Minster – Reichenau Monastery Gardens loop from Ermatingen

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Reichenau

Minster – Reichenau Monastery Gardens loop from Ermatingen

Easy

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Minster – Reichenau Monastery Gardens loop from Ermatingen

01:38

6.36km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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931 m

Rest area at Lake Constance

Highlight • Rest Area

There is a small (uncovered) rest area between the Church of St. Georg and Lake Constance. Here you can watch and enjoy the lake with its inhabitants (water birds and insects, dragonflies).

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2.81 km

Ancient summer linden (Sommerlinde) at Ergat Square, Reichenau

Highlight • Natural Monument

The 700 year old summer linden tree is also located here.

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3.12 km

St. Mary and St. Mark Minster with treasury, Reichenau Island

Highlight • Religious Site

St. Mary and St. Mark's Minster with treasury and monastery gardens
The oldest church on the island is St. Mary and St. Mark's Minster, the former monastery church (founded in …

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3.13 km

Minster

Highlight • Religious Site

Always worth a visit....

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3.19 km

Reichenau Town Hall

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Reichenau Town Hall
The Reichenau Town Hall was formerly part of the Benedictine Abbey / Reichenau Monastery

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3.24 km

Minster of St. Mary and St. Mark, Reichenau

Highlight • Religious Site

There are also many smaller things to discover in the church. The baptismal font, for example, or the confessional, the Pieta or the closed choir. But interestingly not an organ. Probably didn't need the monks and only sang unaccompanied.

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3.53 km

Reichenau Monastery Herb Garden

Highlight • Historical Site

The first customer of German horticulture. Strabo, a monk on the island of Reichenau, once described 23 medicinal plants and their uses in medicine.
Strabo's descriptions in poetry showed how much he enjoyed working in the garden.

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