Easy hikes and walks around Donauwörth

The local history museum in Donauwörth is located in one of the oldest parts of the town. It is housed in the red house on Ried Island. The Härpfer family, who have been connected to the town's fishing history since 1434, once lived here. The museum displays religious folk art, crafts, and offers deep insights into the town's cultural history.

Since the 1990s, Klappi the stork and his family have been breeding and overwintering on the roof of the Holy Cross Monastery. The monastery church contains the tomb of Maria of Brabant, who was beheaded in 1256 on the orders of her husband, Duke Louis the Strict. A special relic can also be found in the crypt chapel: fragments of the True Cross.

The Dyer's Gate in Donauwörth, a town in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria, was built in the second half of the 15th century. The city gate, located at Kugelplatz 24, is a protected historical monument in Bavaria. The three-story tower was part of the town's fortifications, most of which were demolished in the 19th century. It has a slightly projecting upper story constructed of timber framing, which was plastered over for a long time. The gable roof has two hipped ends. The segmental arched gateway leads to the Wörnitz River. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4rbertor_(Donauw%C3%B6rth)

Beautiful path along the promenade - Kleine Wörnitz 🌊 - Donauwörth - Donau-Ries district

Beautiful view of the Holy Cross Monastery ⛪ - Donauwörth - Donau-Ries district

Wörnitz Bridge - Wörnitz Footbridge - Wooden bridge with a view of the Holy Cross Monastery ⛪ - Wörnitz 🌊 - Donauwörth - Donau-Ries District

Along the city wall - Kleine Wörnitz - Donauwörth - Donau-Ries district

The Wörnitz is a left and northern tributary of the Danube in Bavaria, approximately 132 km long. The name is recorded as "Werinza" in the 11th century, and as "Warinza" in the 12th century. There are two theories regarding the origin of this name. In 1950, the onomastician Joseph Schnetz traced the name back to the Indo-European root *ver, meaning "to turn" or "to twist," to which the participle ending -entia was added. According to this theory, Wörnitz means "the winding one." Onomastician Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein, however, the name derives from the Indo-European root *u̯er, meaning "water," from which it was derived by adding a -nt suffix. Albrecht Greule, on the other hand, sees a connection with the Indo-European words *h2u̯er- "to be moist" or *h2u̯erh1- "to wet." *h2u̯er- The river gave its name to several places: Wörnitz, Wörnitzhofen, Wörnitzostheim, and Wörnitzstein. The Wörnitz originates from a spring in Schillingsfürst on the Franconian Heights and flows from there fairly steadily in a southerly to easterly direction. Initially, it flows south through the municipality of Wörnitz through a meadow valley bordered by wooded hills, receiving the Ampfrach and Zwergwörnitz streams from the right along this stretch. At river kilometer 115.62, near the village of Reichenbach in Feuchtwangen, a gauge measures the flow rate. From the medieval town of Dinkelsbühl, a southeasterly section begins, leading to the edge of the Nördlinger Ries crater, where many of its tributaries feed ponds, sometimes in close succession. Now flowing more easterly, it first reaches Wilburgstetten, where the Rotach River flows into it from the west. Initially, it flows more easterly, through Wilburgstetten, where it is joined by the Rotach River, again from the west. ... ..... Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B6rnitz