Tauber River – Steinbachtal loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Tauber River – Steinbachtal loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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Tauber River – Steinbachtal loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber
02:15
28.4km
410m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 5, 2026
Tips
Includes a very steep uphill segment
You may need to push your bike.
After 27.1 km for 155 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.22 km
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Old Town
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1.54 km
Tauber River
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1.86 km
Wildbad Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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This is not a luxury hotel (although the garden and the ambience of the building would allow for that) but a non-profit educational facility of the Protestant church, which is happy to accommodate private guests at very reasonable prices.
The hotel is located outside the city walls, somewhat "hidden" behind a small wall. If you drive along the city wall (outside), you will see a small parking lot on the left. There are various signs here indicating that there is no public road from there. But you can safely drive on by car and then reach the conference venue, where there are also plenty of parking spaces.
Later you come into the city via a wide staircase with around 200 steps - so you don't have to walk back the entire way you came by car, but you can take a shortcut via the stairs and then you are right in front of the city gate.
The grounds and buildings really look like something out of a fairy tale and you feel like you have been invited to a castle - even if the building is not a restored castle.
wildbad.de
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2.63 km
View of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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3.33 km
View of the Topplerschlösschen
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7.40 km
Tauber River
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Origin story
The valley line of the Tauber traces an earlier tributary of the Urdonau, which flowed to the southeast against the current flow direction. Parts of today's Mainvierecks also belonged to him. Before the Pleistocene, the Taubertal was wider and flatter. Today's narrow valley was only formed during the cold periods in connection with extensive tectonic elevations. The Taubertal was presumably also included in the valley burial phases of the Main. Even the latest shaping processes in the Taubertal can be read. For example, the St. Achatius chapel in Grünsfeldhausen is now more than three meters below the level of the valley, which can be attributed to the deposition of meadow clay, which increased the valley floor by at least nine meters over the course of several centuries
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauber
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12.7 km
Steinbachtal
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17.7 km
Malerwinkel
Viewpoint
24.2 km
Engelsburg
Archaeological Site
24.9 km
View of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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28.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.3 km
8.04 km
3.57 km
2.60 km
1.92 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
10.7 km
7.63 km
5.39 km
2.87 km
1.76 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (420 m)
Lowest point (320 m)
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Thursday 3 September
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