RemstalWeg Etappe 07: von Mögglingen nach Schwäbisch Gmünd

Enjoy hiking on the seventh stage of the Remstal Trail from Mögglingen to Schwäbisch Gmünd. This stage takes you through fields, forests and along the Limes World Heritage Site.

The trail leads along Heuchlinger Straße - crossing the railroad line via a bridge - before turning left along Bergstraße to Steinstraße. Always following the RemstalWeg signs, you will reach a farm track heading north. Follow this - past a rest area with the new viewing tower built for the Remstal Garden Show - and you will reach the Limes hiking trail. This runs directly along the former Roman border and is one of the most popular hiking routes in the Mögglingen area.Along the 1.5-kilometre section of the trail, there are newly designed information boards to familiarize hikers on the "Limes Trail" with everything that has reminded them of the Roman Empire to the left and right of the trail for thousands of years. The wall ran dead straight from the "Grubenholz" (this is the forest between Mögglingen and Heuchlingen) to the "Kolbenberg". This means that Mögglingen is part of the "largest construction in Europe", which begins at Andernach on the Rhine, continues via Lorch and finally ends as the "Rhaetian Limes" at Einingen on the Danube (near Regensburg). Böbingen a.d.Rems is only briefly touched on between the Braunhof and Schafhäusle. Before that, however, you leave the Limes Trail in the "Krausenhof" area. The route continues through Schönhardt towards Iggingen, which is bypassed to the north. The trail continues along the long ridge (Hochsträß) towards Brainkofen. You always have a wide and beautiful view of the Swabian Alb to the south and the "Drei Kaiserberge" mountains to the southwest.

You walk around Brainkofen to the south and continue on open fields, past Appenhaus, until you turn north on Lindacher Straße towards a small hiking parking lot, where you turn west onto a dirt road. You walk past the Lindach water tower (Albverein hut of the Lindach local group) to the transformer station. There you turn south towards Lindach. You cross Lindach in the direction of Grünhalde and walk through a forest again. You pass the Robert Bosch factory site (formerly a gear factory) to the west. If you need to cool off, the Gmünd outdoor pool on the left invites you to take a detour, simply follow the road along the company premises. Otherwise, the route continues through forests and over small streams towards the stage finish.

The Staufer town of Schwäbisch Gmünd offers stone witnesses from over eight centuries, which are lined up side by side on the Gmünd market square: Anyone who makes themselves comfortable in one of the numerous street cafés can easily see why this square is one of the most beautiful in southern Germany.