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LEGENDARY LOCATIONS

LOCATIONS OF ICE AGE ART The Alb has always been a desirable place – not The Celtic era came to an abrupt end with the only for Ice Age hunters but also for the Celts, invasion of the Romans. The delineated the The caves of the Swabian Alb are true treasure ago. The Venus figure is one of the world‘s oldest Romans and who settled in the Alb and outer of the and , The Swabian Alb. Inspiring. Since the dawn of time. chests of humanity – it was here that the oldest figurative depictions and can be viewed in the pre- left their traces behind. Three imposing Celtic and stone walls were built – these can artworks and musical instruments in the history historic museum Urgeschichtliches Museum Blau- locations on the Alb are the Ipf, the Heuneburg and be seen at the Limespark Rainau and in the Limes- 40,000 years of cultural history and a place of discovery for the oldest artworks of humanity. of man were discovered. These unique Ice Age beuren. The tones of flutes of the Ice Age hunters the Heidengraben. The Heuneburg near Herbertingen museum , at the time the largest Roman The Swabian Alb has verifiably inspired since the dawn of time. A GEOLOGICAL ADVENTURE treasures are up to 40,000 years old and originate can also be heard in the „treasure chests“ of the is one of the most important discovery sites of cavalry fort north of the . Villages and estates from six caves in the valleys of Ach and Lone; these museum. Proof enough that our ancestors from that era in Europe and its „Pyrene“ is the oldest were founded in the vicinity of the Limes. Many of The Swabian Alb is a romantically wild karst The Swabian Alb has always been a coveted region – valleys have now been added to the World Heritage the Stone Age were not merely primitive and wild! named location in . Today the same-named these Roman remains have been carefully recons- landscape, an upland region with juniper heaths the historic sites of Celts, Romans and Alemanni The Swabian Alb is the result of an eventful geolo- at Immendingen and Möhringen: a riverbed without List by UNESCO as a result of the sensational finds. These are lullabies of human culture that chime open-air museum offers a clear insight into the tructed, for example the Villa Rustica estate in the grazed by migratory herds of sheep. The striking and the names of major royal and imperial families gical past. Over millions of years, volcanic eruptions, water, with the trickling away into the At the beginning of the Lower Palaeolithic Age, Ice out from the caves of the Swabian Alb, and witnesses everyday lives of the Celts. Valuable imported Hechingen-Stein open-air museum. cliff edge of the Albtrauf with a height of up to such as Staufer and Hohenzollern conclusively meteorite impacts, rain and wind have created a karst rock. The Eselsburg valley offers bizarre cliff Age hunters wandered through the valleys of the of a distant past that, as do the carved works of merchandise such as amber and Attic pottery 400 metres separates the upland plateau of the verify this and communicate a feeling of historical landscape that is unique upon our Earth. The story formations from primeval times, and in Blaubeuren Alb and left behind proof of their stay in the caves, art, tell something of the life of our prehistoric verify extensive trading links. The Ipf at Bopfingen The Alemanni settled in the Alb after the Romans rough Alb from the fruit orchards of the Alb fore- vividness. Added to this are cities that breathe begins around 200 million years ago with a tropical the water-rich karst spring of the legendary Blau- including artistically carved sculptures of mammoth ancestors... with a height of 668 metres and its imposing, retreated from the areas to the north of the Danube. land. In the south, the young Danube begins its history and present in tandem. Those visiting and Jura ocean in which romped genuine dinosaurs and topf with its intensive colouring