes to the Hohenloher level. The local wine towns Doubts, Öhringen, Pfedelbach, Windischeschenbach and Adolzfurt are among the Major location Lindelberg.
The rural area of the Hohenlohe Plain, the Kocher and Jagst valleys offer a wide range of recreational opportunities, be it hiking, cycling or boat trips. Worth seeing is the old Hohenlohe residence in Öhringen and the nearby wooded region of Swabian-Franconian Forest.
Sulmtal and Weinsberger Tal
The wine route reaches the great location Salt mountain, it first goes into the Sulm valley and via Eschenau to Affaltrach, then to the local recreation area Breitenauer See over to Weiler and Reisach Lion's Arch. From here it goes to Willsbach and Ellhofen Weinberg and the suburb of Gellmersbach as well as to Eberstadt.
In Weinsberg there is a state viticulture school that has produced some new grape varieties. These include the Acolon, the Dornfelder and the Kerner, named after the poet who once lived in Weinsberg.
Heilbronner Land
The begins at the municipality of Erlenbach-Binswangen Major location Staufenberg. Here you come back to the valley of the Sulm, which at Neckarsulm reached the Neckar. The wine route now turns up the Neckar to the south, to the south of Heilbronn begins the Large church vineyard. over Flein and Talheim one reaches Lauffen with the single location known beyond the region Cat-biters.
The region is shaped by the city of Heilbronn and the industry in Neckarsulm. The Neckar Valley and the numerous historical buildings are particularly interesting for tourists.
The Neckarsulm Weingärtnergesellschaft was founded in 1855, making it the oldest cooperative of its kind that still exists today.
Even if not part of the Württemberg Wine Route, there are still excellent wines down the Neckar, e.g. in Gundelsheim.
Heuchelberg and Stromberg
At Hausen and Dürrenzimmern one arrives at the Major location Heuchelberg, here the Württemberger Weinstrasse runs for long stretches on the route of the Kraichgau-Stromberg wine route. The next places are Nordhausen, Nordheim and the Leingartener Großgartach district, then the street follows Schwaigern and over the ridge of the Heuchelberg to Neipperg to the largest wine-growing community in Württemberg Brackenheim. Women, Güglingen, Pfaffenhofen, Zaberfeld.
At Star Rock and Oberderdingen begins the Major location Stromberg, the wine route is over Knittlingen and along the south side of this ridge the wine route goes east again. The next localities are Hohenklingen, Freudenstein and Diefenbach. The path goes through Zaisersweiher Maulbronn, then through the valley of the Schmie and the Enz Mühlacker and on to Roßwag. Of Vaihingen an der Enz the road leads via Ensingen, Horrheim and Gündelbach to Häfnerhaslach, through the valley of the Kirbach via Ochsenbach to Hohenhaslach. Then it goes over Freudental across the Stromberg Tripsdrill and Bönnigheim. The Neckar valley is reached at Hohenstein.
The Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park is criss-crossed by numerous hiking trails. Worth seeing are the cities of Brackenheim and Bönnigheim with their historical buildings. The Roman Museum in Güglingen should also be mentioned. The amusement park is popular Altweibermühle in Tripsdrill, one of its attractions is the Vinarium (wine museum).
Middle Neckar and Bottwartal
The Württemberg Wine Route is now in the area of the Large Schalkstein location. The way goes from Kirchheim the Neckar up to Walheim and Besigheim, on the next Neckar loops Hessigheim and Mundelsheim. Via Ottmarsheim you get to the Large location in Wunnenstein to Ilsfeld and Auenstein. You can follow via Helfenberg and Söhlbach Beilstein ins Bottwartal through the vineyards of Oberstenfeld, Großbottwar and Steinheim an der Murr. With Marbach am Neckar you get back to the major location Schalkstein, the next places are Neckarweihingen and Ludwigsburg.
The Middle Neckar is characterized by numerous loops. Some of them form steep slopes, which are a good example Rock gardens from Hessigheim. Also worth seeing are numerous castles and ruins such as Hohenbeilstein and Wunnenstein, the Schiller town of Marbach and the historic town centers of Besigheim and Bietigheim, not to forget Ludwigsburg with the blooming baroque.
Remstal
At Remseck begins the Great location head, the wine route continues via Hohenacker and Neustadt Waiblingen. A detour leads to Winnenden, then it goes back to the Remstal. In the Great location in Wartbühl it goes over Korb, Kleinheppach, Großheppach and Geradstetten in the valley to Winterbach, then on a more southerly route back to Wine town-Endersbach. Via Strümpfelbach, Aichschieß and Cores-Rommelshausen one arrives after Fellbach, some of the places belong to Major location Sonnenbühl.
The landscape between Neckar and Rems is particularly worth seeing in spring when the fruit is in bloom.
Stuttgart and the upper Neckar valley
The capitalcity Stuttgart is one of the largest wine-growing communities, it is one of the Großlage Weinsteige. Wine is grown on practically every hill around Stuttgart, be it in Bad Cannstatt, Feuerbach, Zuffenhausen or Untertürkheim. There is a wine museum in the Uhlbach district. Logically, the Weinstrasse leads straight through Stuttgart and then on towards it Esslingen. The last section of the Württemberger Weinstrasse then goes via Plochingen to Nürtingen, briefly leaves the Neckar Valley and goes in the Major location Hohenneuffen via Frickenhausen and Beuren to Neuffen and finally ends back on the Neckar in Metzingen.
trips
- the Kocher-Jagst cycle path is crossed in Dörzbach as well as in Forchtenberg
- part of the wine route runs parallel to the Neckar valley cycle path
- the Castle Road crosses the Württemberger Weinstrasse near Heilbronn in Neckarsulm and Weinsberg
