Solitude Palace – Schloss Solitude Park loop from Gerlingen

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Kraichgau-Stromberg

Landkreis Ludwigsburg

Gerlingen

Solitude Palace – Schloss Solitude Park loop from Gerlingen

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Solitude Palace – Schloss Solitude Park loop from Gerlingen

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3.49km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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866 m

Solitude–Ludwigsburg Survey Base Point

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On May 25, 1818, King Wilhelm I ordered the first land survey in the Kingdom of Württemberg by decree to the Ministry of Finance. On September 18, 1820, the natural scientist Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, appointed to manage the project, began surveying Solitude-Allee in the presence of "His Majesty", which he had chosen as the main base for triangulation because of its straight lines. The starting point of the baseline was in the center of Solitude Castle, where a memorial plaque is now attached. At the end point in front of the then city limits of Ludwigsburg, Bohnenberger had a wooden pyramid built, from which one had the necessary view. At its former location, at the confluence of Köhlstrasse with Solitude-Allee, there is now a memorial stone with the inscription "Württembergische Landesvergabe 1820 - Basis Solitude-Ludwigsburg - length 13032.14 m - end point in the street axis". The determined base length of 40,118.718 Parisian feet (1 Parisian foot = 0.32484 meters) was compared with the Bavarian baseline near Munich. The difference was only 0.182 Paris feet (0.059 m).
Source: Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrttembergische_Landesvergabe)

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883 m

Solitude Palace

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A truly worthwhile destination, with a beautiful castle and well-kept grounds. There are various guided tours, a café, and public restrooms.

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988 m

View of Stuttgart from Solitude Palace Park

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View from Solitude Palace, including the straight Solitude Avenue, which was laid out in 1768 as a connecting axis between Solitude Palace and Ludwigsburg.

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1.41 km

Horse Pasture

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Large meadows and paddocks next to the avenue leading to Solitude Castle, where you can find lots of horses, especially during the warmer seasons.

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1.58 km

Schloss Solitude Park

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2.36 km

Sequoias

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Several sequoias in the former Solitude gardens on Gerlinger Weg.

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2.60 km

Hirschallee

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Direct connection between Solitude Castle via Wildparkstrasse and the Großer Stern towards Bärenseen.

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2.79 km

Solitude Gardens (Schloss Solitude)

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In the Rococo era, the builder Duke Carl Eugen needed not only other stately buildings for his palace "La Solitude" but also extensive and pompous gardens, the so-called "pleasure gardens". They were laid out between 1764 and 1772 and, when the work was completed, were roughly the size of the Stuttgart city center at the time. Today, hardly anything remains of the formerly extensive gardens.

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3.49 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.15 km

695 m

574 m

< 100 m

Surfaces