exudes a particular ivory. The figures depict animals from the hunt fortified hilltop settlement was a traffic node They constructed their settlements upon exposed long trip to the , and over the millennia travelling here expose themselves to a fascinating crocodiles. The creatures of that era are now safely fascination. The countless karst caverns are a such as mammoth, bison and wild horses. The The treasure chests of the museums arouse your upon the long-distance trading network between mountain hilltops, such as the Runde Berg near the river has dug a deep bed into the Jura rock of trip through time, the history of both Earth and housed in the form of fossils in museums. The Alb dripstone paradise that riddle the Alb like a Swiss largest and most spectacular figure is the Löwen- fascination for the creativity of the Ice Age artists the Danube, Main and rivers. The Celts Bad Urach. The Alamannenmuseum in Ellwangen the Alb to create the scenic Danube canyon Oberes humanity. The secret however is to be found in is well-known for its fossil findings and natural cheese, making it the region with the highest con- mensch that can now be admired in the Museum who created the Löwenmensch and Venus vom built quadrangle entrenchments and fortified provides visitors with insights into the lives of Donautal. It is here that the history of the Earth the subterranean labyrinth of caves: it is here phenomena: on the northerly edge of the Jura centration of caves in Germany. UNESCO has desig- , while finds such as the Venus vom Hohle Fels, who carved horses and mammoths and towns (called Oppida). The largest Celtic these peoples. The dominance of the Alemanni can be experienced in real time, as the Swabian that the oldest works of art in human history mountain range stretches the Albtrauf with its nated the Swabian Alb a UNESCO Global Geopark. and bone flutes created a furore. It was certainly a who produced musical instruments from bone. in Europe was the Heidengraben (Elsachstadt) gradually decreased from 500 AD onwards and Alb is fundamentally a unique „Jurassic Park“ were found. The Löwenmensch [ Man] figure striking scarp, and in the south the Danube winds A global sensation are the findings of the oldest art- sensation when archaeologists from Tübingen Those curious to know how people lived in the near . Ramparts with trenches and Christianity began to proliferate – the first churches that has developed over millions of years along wrought around 40,000 years ago is a truly magical its way through the powerful Danube canyon. works of humanity in the Alb caverns. University discovered a statue of a woman in the Stone Age era can take an exciting trip through gates can still be seen in the landscape. and monasteries were founded that then rose to with countless caves and subterranean dream symbol. It was carved by an unknown artist from A globally unique sight is the Donauversickerung cave Hohle Fels in 2008 dating to almost 40,000 years time at the Archäopark Vogelherd. importance in the as intellectual centres. worlds. The Swabian Alb has also maintained its the Ice Age and can be now viewed in the Museum warm, thermal mineral water sources that bubble Ulm. EXPERIENCING GEOLOGICAL HISTORY LIVE: EXPERIENCING ICE AGE ART: EXPERIENCING CELTS, ROMANS AND ALEMANNI up from its depths in the form of precious healing springs. Veritable fairytale crown cliffs Discover the land of the Lion Man! Show caves, fossil hunting areas, the Danube canyon & Donauversickerung, Blautopf, Eselsburg valley, Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren, Museum Ulm, Tübingen University museum, Archäopark Vogelherd Keltenmuseum Heuneburg, Ipf, Heidengraben, Limesmuseum Aalen, Limespark Rainau-Dalkingen, and hilltops, documenting the former abundance meteor crater Steinheimer Becken, extinct vulcano Randecker Maar, Urweltmuseum Hauff Holzmaden Villa Rustica Hechingen-Stein, Deutsche Limesstraße, Alamannenmuseum Ellwangen of castles and palaces.

