From Weißensee to the castle ruins

The circa 15 Kilometer long bicycle tour from Weißensee to the castle ruins Eisenberg and Hohenfreyberg inspires with magnificent landscape impressions and leads to two of the most beautiful sights in the region around Füssen. Due to its easy demand, the bike ride is very suitable for connoisseurs, families and e-bike riders. At the end of the tour in summer you have the opportunity to cool off in the outdoor pool Weißensee.

The beautiful Allgäu around Füssen is a paradise for cyclists, with lots of routes for different demands. In addition to well-known long-distance cycle paths, challenging passes for road cyclists and trails in the mountains for mountain bikers, the region also offers numerous gently rising or even level routes in the pre-Alpine region for pleasure cyclists, families and e-bike riders. A particularly beautiful of these easy bicycle tours leads from the Füssen district Weißensee to the castle ruins Hohenfreyberg and Eisenberg, which perch on a promontory of the Tannheim Alps. Along green meadows and small hamlets, the cyclists come on this bicycle tour through a wonderfully idyllic landscape and are allowed look forward to omnipresent, beautiful views of the mountains and a healthy pre-Alpine air. At the end of the bike ride, the outdoor pool Weißensee attracts on warm days with a welcome cooling. Start and finish point of this bicycle tour is the Tourist Information in Weißensee. From Füssen you can reach by car on the B310 or from the Füssener railway and bus station with the bus line 71 to Weißensee. By bicycle you can reach Weißensee from the Füssener Bahnhof approximately 30 Minutes. For the tour you should plan at least an hour, but with an extensive visit of the castle ruins and subsequent bathing fun in the Weißensee rather much more.

The starting point of this charming bicycle tour is the Tourist Information in the Füssen district Weißensee, which is very rural and is characterized by 23 small hamlets made up. The rural flair and the soothing climate in the air resort Weißensee immediately make you want this beautiful bike ride. Along green meadows you cycle over the small district Hof to Hopferried and on small, traffic-calmed field roads on to Unterreuten and Speiden. In Speiden is the magnificently equipped pilgrimage church Maria Hilf, whose main altar is considered a rococo jewel and was decorated with high-quality stucco. The figures of saints on the side altars, the fresco in the middle of the choir room and many other features of the church are also very worth seeing. Anyone interested in historical churches, You should look around here in peace. Right next door is the Maria Hilfer brewhouse, which spoils hungry and thirsty cyclists with delicious drinks, breadtimes and warm dishes. Beer and cheese lovers in particular get their money's worth here, after all, the Allgäuer Beer-Käse-Wwandweg connects the brewing house with the Sennerei in Lehern. After a comfortable rest here, you swing back on your bike to make your way to the Schlossbergalm in Eisenberg / Zell, which requires a bit of condition. This mountain restaurant also invites you to stop at food and drink.

From the Schlossbergalm it goes on foot up to the castle ruins Hohenfreyberg and Eisenberg, which stand on a promontory of the Tannheim Alps and together form a widely visible castle group. The beginning of 14. Burg Eisenberg is a mantle wall fortress surrounded by a ring wall. As in the beginning of the 15. Hohenfreyberg Castle – one of the last major new castles of the Middle Ages – Eisenberg Castle was set on fire by the Tyrolean state government towards the end of the Thirty Years’ War in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the advancing Swedish Protestant army intact. Ultimately, however, the Swedes changed their direction of march, so that the destruction proved pointless. Both castle ruins were extensively renovated at the beginning of the new millennium and provided with information boards that convey a lot of interesting information about their construction, former use and history. From both castle ruins a great view over the wide Enjoy the pre-Alpine country.

The way back to Weißensee is via Holz, Ober-/Unterdeusch and Wies. After Thal, turn left to return via Wiedmar and Hinteregg to the starting point of the tour to Weißensee. Above the Weißensee West Bank there is a small rest, as there is a very nice viewpoint, which is ideal for taking photos of the dream landscape. At the end of the bicycle tour, if the weather is involved, a trip to the outdoor pool Weißensee is recommended. Here there are changing rooms and magnificent sunbeds, where you can relax and relax in the face of the magnificent mountains from the bike ride. The clean, turquoise water of the lake makes direct Want to get a deserved refreshment while bathing.

The bicycle tour from Weißensee to the castle ruins Hohenfreyberg and Eisenberg combines natural enjoyment with the sightseeing of interesting sights. In between, the cyclists can also look forward to culinary delights in the Maria Hilfer Sudhaus and the Schlossbergalm and at the end of the bathing in the Weißensee on the program. This bicycle tour is fun and offers a lot of beautiful holiday impressions.