View of Wildeck Castle – Helfenberg castle ruins loop from Abstatt

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View of Wildeck Castle – Helfenberg castle ruins loop from Abstatt

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View of Wildeck Castle – Helfenberg castle ruins loop from Abstatt

04:52

17.3km

360m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.00 km

Panoramic Trail to Wunnenstein

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On a paved vineyard path with a great view to the TV tower in Stuttgart and the Swabian Jura up to the Wunnenstein.

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6.84 km

Viewpoint

7.31 km

View of Hohenbeilstein Castle

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The view of the Hohenbeilstein castle ruins is interesting from several places when you come from Wunnenstein or Forstkopf.
Here, in Beilstein at this parking lot on Winzerhausener Weg, you are pretty close and still have a clear view.

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8.42 km

Vineyards around Hohenbeilstein Castle

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Huge vineyards with a wonderful view

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9.12 km

View of Langhans Tower and Bottwartal

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I can also be in motion and still see something

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9.60 km

Wartkopf with barbecue area

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Depending on the position of the sun, this is the perfect spot for shots of the vineyard, the castle and the Beilstein located below. A metal disc on site helps to identify the surrounding places and mountains.

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13.3 km

View of Burg Wildeck

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Good view of Wildeck Castle from a small hill.

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13.9 km

View of Wildeck Castle

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Good view shortly after the Helfenberg castle ruins over the vineyards to Wildeck Castle.

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14.0 km

Helfenberg castle ruins

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From up here you have a good panoramic view of the area. Beneath the ruin there are benches where you can rest and the next castle is not far away, as is Lake Anna.

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17.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.7 km

3.57 km

1.09 km

688 m

199 m

Surfaces

12.6 km

2.31 km

1.11 km

841 m

379 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

17°C

9°C

88 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

October 19, 2022,Fernsicht Wunnenstein – Hohenbeilstein - Burgruine Helfenberg Runde von Auenstein 🍁☀️🍂🍇🏰

Hello dear like-minded people,
Today I wanted to do a test, because another community hike is coming up soon 😍.
I've saved this tour for sooo long and since, according to my weather service radar app, the weather should be nice from 12 o'clock in the Heilbronner Land, I thought it would be fine.
I didn't know if I could …

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November 1, 2023,🅿️ am Wunnenstein - Abstetterhof - Auenstein - Helfenberg - Burgruine Helfenberg - Söhlbach - Wartkopf - Fohlenberg - Bürger Hohenbeilstein - Wunnenstein

At the end of the tour, EKS was in Auenstein at the Landgasthof Krone (by car), as the original EKS on Wunnenstein in the panoramic area could not take place due to a lack of hospitality 😢

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