SPIRITUAL PLACES PROUD & STATELY BUILDINGS Splendid churches and ancient monasteries bear effect of the church is incomparable. Other high- witness to an artistic past on the Alb. A rich lights of Baroque architecture can be found in TRADITION & monastery existence came about at an early , Obermarchtal and in the library hall The Swabian Alb is one Germany‘s richest fort and the Staufer lions in the coat of arms of the State of INDUSTRIAL HISTORY time: the first monastery was founded in Blaube- at Kloster Wiblingen. landscapes. Seen from afar, the impressive Baden-Württemberg. Thanks to Wilhelm IV. of uren in 1085 AD, and others followed such as Kloster buildings throne hilltops and peaks, cliff edges and Prussia, the Hohenzollern bequeathed a Swabian Lorch, the family monastery of the Staufers, and The Kloster Beuron in the upper Danube valley is the peripheries of valleys. Around 400 still exist Neuschwanstein. The Prussian king reconstructed Tilling the land was always a challenge on the story of Steiff teddies started in Giengen an der Kloster Bebenhausen, which still remains a typical situated in a picturesque landscape and is simul- and more than 100 of these are open to visitors. the ruins of the mediaeval home of his ancestors, „rough Alb“ because of the harsh climate, barren Brenz and the model railways of the Märklin brothers example of an old monastery settlement. taneously a powerful location. A community of Behind their massive walls, history, narrations, Burg Hohenzollern near Hechingen, in the romantic ground, rain and wind. Yields were low and the in Göppingen. around 50 monks live today in the Beuron archabbey. theme and costume tours help relive old times. style of the 19th century. Further Hohenzollern TOWNS & EVENTS population were subjected to harshness and poverty. Prestigious, striking churches were built in the Directly adjacent, i.e. near Meßkirch, the St. Gallen The importance of the era is underlined because castles can be found in Sigmaringen and . New employment chances came about with the The motto of „need makes inventive“ is firmly towns and cities, including Gothic masterpieces: monastery plan is being reconstructed, incorpora- two imperial families – the Staufer and the Hohen- wave of industrialisation in the 19th century, for engrained into the mentality of the people in the the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd ting the technical possibilities of the Middle Ages. zollern – originate from the Alb. Schloss Lichtenstein, the fairy-tale castle of Ulm, Aalen, Ellwangen, Tübingen, , offers pulsating liveliness and its own, example in smelting works, textile factories and region, and hard work and thriftiness were im- is the first large-scale hall church in southern Campus Galli is the name of the ambitious project Württemberg, is highly unique and thrones a cliff Göppingen and Heidenheim: the towns of the Swabian special quality - it‘s also one of the most popular the precision mechanical industry. Until today the portant preconditions for corporate success. The Germany constructed according to the plans of with a planned implementation of several decades. The ruling of the Staufer continues to needle: it was constructed between 1840 and 1842 Alb are the cherry on the cake of its natural and addresses for shopping in Europe. Alb is the production site of renowned branded region continues to be characterised by a special the Parler family of master builders. After Cologne The chapels to be discovered throughout the Alb fascinate. Friedrich I. Barbarossa created an empire in the neo-Gothic style of the 19th century and based cultural landscape. They include wealthy imperial underwear, and the history of the textile industry spirit of design and creative will, and the level of Cathedral the Ulmer Münster is the largest Gothic are secret tips and sources of inspiration. „Droben stretching from to the North Sea, and his on a novel by Wilhelm Hauff. Burg Hohenneuffen settlements, Royal Staufer towns, Roman locations Celebrations often take place in the towns: is impressively narrated in the Maschenmuseum patents is unsurpassed. The Alb is home to scien- church in Germany and its high tower is the highest stehet die Kapelle, schauet still ins Tal hinab…“ grandson Friedrich II. became one of the most im- looks back on a much longer history – the fortifica- and mediaeval market towns, and all are cosmo- whether it‘s the Schwäbisch-Alemannische Fasnet . The region is the home to global market tists, poets, thinkers and inventors. Whether church tower in the world. The Abteikirche Neres- [Over there thrones the chapel, peacefully portant emperors of the Middle Ages. The ancestral tion was originally a Celtic settlement and once politan and modern while simultaneously being in Rottenburg and Rottweil, Ulmer Fischerstechen, leaders such as WMF in Geislingen, the Zeiss Albert Einstein, Robert Bosch, Margarete Steiff, heim is a jewel of Baroque architecture constructed watching over the valley...] – Ludwig Uhland homeland of the Staufer are the Drei Kaiserberge again wrote history when the founding fathers of traditional and romantic. These are the ideal places opera festivals in Heidenheim, Stocherkahnrennen works at Oberkochen and high-tech locations Hugo Boss, Eduard Mörike or Friedrich Hölderlin: according to plans by the