Wentalweible Rock Formation – Wental Rock Sea loop from Albuch

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Steinheim am Albuch

Wentalweible Rock Formation – Wental Rock Sea loop from Albuch

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Wentalweible Rock Formation – Wental Rock Sea loop from Albuch

04:14

15.9km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Wental mit Seitentälern und Feldinsel Klösterle

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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995 m

Gnannental Dam

Highlight • Monument

Impressive building in the middle of nature

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1.40 km

Gnannental

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Here widens the Wental and passes into the Gnannental. The grass is regularly grazed with sheep.

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1.94 km

Gnannental Valley

Highlight • Gorge

Here the trail goes across the meadow, very flowy.

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3.72 km

Wentalweible Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Spitz the Wentalweible towers as a rock tower in the sky. Legend has it that a notorious and stinging shopkeeper ran through the valley when suddenly a thunderstorm hit. When …

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5.13 km

On the Alb plateau, southeast of the neighboring municipality of Bartholomä, the Wental extends across the Essingen district to the Steinheim basin.
This unique natural landscape arose from the riverbed …

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6.25 km

The Two Lovers Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

There are a number of great rock formations in the Wental.

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6.82 km

Wental Rock Sea

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Wental offers you a unique nature experience. Countless stone pillars and bizarre rock formations of limestone line up in the valley. They bear such impressive names as Felsenmeer, Wentalweible, …

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7.88 km

Wentalweg Forest Trail

Highlight • Trail

15.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.1 km

774 m

526 m

482 m

Surfaces

9.64 km

3.87 km

1.01 km

971 m

401 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (650 m)

Lowest point (540 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

2°C

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

May 24, 2023,Wental + Hirschtal Runde

Relaxed tour through the Wental and Hirschtal, always nice. It's worth stopping at the Wental Gasthof 😋

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June 17, 2025,Wentalweible – Wental Runde von Steinheim am Albuch

A beautiful, easy tour through the Wental valley. Shaded and sunny at times, with a nice stop halfway along the way.

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September 13, 2025,⛰️Felsenmeer und Wental🌞🥾🎒

We also wanted to take a walk through the Wen Valley.
This unique natural landscape was formed from the riverbed of a former watercourse. As the Jurassic Sea receded and the Alb began to karstify about 150 million years ago, this riverbed ate its way deeper and deeper into the rock until it completely disappeared. What remained was the Wen …

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January 7, 2024,Wental-Runde mit Felsenmeer und Nach-Drei-Königs-Grillen

First snow barbecue tour in 2024 - Although the snow took a long time to arrive at the beginning, there was powdered sugar at the start of the barbecue and black ice on the drive home (but we knew how to help ourselves)!
But it was a wonderful hike around and into the Wental. In addition, there was very little …

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July 8, 2023,Wental-Gnannental-Doschental (als 8-er, es geht auch kürzer)

The tour starts at the Wental hiking car park, opposite the 'Wental' country inn, GPS 48.7342659, 10.0147894

You can also do the tour in stages and adapt the route depending on your condition.
1) From the Wental car park, first look at the Felsenmeer and then into the Wental and Gnannental, all nice to walk, lots of forest and rock. …

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