Winter hike The kings circular hike in Pinswang

Pinswang / Ammergauer Alpen
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 14.4 km
Duration: 4:30 h

Royal circular hike from Pinswang to the castles of Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein on to the Lechfall.

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 14.4 km
  • Duration: 4:30 h
  • Elevation uphill:482 hm
Highest point898 m

Starting point

Municipal Office, Unterpinswang 1b, 6600 Pinswang
  • Fitness level 4 / 6
  • Technique 1 / 6

Features

  • Circular route

Best time of year

  • January
  • February
  • March
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  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

Trail condition

Easily accessible paths on gravel and asphalt. No special skills, but good basic fitness required.

Equipment

Hiking Equipment, hiking sticks
Source: Naturparkregion Reutte

Description

The Royal circular hike from Pinswang offers the opportunity to experience beautiful forest paths, romantic lakes and world-famous sights.

The almost 15-kilometer circular hike starts at the municipal office in Pinswang. Passing the Gutshof zum Schluxen, the path leads on the historic Fürstenstrasse up to the boundary stone at the Schwangau lattice. We continue through the forest down to the Alpsee, one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the Bavarian Alps. During the hike along the lake, the first glimpses of the world-famous fairytale castle of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Neuschwanstein Castle, will open up. In Hohenschwangau, you have the opportunity to visit the Museum of the Bavarian Kings or the two castles.

The circular hiking trail continues from Hohenschwangau on the Königsstrasse along the Schwansee through the forest adventure center on the Kalvarienberg. After a short way down, the path reaches the impressive Lechfall near Füssen.

Past the Treetop Walk - the circuit crosses the German-Austrian border again and leads on the old Roman road Via Claudia Augusta back to Pinswang.

At the foot of the Burgschrofen - in whose natural cave the cave castle "Schloss im Loch" was located more than 700 years ago - it goes along the edge of the forest back to the starting point at the municipal office.

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Take the regional bus 100 or 101 to the stop "Pinswang Gemeindeamt". The timetable and stops can be found at www.vvt.at.

  • Parking

    Parking in front of the multi-purpose hall of the Pinswang community.

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