renowned Baroque appreciated the simple beauty of the Wurmlinger near Göppingen; the foundation walls of the ance- the State of Baden-Württemberg gathered in 1948 for photographers as well as aficionados of art and in Tübingen or romantic Christmas markets – there‘s such as the Global Centre for Medical Technology they all originate from the Alb or found their inspi- master builder Balthasar Neumann. Thanks to Kappelle. stral castle of the still exist. The at the former fortress to lay the foundation stone culture – exhibitions, theatre, museums, parties something to do and see the whole year round. at . The hearts of children throughout ration there. the ingenious cupola architecture the spatial legacy of the Staufer remains alive in the form of for a common south-western state. and festivals are regularly held. OUTLETCITY the world are won over here as well: the success

CHURCHES, MONASTERIES & CHAPELS: PALACES & CASTLES: TOWNS: MUSEUMS:

Former monasteries of Blaubeuren, Lorch, Bebenhausen, Wiblingen with Baroque library hall, Burg Hohenzollern, Schloss Sigmaringen, Burg Wildenstein, Zollernschloss , Schloss Lichtenstein, Aalen, Albstadt, Bad Urach, Balingen, , Ellwangen, Giengen an der Brenz, Geislingen an der Steige, Tiefer Stollen at Aalen, Maschenmuseum Albstadt, Steiff-Museum Giengen an der Brenz, Märklineum Benediktinerabtei Beuron, Ulmer Münster, Heilig-Kreuz-Münster Schwäbisch Gmünd, Abteikirche Burg Hohenneuffen, Burgruine Hohenstaufen, Schloss Hohentübingen, Schloss Hellenstein, Schloss ob Göppingen, Heidenheim, , Metzingen, Nürtingen, Reutlingen, Rottenburg, Rottweil, Göppingen, open-air museums Beuren and Neuhausen ob Eck, route of industrial culture in the Filstal Neresheim, Münster Zwiefalten Ellwangen Schwäbisch Gmünd, Sigmaringen, Tübingen, Tuttlingen, Ulm

Facts and Figures

The Swabian Alb stretches across Baden-Württemberg along a length of around 220 km and has a width of up to 80 km. The area is bordered by the in the south-west, by in the northwest, Berlin in the east and the Danube in the south. It achieves a height of 700 m to slightly above 1,000 m at its northerly edge and up to 500 m at its southern Cologne edge and towards the Danube. The highest hill is the in the south-west of the Swabian Alb with a The very best height of 1,015 m. Stuttgart n Alb abia Sw For more information and free brochures, Munich please contact www.schwaebischealb.de. at a glance HEALTH, WELLNESS & TRADITIONAL FOOD Schwäbische Alb Tourismus Bismarckstraße 21 | 72574 Bad Urach Tel. +49 (0) 7125 93930-0 The spa, thermal and mineral baths and health All of this can be ideally combined with the pleasures resorts of the Swabian Alb promise pure enjoy- of healthy, regional eating. The Älbler certainly ment. Health and wellness have tradition in the know how to prepare their Swabian ravioli Maul- region, ranging from the Alb thermal baths at Bad täschle – but buffalo meat, Alb lamb, Spätzle and Come and discover the land of the lion man! Urach heated by a long-extinct Swabian volcano the recently rediscovered ancient lentils Alblinsen My land can be found in the South between Bavaria and the Black Forest. to the Limes thermal baths at Aalen designed in are also highly popular. Beer is trump at Ehingen Where the Danube and the Neckar are still primordial. They call me the lion Roman style. These oases of peace and relaxation on the Danube. Here you can trace the progress man. I am one of the oldest works of art in the world. Around 40,000 years were made possible thanks to the Alb‘s geological of the delicious barley juice and also brew your ago I was created using mammoth ivory, inspired by the rugged landscape ACTIVELY DISCOVERING THE ALB of the Swabian Alb‘s mighty Karst mountains. Today I am the ambassador history that created its traditional spa springs own. The orchards of the Swabian Alb supply for this land which can sometimes be harsh, yet also gentle. Sometimes and thermal water sources. The mild but bracing award-winning sparkling wines and high-proof majestic, sometimes mysterious. The land in which people were canny climate and the natural, earthy landscape of the spirits – the Alb is a region for connoisseurs, in The Alb is the ideal place for active recovery. Cyclists also have a great time on the Alb – challen- before time began. Be canny along your way too. Follow me and let yourself be struck by the incomparable beauty, by mountains and castles of Alb also offer outstanding possibilities for relaxa- which regional producers and gastronomic hosts A host of palaces, castles and ruins can be found ging climbs and quick descents on mountain bikes, powerful emperors and kings, by the legendary arenas of the Romans and tion and regeneration. create new taste experiences from traditional on the Albsteig covering a length of over family-friendly routes along the Alb, or on the edge Celts and by proud cities which live the past and the future simultaneously. sources using Swabian hard work, creativity and 350 kilometres. This traditional main trail is one of along rivers and currents such as the Neckar and knowledge of established production methods. the „Top Trails of Germany“ and offers gorgeous Danube. Speaking of current: using a modern E-bike It’s inventive and typically Swabian... viewpoints and panoramic vistas along its length. provides even more comfort.

