Neckartalradweg
The Neckar Valley Cycle Route is one of the most interesting and varied cycle routes in Baden-Württemberg. The ADFC quality cycle route with four stars stretches almost 400 kilometers through the state, of which almost 100 kilometers run through the Stuttgart region. The Neckar valley in the region is characterized by three landscapes: orchards from Neckartenzlingen to Plochingen, an industrial area around Stuttgart from Plochingen to Ludwigsburg and the Neckar bends with steep, terraced vineyards from Ludwigsburg to Kirchheim/Neckar.
The cycle route can easily be divided into several sections. It is also almost completely without gradients, so that many kilometers can be completed in one go. Countless rest areas and playgrounds make the Neckar Valley cycle path in the Stuttgart region particularly family-friendly. Among other things, it also passes Stuttgart's Max-Eyth-See lake.
The Verband Region Stuttgart has provided plenty of variety along the route by promoting numerous places to stop along the banks of the Neckar: whether various places to stop in Esslingen, the Neckar beach in Remseck am Neckar, the landing stage in Fellbach, the Zug- und Uferwiesen in Ludwigsburg, the Neckaraue Marbach or the Uferplatz in Mundelsheim.
Selected highlights
Leisure activities
- Museums: Stuttgart Old Palace, Stuttgart Art Museum, Ludwigsburg Residential Palace, Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Schiller National Museum in Marbach am Neckar
- Parks and gardens: Landschaftspark Bruckenwasen in Plochingen, Heinrich-Mayer-Park in Altbach, Blühendes Barock and Märchengarten Ludwigsburg, Favoritepark in Ludwigsburg
- Environmental education: Learning site at a fish ladder in Nürtingen, nature experience area in Ingersheim, steep-slope adventure trails in Benningen am Neckar, Ingersheim, Mundelsheim, Hessigheim, Gemmrigheim and Kirchheim/Neckar
- Sport and exercise: Canoeing between Stuttgart and Kirchheim/Neckar
Special landscape features
- Nature reserves: Wernau quarry ponds, Grienwiesen, Altneckar Pleidelsheim, Felsengärten Hessigheim, Neckarhalde Besigheim
- Renaturalized areas: Zugwiesen Ludwigsburg, Neckarparadies Benningen
Special architectural features
- Historic old towns: Esslingen am Neckar, Ludwigsburg, Besigheim
- Castles and palaces: Esslingen castle, Württemberg burial chapel, Ludwigsburg residential palace, Ludwigsburg Favorite hunting and pleasure palace
- Monasteries and churches: Pilgrimage church of St. Barbara Stuttgart-Hofen, collegiate church Stuttgart
- Building culture: Hundertwasserhaus Plochingen
- Cultural monument: Weissenhof estate
Arrival by public transport
- Getting on and off along the route
- RegioRadStuttgart: Some stations in the Neckar bordering municipalities (for example: Kirchheim am Neckar, Freiberg am Neckar, Marbach, Ludwigsburg, Remseck am Neckar, Esslingen or Wendlingen) make it possible to cover the route in only one direction and, for example, to complete the outward or return journey by S-Bahn.
| Route | 374 kilometers, section in the region around 100 kilometers |
| Gradient | Almost no incline and family-friendly |
| Route | ADFC quality route with four stars |
| Motorhome | Besigheim, Hessigheim, Benningen am Neckar, Marbach am Neckar (2), Stuttgart (+camping), Esslingen am Neckar, Nürtingen |
| Catering | Numerous refreshment stops and rest areas along the route |
