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Germany
Bavaria
Middle Franconia
Landkreis Ansbach
Insingen

Lila Radschmetterling

Hard

4.7

(214)

826

riders

Lila Radschmetterling

03:56

61.4km

490m

Cycling

Picturesque landscapes and beautiful towns await you on the approximately 62-kilometer circular tour of the purple wheel butterfly, on which you cross the Bavarian border and enter Baden-Württemberg.

The tour starts in the tranquil Insingen, which goes back to an Alemannic settlement. There are numerous old half-timbered houses and historical…

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Last updated: January 6, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.2 km for 76 m

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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11.5 km

Kobolzeller Gate

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The Kobolzeller Tor was built in the 16th century as part of a fortification and is one of two city gates on the Plönline.

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12.9 km

Toppler's Little Castle

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The Topplerschlösschen is a tower-like, medieval residential building in which the mayor of Rothenburg, Toppler, once lived. The castle has been completely preserved and is now privately owned.

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27.1 km

Forest trail through the Schorrenwald

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The way to Funkstatt begins here.

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61.4 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.0 km

22.8 km

10.2 km

2.06 km

320 m

Surfaces

37.9 km

16.8 km

6.03 km

620 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

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Tuesday 1 September

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Comments

August 4, 2024,Lila Flügel Radschmetterling mit Start in Gebsattel
Very nice tour with little traffic. About 15% of the route was on gravel roads. In Rot am See there is actually a bakery with a terrace that is also open on Sundays. Huge selection of cakes. The cake was delicious.

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It was really a wonderful tour
Any time

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Very nice tour with mostly flat and paved paths.

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A beautiful circular tour, along quiet side roads and field and forest paths, very well marked.

My phone, however, slightly exaggerated the elevation gain 😂; it's only around 600 😃.

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🎶 .... I want to go to the beautiful summer time
go to the land of the Franks
Valeri, Valera, Valeri, Valera,
drive to the land of the Franks! 🎶🎶🎶


The fourth wing of the wheel butterfly and at the same time the last round of my four-day Franconian bike tour. Another very nice round today. It was four wonderful …

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The Cycle Butterfly Trail consists of four circular tours that lead through Romantic Franconia and the Hohenlohe-Schwäbisch Hall region.
The purple wing of the Cycle Butterfly trail leads across the Bavarian border into Baden-Württemberg and the Hohenlohe region. There, the trail passes through the towns of Schrozberg, Blaufelden, and Rot am See, among others. The red wing takes you up …

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June 9, 2020

Picturesque landscapes and beautiful towns await you on the approximately 62-kilometer circular tour of the purple wheel butterfly, on which you cross the Bavarian border and enter Baden-Württemberg.



The tour starts in the tranquil Insingen, which goes back to an Alemannic settlement. There are numerous

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