Publication details: SPA BATHS, HEALTH RESORTS & WELLNESS: TREKKING: Publisher: Schwäbische Alb Tourismusverband e.V. Design: Benning, Gluth & Partner Text & editing: Schwäbische Alb Tourismusver- band e.V. Map basis: Outdooractive Kartografie Geoinformationen © Outdooractive © GeoBasis-DE / BKG 2017Printing: SV Druck + Spa baths & health resorts: Aalen, , , Bad Überkingen, Bad Urach, Beuren. High quality trails for one-day hikes, long-distance trails, circular and daily tours Medien GmbH & Co. KG, Balingen Version: November 2019, errors and modifications reservedImage credits: Cover image: Schloss Leisure and relaxation baths: Albstadt, Blaustein, Ellwangen, Heidenheim, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Ulm. Lichtenstein, © Manuel Schönfeld/fotolia.com © Schwäbische Alb Tourismus/photos: Achim Mende, Günther Bayerl, Julia Metzmann, Ralph Lueger, Manfred Grohe, Thomas Rathay | Alamannenmuseum Ellwangen, Albstadt Tourismus/Volker Bitzer, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, „Die Staufer“ exhibition/ Atelier Alexy, Bad Urach Tourismus, Burg Katzenstein/ Roswitha Wal- ter, Campus Galli, Donaubergland GmbH, Donaubergland GmbH/Best of Wandern, Dr. Bernhard Hildebrandt, FLM Neuhausen ob Eck/ Karl-Heinz Reizner, Guido Serino Photography, Marbach/Max Schreiner main and rural stud, Höhlenverein Giengen-Hürben e.V./ SPECIALITIES: CYCLING: Heinz Nemela, Jürgen Ranger, Bebenhausen monastery and castle, Margarete Steiff GmbH, OUTLETCITY METZINGEN, Peter Seidel, Ro- land Beck/Burg Hohenzollern, Thomas Blank, Touristik-Gemeinschaft Stauferland, Ulm/Neu-Ulm Touristik GmbH, Ulrich Sauerborn/ Alblinsen, Alblamm, restaurants of the Alb-Wirte and Biosphärengastgeber, beer culture town of High quality cycle routes, long-distance cycle routes, mountain biking, E-bike tours, bike parks and MTB Limesmuseum Aalen, Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren/Günther Bayerl, Urweltmuseum Hauff, Wandermagazin/Klaus-Peter Kap- pest, Yvonne Mühleis/LAD Esslingen, PixelPower/fotolia.com | Corporations: Bad Boll, Herbertingen, Sonnenbühl | District offices: Ehingen & Berg brewery, Alb-Gold customer centre & herb garden, Swabian Whisky and Whisky-Walk events Alb-Donau and Heidenheim/burkert, Esslingen/ Dieter Ruoff, Heidenheim/Guido Serino, / Katja Beyer |Towns: Aalen, schwaebischealb.de Blaubeuren, Ehingen, Ellwangen, Haigerloch/Egidius Fechter, Heidenheim, Mössingen/Uwe Walz, Münsingen, Neresheim Swabian Alb RUINS AND THE DREI KAISERBERGE THERMAL BATHS OUTLETCITY The Drei-Kaiserberge of ON THE ALBTRAUF Hohenstaufen, Stuifen and True springs of health are METZINGEN Rechberg situated in the Alb the warm thermal and mine- A