Glastal Path – Wimsener Cave loop from GVV Zwiefalten-Hayingen

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Glastal Path – Wimsener Cave loop from GVV Zwiefalten-Hayingen

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Glastal Path – Wimsener Cave loop from GVV Zwiefalten-Hayingen

03:19

11.6km

280m

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: September 26, 2026

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Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb (Kernzone)

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.81 km

View of the Lämmerstein

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An unusual sight in the area: The Lämmerstein is crowned by a summit cross, which can also be seen from down here. A trail leads up from the other side.

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2.08 km

Hasenbach Spring

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Beautiful stream of the Hasenbach in the Glastal Mitte

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2.13 km

Glastal Path

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Here you drive through the narrow and romantic glass valley, past high rocks and over small bridges.

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3.29 km

Schloss Ehrenfels

Castle

3.98 km

Small Waterfalls Near Wimsener Höhle

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Located directly at the Wimsener Höhle hiking car park, it's a great starting point for numerous hikes.

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4.18 km

Wimsener Mill and Tressbrüder Inn

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You can have a drink here...but it's packed today...that must mean something, right?

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4.19 km

Wimsener Cave

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THE WATER CAVE ON THE SWABIAN ALB
The natural monument known as the "Wimsen Cave" or "Friedrich Cave" is the only "active" water cave in Germany that can be navigated …

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5.80 km

Hasenbach Pool in Glastal

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The Danube in miniature

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5.87 km

Glastal Valley

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Opportunity for a wonderful circular hike through the Glastal valley and back via the Schweiftal valley. The Schweiftal valley is worth a detour, especially because of its bright limestone cliffs.

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11.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.78 km

820 m

584 m

402 m

Surfaces

5.18 km

4.56 km

1.16 km

654 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

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Comments

September 29, 2023,🙋🦁🙋🏻‍♀️🐻Aichstetten 🌤️Bachlauf Glastal Mitte 💦 Schloss Ehrenfels 🏰 Wimsener Höhle 💧Glastal 💦Burgruine Alt Ehrenfels 🏰 Schweiftal 🌿Bärenhöhle 🐻🤩

Hello 🙋🙋🏻‍♀️on tour today with our dear @Tine Ti 🤩🤩dear Tine, thank you 🙏 for taking us with you and thank you 🙏 for this wonderful tour and this wonderful day 😍😘 we parked at St. Georgenhof and we soon had a look the Lämmerstein 🪨along the Glastal Mitte stream, past Ehrenfels Castle 🏰 we reached the Gasthof Friedrichshöhle, where …

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March 24, 2026,🥾🥾 Glastal- Schweiftal

The recording is not quite right because it dropped out several times 🙈

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January 22, 2022,Glastal 👀❄️🦌🌀Schloß Ehrenfels 👑🐓⭕️⚜️Wimsener Höhle 🥾👀🥶Schweiftal 🌲🪵🐾🍂🪨

Nice hike even in winter! 🥶❄️🥾
It's just a shame that Ehrenfeld Castle is not allowed to be entered!

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March 20, 2022,Hayingen - Glastal mit Lämmerstein und Wimsener Höhle

The only accessible cave in Germany.

Our way to the Wimsener Höhle leads us past high rocks, "Lämmerstein" and offers us a good view down into the Glastal..
After the Wimsener Höhle, we go in the direction of Glastal, past high rocks and over small bridges.

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June 16, 2024,Tour "Hochgeschätzt"- Digelfeld⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

it is the "Highly Appreciated" tour - slightly modified from the Wimsen hiking car park. It is good to be there early, because the parking spaces are hotly contested. I had trouble setting off because there was a car on the left and right🚘 that wanted to get into my parking space. In the rearview mirror I saw that a …

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July 23, 2022,Zur Wimsener Höhle🛶 durchs Schweiftal und durchs Glastal zurück🥾

We started at 10.45 a.m. at the Digelfeld car park (free of charge) at 20 degrees. From there it went over the round Burren to the single trail through the Schweiftal, which then flows into the Glastal. On the way we had a few brakes because it had rained at night and was now really muggy. Then when the shadow …

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July 3, 2023,HOCHGEHBERGE 🏔"hochgehschätzt" 32- Glastal, Wimsemer Höhle🚣

Before we started the 3rd tour, we explored the Friedrichshöhle by boat, popularly known as the Wimsener Höhle. It is the only active show cave in Germany that can be reached by boat and is also the deepest explored underwater cave in our country. It is named after Elector Friedrich the 1st King of Württemberg, who was there in 1803. …

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