Götzenburg Castle (Jagsthausen) – Schöntal Monastery Pharmacy loop from Möckmühl

Götzenburg Castle (Jagsthausen) – Schöntal Monastery Pharmacy loop from Möckmühl

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Götzenburg Castle (Jagsthausen) – Schöntal Monastery Pharmacy loop from Möckmühl

01:52

42.3km

370m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.7 km for 64 m

Waypoints

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719 m

Möckmühl Old Town and Castle Tower

Highlight • Castle

beautiful old town. The castle is private and can only be visited from the outside.

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943 m

Jagst Cycle Route

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Always along the Jagst: Through the forest on roads closed to traffic, it goes from Mockmühl to Jagsthausen. There are almost no cars, but some recreational cyclists. However, the paths are wide enough that you usually do not get in the way.

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14.2 km

Freilichtmuseum Römerbad

Archaeological Site

14.5 km

Götzenburg Castle (Jagsthausen)

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The Götzenburg was once, as the name suggests, the ancestral seat of the famous knight Götz von Berlichingen. Today, an elegant castle hotel and a castle restaurant are located in the romantic castle complex. The restaurant is open daily from 17h to 21h30.

The annual highlight of the castle are in any case the castle festival. From the beginning of June until the end of August, classic theater plays and modern musicals are performed in the courtyard. More about the festival can be found at schlosshotel-goetzenburg.de/burgfestspiele-jagsthausen.

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14.9 km

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Forest

19.5 km

Former Schöntal railway station

Highlight • Historical Site

Schöntal station consisted of the main track and a siding. Originally, the goods shed was also connected to a dead-end track. A small coal bunker and a water crane were built in Schöntal in the 1980s for the museum operation.

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19.7 km

Hotel Restaurant Zur Post

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Opposite the Schöntal Monastery

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22.5 km

Schöntal Monastery Pharmacy

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Founded as a Cistercian abbey by Maulbronn monks in the picturesque Jagst valley in 1157, the monastery has developed into a powerful and flourishing monastery complex over the centuries. Schöntal Monastery impresses today with its monumental appearance and the variety of buildings from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. The monastery owes its imposing baroque appearance above all to Abbot Benedikt Knittel (1650-1732). The new abbey, the convent and the monastery church, as well as the holy grave chapel on the Kreuzberg were created during his tenure from 1683.

Even today, the fine, detailed elaborations and the loving stucco ceilings bear witness to great craftsmanship. Abbot Knittel's inscriptions in the form of chronograms or poems are a literary specialty of Schöntal.

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22.7 km

Schöntal Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

A very beautiful and spacious monastery complex with the church as its highlight. The buildings outside the monastery walls are also mostly former farm buildings and worth seeing. The monastery café with its garden terrace invites you to take a short break.

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27.6 km

View of Götzenburg, Jagsthausen (Old Castle)

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The castle dates back to the Middle Ages and was expanded into its current form in the 15th century. It is picturesquely situated on the banks of the Jagst River and impresses with its solid stonework and historic flair. Today, it is privately owned but houses, among other things, a hotel and serves as a venue for the Jagsthausen Castle Festival, where Goethe's "Götz von Berlichingen" is performed annually on the open-air stage.

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