unique shopping foreland resemble the humps of a PANORAMA VIEWS ral water resources from the experience located in the URWELTMUSEUM camel – the Hohenstaufen is the depths of the Alb which are home town of Hugo Boss ancestral home of the Staufer, Lemberg 1 HAUFF most probably the after- between half-timbered once one of the most powerful with 1,015 m is the highest effects of volcanic On the tracks of of the royal families. mountain of the Swabian Alb activity from the houses, winegrowing and UNESCO WORLD modern architecture. dinosaurs and sea lilies: Zeller Horn 2 Tertiary Period. the Hauff private HERITAGE OF LIMES View of Burg Hohenzollern collection houses some After the Chinese Wall, the of the world‘s best UNESCO world heritage site Dreifürstenstein 3 THE ALBTRAUF – fossils. of Limes is the longest ground Breitenstein 4 THE BLUE WALL BURG memorial in the world. Many Hausener Wand 5 Roman traces can be found on The Alb was already a dream HOHENNEUFFEN the Alb: the Limesmuseum Rosenstein 6 destination for Eduard Mörike. Mighty and seen from Aalen and the Limespark Ipf 7 The poet, with a sense of yearning, used afar: the former fortress Rainau-Dalkingen. Witthoh 14 the words of „wonderful blue wall“ to is the largest castle describe the powerful, almost 200 kilometre-­ ruins in southern long cliff edge of the Albtrauf that soars to Germany. heights of up to 1,000 metres. It separates the KLOSTER high plateau of the „rough Alb“ from the NERESHEIM more mellifluous orchards of the Alb This abbey church, a jewel foreland. Wonderful views towards the of Baroque architecture, Alb foreland can be experienced was constructed according along the complete route of URACH to plans of the famous the Albtrauf. SCHLOSS WATERFALL master builder Balthasar LICHTENSTEIN Neumann. Württemberg‘s „fairytale The natural spectacle castle“ was constructed of the Urach Waterfall 7 after a novel by Wilhelm plummets over a tuff cliff to a depth of STEIFF MUSEUM Hauff and thrones one of GIENGEN the most attractive 37 metres. The home of the teddy locations on the Alb. bear. It conquered the rest of the world from this 6 location, and the Steiff Museum tells the story of its success. TÜBINGEN An old, historical town situated on the Neckar river with the pulsating life of a young and cosmopolitan 5 MÖSSINGER university city: Tübingen is BERGRUTSCH one of the most attractive A national geotope towns in Germany. created in 1983 following Baden- Württemberg‘s 4 largest landslide. ESELSBURG VALLEY Bizarre cliff formations are typical of the Alb: the Steinerne Jungfrauen [stone virgins] in the Eselsburger Tal were, according to legend, enchanted by an angry castle damsel.

