Heldentour: Die Königsetappe der Löwenpfade – Löwenpfade um Göppingen

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Heldentour: Die Königsetappe der Löwenpfade – Löwenpfade um Göppingen

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Heldentour: Die Königsetappe der Löwenpfade – Löwenpfade um Göppingen

07:20

23.8km

810m

Hiking

The king of the animals also needs a royal stage. With the Heldentour, you embark on the youngest and longest of all lion trails. Demanding and varied, studded with a picturesque castle and many challenging ascents and descents that offer you unforgettable views – you can expect no less from…

by Schwäbische Alb

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Heldenberg

Kaltes Feld mit Hornberg, Galgenberg und Eierberg

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.00 km

View of Hohenstaufen and Rechberg from Heldenberg

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What a view! Two benches (the second one is behind the next juniper bush) invite you to linger.

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9.81 km

View from Galgenberg

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From the Galgenberg, you can enjoy a wonderful view over the Albtrauf and the Messelberg. Just take a deep breath and relax.

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10.3 km

View from Kreuzberg over Nenningen and Lautertal

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Beautiful vantage point with a view of Nenningen and the Filstal.

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18.4 km

Weißenstein Castle

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Weißenstein Castle on the Staufer road is known worldwide less for its historical significance or its architecture than for what it contains. The owner, the micro-photographer Manfred P. Kage, who …

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23.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

8.22 km

1.11 km

767 m

742 m

128 m

Surfaces

15.2 km

2.92 km

2.48 km

1.64 km

742 m

614 m

289 m

Elevation

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Highest point (780 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

11°C

6°C

32 %

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Comments

June 16, 2022,Löwenpfad: Heldentour - Runde von Lauterstein-Nenningen

What a wonderful 😊😎 hiking day: through wildly romantic forest sections, idyllic juniper heaths and meadows with fantastic views of the Winzinger Tal, Lautertal and Filstal led me today, easy and fluffy 🚶🏼‍♀️ the king's stage of the lion paths. From the hiking car park near the Nenningen cemetery chapel, the path led around the Heldenberg in the direction of …

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March 20, 2022,Wanderung Löwenpfad "Heldentour" & #WALK4UKRAINE

Today I was on the king's stage of the lion's path "hero's tour".
Super round, very varied and well signposted.
Nevertheless, I got "lost" once and couldn't find my way back after the photo at the distillery.
I can only recommend the hike, but there are a few meters of altitude that should be taken into account.
You also have …

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October 17, 2021,Komoot Treffen 😁🦁 Löwenpfad Heldentour 💪die Königsetappe 👑

Waaaaaas for a great tour with super personable Komootlers 😊Öpchen wasn't there, but we kept him up to date. Now we are heroes too 💪 many love 🥰 thanks for this beautiful day that we mastered together👍. Have a good start to the new week 🙋 and greetings from Öpchen 🙋‍♂️

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October 6, 2024,Löwenpfade: Heldentour - Die Königsetappe der Löwenpfade

Like every year in October: The "Heroes' Tour". It's called that because it goes around the Heldenberg right at the beginning. And maybe also because it's the longest stage of the Lion Trails at 24 km. Unfortunately, this year the leaves haven't changed their autumnal colors yet. I'll have to do the tour again in three to four weeks. Does …

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August 24, 2026,smovey WALK Löwenpfade Heldentour

In between, it got really dark, it stormed and rained, but I was right between Weißenstein and Nenningen on a wild and romantic forest path, and hardly got anything. 🥰😅

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November 5, 2024,🦁 Löwenpfade Heldentour: Die Königsetappe 🦁

Lion Trails All done ✅️

It's done, I ran the last of the 16 Lion Trails today 🥳

The longest stage, the Hero Tour, was of course the final part. I almost felt like a hero afterwards, it wasn't my longest tour in terms of kilometers, but I've never walked so many meters in elevation on any tour before.

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September 24, 2022,24.09.2022 Heldentour, Löwenpfad Nenningen

On Saturday, almost to the day, the heroes' tour on the Swabian Alb was repeated.

This time in the early autumn issue, because the weather couldn't be more different. Then cloudless sky, this time completely gray.
Halfway dry, just before the last descent a slightly heavier, but fortunately short, shower.
At 13-16°C mostly calm and still quite pleasant.

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April 6, 2025,🇩🇪 Löwenpfad Heldentour

Today we headed towards the Swabian Alb, into the beautiful Lautertal Valley. The lovely Lion Trail "Heroes' Tour" starts in Nenningen.

The official website describes the trail as follows: "The newest and longest of the Lion Trails is demanding and varied: the "Heroes' Tour" in Lauterstein. With almost 24 kilometers and almost 800 meters of elevation gain, the focus here …

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March 25, 2021

The king of the animals also needs a royal stage. With the Heldentour, you embark on the youngest and longest of all lion trails. Demanding and varied, studded with a picturesque castle and many challenging ascents and descents that offer you unforgettable views – you can expect no less from this royal

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