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Rail Trail Near Westerheim – Memmingen Old Town loop from Babenhausen

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Germany

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Swabia

Rail Trail Near Westerheim – Memmingen Old Town loop from Babenhausen

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Rail Trail Near Westerheim – Memmingen Old Town loop from Babenhausen

03:40

62.7km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 27.3 km for 107 m

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18.6 km

Rail Trail Near Westerheim

Highlight • Cycleway

A very beautiful bike path. A dream to ride.

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20.8 km

View of the Günz and the Hundsmoor

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Here you have a great view of the Günz and the Hundsmoor and valuable information on the information board.

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20.9 km

Günztal Cycle Path with a View of Klosterwald

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The Günztal cycle path runs asphalted on the former railway line between Westerheim and Ottobeuren in the valley of the western Günz.

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27.3 km

Basilica of St. Alexander and St. Theodor, Ottobeuren

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The magnificent basilica of St. Alexander and Theodor belongs to the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren and is one of the most beautiful baroque churches in southern Germany.

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27.5 km

Ottobeuren Market Square and Basilica

Highlight • Settlement

Ottobeuren Market Square / Market Chronicle
Probably none of the visitors who stay in Ottobeuren today, for a shorter or longer period of time, can imagine how this approximately 1,500-year-old, historic town was founded.
When visitors arrive in Ottobeuren from all directions by private car, taxi, or bus, their first gaze is usually drawn to the mighty basilica with its monastery buildings.
No one considers that the very ground they have just set foot on was once impassable terrain, moorland, swamp, and densely wooded area.
Nevertheless, a man had dared to gain a foothold here, clear the forest, and establish a human settlement. What Stone Age hunters and fishers had failed to achieve much earlier—namely, to settle here—had become the life's work of a man named Uot. At the site where the market square stands today, the first giant trees soon collapsed under the axe blows of the Uot farmers.
Huts were built from rough beams, livestock was raised, and fields were cultivated. Only a few huts in the middle of the forest housed the Uot clan. Uot, the Swabian, founded Ottobeuren in the 5th century.
Text / Source: Ottobeuren Tourist Office, Marktplatz 14, Ottobeuren
ottobeuren.de/de/marktgemeinde/rathaus/markt-chronik.php

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38.9 km

Memmingen Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

The city of Memmingen, especially the old town and the center with the weekly market, is always worth a visit. A special event is Wallenstein's arrival every four years.

Information at:
memmingen.de/762.html#c2764.

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