Grasmutter Nature Reserve – Waldeck Country Inn, Risiberg loop from Rietheim

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Grasmutter Nature Reserve – Waldeck Country Inn, Risiberg loop from Rietheim

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Grasmutter Nature Reserve – Waldeck Country Inn, Risiberg loop from Rietheim

02:11

8.16km

90m

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 Obere Donau

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.63 km

Scenic Loop Trail in Naturpark Obere Donau

Highlight • Trail

2.65 km

Grasmutter Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

On this section of the trail you hike past the Grasmutter nature reserve. The "grass mother" is a ten-hectare juniper heath with individual pituitary trees. Numerous insects and birds are native to the area.

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3.41 km

Wooden cross with bench in Naturpark Obere Donau

Highlight • Monument

Wooden cross with a bench, instead of a figure of Jesus a crown of thorns was depicted here. Great idea!

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4.28 km

Tree Stump Shrine with Cross

Highlight • Religious Site

is great to look at
nice thought

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4.65 km

Waldeck Country Inn, Risiberg

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Popular restaurant with lots of attractions for children: soccer field, goat enclosure, rabbits and a goal wall. Soon also with a farm shop of the local butcher

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4.67 km

Kraftsteig Loop Hiking Trail

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Information about the power stone circuit and the Rußberg-Risiberg circuit
have fun hiking afterwards

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5.55 km

Risiberg Trailhead Parking

Highlight • Parking

Here were some cars again today. From here you have a beautiful view of the meadows of the Alb. Not far away is the restaurant Waldeck - which is ideal for a stop.

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7.56 km

Inn at the Crown Rußberg

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Quaint tavern amidst the farmhouses of Rußberg - on the lawn opposite there is also a small playground.

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8.16 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.31 km

850 m

547 m

452 m

Surfaces

5.05 km

1.73 km

867 m

397 m

111 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

5°C

94 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

June 8, 2025,Wanderung

Beautiful hike in mixed weather, partly with an umbrella 🌂

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January 6, 2025,Sportlicher Dreikönigstag 🫅🏼Rußberg-Risiberg-Runde

If you want to walk a path without much up and down on a plateau in the Swabian Alb between 800 and 900 meters above sea level, this is the right place for you. There are wide views over the juniper heath in the distance to the Säntis in one direction and the Dreifaltigkeitsberg very close by. If there is …

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