HÖHLENWELTEN SONNENBÜHL HÖHLENERLEBNIS- The fabled subterranean 8 WELT GIENGEN worlds of the Bärenhöhle 10 Stone Age adventures and Nebelhöhle caves: show at the Erlebnismuseum caves with fantastic subter- 3 HöhlenSchauLand, ranean halls and splendid HöhlenHaus and stalactites. Charlottenhöhle ULMER SILVER THISTLE 2 MÜNSTER A plant with symbolic 9 A trip to Ulm is highly power: the most well- ATOMKELLER- recommended: known representative of MUSEUM HAIGERLOCH the Ulmer Münster Alb flora is the silver thistle. It loves sunny spots, A true-to-original church tower with a heathland and sheep reconstruction of the first height of 162 metres grazing pastures. atomic reactor in the former is the world‘s cave research laboratory of the highest. rocky lilac town of Haigerloch, a Baroque gem and „cradle of atomic research“. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE 1 Eyach ‘CAVES AND ICE AGE ART’ Six caves located in the valleys of Ach and Lone were declared 11 world heritage sites by UNESCO – Schmiech it was here that the oldest art- BURG works of humanity were found, BLAUTOPF including the Löwenmensch BLAUBEUREN HOHENZOLLERN [Lyon Man]carved from The most attractive The „Swabian Neu­ 12 mammoth ivory. schwanstein“ – the karst spring in Germany ancestral home of the with an enchanting blue Hohenzollern and the colour, and the location Prussian royal family – for many myths and JUNIPER HEATHS majestically thrones a Donau legends. AND SHEEP GRAZING hilltop peak of 13 855 metres. The Swabian Alb exudes a particular fascination with its typical juniper heaths traditionally used for sheep grazing. These require 14 intensive care through sheep farming and migratory herding, and shepherds and their sheep GROSSES contribute to maintaining the OBERES DONAUTAL LAUTERTAL cultural landscape. AND KLOSTER BEURON The charming valley A baroque cultural Großes Lautertal is treasure in the valley of the location of the young Danube: the 20 castles and Benedictine monastery still SCHLOSS HAUPT- UND castle ruins. SWABIAN ALB remains a lively place of faith. SIGMARINGEN LANDGESTÜT MARBACH BIOSPHERE REGION Mediaeval fortresses such as CAMPUS GALLI The home of the princes With a history of over The biosphere region of the the attractively located Burg of Hohenzollern- 500 years, Haupt- und Swabian Alb surrounding the former Wildenstein stand proudly Near Meßkirch the St. Gallen Sigmaringen is located on Landgestüt Marbach is troop parade ground near Münsingen on the cliffs above the monastery plan is being a mighty Jurassic cliff the oldest German state consists of 80,000 hectares and is a model Danube valley. reconstructed, incorporating the above the Danube. stud, and also a stud region in terms of commerce and tourism in technical possibilities of the harmony with nature and the environment. Middle Ages. Campus Galli is the museum at Offenhausen. The heart of the biosphere region officially name of the ambitious project recognised by UNESCO beats in Münsingen. with a planned implementation The biosphere centre is the best basis for of several decades. discovering the former parade ground with its unique vegetation, and also the deserted village of Gruorn. „GRAND CANYON“-VIEWS Eichfelsen 12 PANORAMIC VIEWS Knopfmacher- felsen 13 Ulmer Münster 8 Wolfertturm Ehingen 9 Sternbergturm 10 „tyssenkrupp Testurm“ 11 the highest viewing tower in Germany with a height of 232 m

Kloster Bebenhausen Burg Hohenzollern founded in 1184 reconstructed 1850 to 1867 Travelling through time on the Swabian Alb Friedrich I. Barbarossa, Münster Zwiefalten, Aalen Roman Fort Staufer Emperor 1155 to 1190 Steinheimer Becken Celtic gate and approx. 150 a Rococo jewel meteorite crater with central rise Oppidum Heidengraben constructed 1739 to 1765 Phytosaur approx. approx. 200 University of Tübingen approx. 200 million Heuneburg early-Celtic founded in 1477 15 million Albert Einstein princely seat born 1879 in Ulm Swabian approx. 650 volcano and to 450 Alemannic Höwenegg Lion Man and other sheet gold cross volcano crater Ice Age art finds approx. 600 to 800 Burg Katzenstein Ulmer Münster highest approx. 18 to 10 approx. 40,000 around 1099 church tower in the world million constructed 1377 to 1890 Schloss Lichtenstein constructed 1840 to

1842 based on a novel by Wilhelm Hauff

ANTIQUITY CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY HISTORY EARLY AND PRIMAEVAL STONE AGE NEANDERTHALS MIDDLE AGES THE ALEMANNI MODERN PEOPLE MODERN AGEBRONZE IRON AGE CELTS THE ROMANS HISTORICAL ERA: ROMANESQUE STAUFER HISTORICAL ERA: GOTHIC HOHENZOLLERN HISTORICAL ERA: BAROQUE MODERN ERA MODERN ERA JURASSIC 10,000 - 100,000 A.D. B.C.

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