Liebliches Taubertal - The Classic 2nd Stage
- 2:20h
- 33.81 km
- 32 m
- 87 m
Route sections:
Weikersheim – Elpersheim, left side of the Tauber (3 km)
Elpersheim – Markelsheim, right side of the Tauber (3 km)
Markelsheim – Igersheim, left side of the Tauber (3 km)
Igersheim – Bad Mergentheim, right side of the Tauber (3 km)
then left side of the Tauber (2 km)
Bad Mergentheim – Edelfingen (3 km) – Unterbalbach (3 km)
right side of the Tauber
Unterbalbach – Lauda-Königshofen, left side of the Tauber (6 km)
Lauda-Königshofen – Tauberbischofsheim, left side of the Tauber (9 km)
Sights and recreational facilities:
Markelsheim: Winegrowers' cooperative, wine educational trail
Igersheim: Burg Neuhaus
Bad Mergentheim: Mergentheim Residential Castle, German Order Museum, spa and castle park, historic marketplace, Grünewald Madonna in Stuppach, cultural forum, bathing and wellness park “Solymar”, heated outdoor pool, wildlife park, golf course
Beckstein: Winemakers' cooperative, Catholic church (1914), wine educational trail, nature educational trail
Königshofen: Goten (1544, a former tithe barn)
Lauda: Local history museum with wine department, St. Jakobus Church, Mary Church, city gate, heated outdoor pool, indoor pool
Gerlachsheim: Former Premonstratensian monastery (not open to visitors), baroque church, Grünbach bridge
Tauberbischofsheim: Kurmainz castle with landscape museum, tower storm, St. Martin Church, Lioba Church, Bonifatius Church, marketplace with town hall, heated outdoor pool, small swimming hall, federal and state performance center as well as Olympic training center for fencing
Accommodation options along the route can be found here: https://www.liebliches-taubertal.de/Uebernachten/Gastgeber.html
The "Liebliches Taubertal" holiday region offers numerous regional delicacies. Information can be found here: https://www.liebliches-taubertal.de/Genuss/Kulinarisches-Profil.html
You can also experience the wine diversity of the Taubertal during your bike ride. Visit our winegrowers and vintners of the Taubertal wine region: https://www.weinlandtaubertal.de/showpage.php?Mitglieder&SiteID=4
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There is much to discover along the way.
Let the culture take effect on you!
Public transit
Rail travelers arrive comfortably in the Liebliches Taubertal via the Würzburg ICE station. The Stuttgart-Heilbronn-Lauda connection takes you directly to the heart of this holiday region, where you can use the Main and Tauber railway between Freudenberg and Niederstetten.
For your holiday, use the Tauber railway between Wertheim - Lauda - Weikersheim and Schrozberg or the Maintal railway from Wertheim to Freudenberg/Kirschfurt.
In the summer months, there are increasingly bike/hiking trains and buses operating in the Taubertal, as well as the Maintalsprinter from Würzburg to Röttingen.
More information can be found here:
Directions
The route continues along the Tauber to Tauberbischofsheim.