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Baden-Württemberg

Into the meteorite crater and back through the legendary Wen Valley

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Baden-Württemberg

Into the meteorite crater and back through the legendary Wen Valley

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Into the meteorite crater and back through the legendary Wen Valley

03:22

41.8km

510m

Cycling

On this bike tour you will discover a 15 million year old meteorite crater and ride through the tranquil Wental valley with its unusual rock formations. The starting point is in Essingen at the Quirinus Church.

As soon as you are in the saddle, you have to work hard, because…

by Remstal Tourismus e.V.

Last updated: June 3, 2024

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15.3 km

Steinheim Meteorite Crater

Highlight • Natural Monument

Also a nice descent to Steinheim, without traffic.

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18.7 km

Meteor Crater Museum Steinheim am Albuch

Highlight • Monument

The Meteor Crater Museum in the Sontheim district of Steinheim am Albuch is a natural history museum dedicated to the Steinheim Basin meteorite crater. It is one of only a few museums in the world dedicated to meteorite craters.

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24.5 km

Playground with low ropes course (Wental mit Seitentälern und Feldinsel Klösterle)

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Great playground with a low ropes course in the shade under the trees.

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26.3 km

Wentalweible Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Spitz the Wentalweible towers as a rock tower in the sky. Legend has it that a notorious and stinging shopkeeper ran through the valley when suddenly a thunderstorm hit. When …

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29.4 km

Wental Rock Sea

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Wental offers you a unique nature experience. Countless stone pillars and bizarre rock formations of limestone line up in the valley. They bear such impressive names as Felsenmeer, Wentalweible, …

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40.8 km

Köpfle Playground and Grill Hut

Highlight • Rest Area

There is a nice barbecue area in the hut so you can grill even when it rains.

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41.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.7 km

4.44 km

3.53 km

1.09 km

1.07 km

Surfaces

19.0 km

16.8 km

3.77 km

1.97 km

271 m

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

28°C

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Comments

March 9, 2024,2024 Östliche Alb-Tour: Essingen - Falkensturz - Tauchenweiler - Steinheim - Wental - Lauterburg - Essingen

Today we went up to the Ostalb in wonderful cycling weather. Explore the beautiful homeland. :-)

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October 22, 2023,Kleine Wental - Runde

The data, apart from the tour length, is not correct! Unfortunately it gets messed up when importing as a gpx file from the Bosch app :-( (I'm grateful for tips on how to do it better)

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April 8, 2024

On this bike tour you will discover a 15 million year old meteorite crater and ride through the tranquil Wental valley with its unusual rock formations. The starting point is in Essingen at the Quirinus Church.
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As soon as you are in the saddle, you have to work hard, because the first climb to Tauchenweiler

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Into the meteorite crater and back through the legendary Wen Valley

Steinheim Meteorite Crater

Meteor Crater Museum Steinheim am Albuch

Playground with low ropes course (Wental mit Seitentälern und Feldinsel Klösterle)

Wentalweible Rock Formation

Wental Rock Sea

Köpfle Playground and Grill Hut

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