Volkmarsberg

#2015 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Volkmarsberg is a mountain in the Swabian Alb, south of Aalen in the Ostalbkreis, Germany, with an altitude of 743 metres. It rises at the edge of the town of Oberkochen, from where there is a 2.5-kilometre path to the summit. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°46'60"N, 10°4'60"E

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Baden-WürttembergGermany

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Volkmarsberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rosenstein, Reiner-Schwebel-Kletterhalle, Limesmuseum Aalen, Urweltmuseum.

5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rosenstein, Heubach
144 min walk • The Rosenstein is a 735 m high mountain in the Swabian Jura above the town of Heubach near Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. With its exposed position as head of the Alb it had been of strategic importance.
3.9 miN
48°50'25"N • 10°4'58"E
Reiner-Schwebel-Kletterhalle, Aalen
101 min walk • Climbing
3.7 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Limesmuseum Aalen, Aalen
94 min walk • The Limesmuseum Aalen is an archaeological museum with an attached open-air site in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The museum is a branch museum of the Archaeological State Museum of Baden-Württemberg and also the largest museum on the Upper...
3.8 miN
48°50'16"N • 10°5'35"E
Urweltmuseum, Aalen
97 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
5.5 miSW
Park
Wen Valley
140 min walk • Wen Valley is a typical dry valley of the Schwäbische Alb northwest of Steinheim am Albuch. Wen Valley is a popular recreation area and until 2009 it was popular for cross golf, parkour and bouldering, but this is since June 2009 as compensation for the erection of Essingen Windpark prohibited.
1.1 miE
Church
Church of Reconciliation, Oberkochen
29 min walk • The Versöhnungskirche is a Protestant church with an attached community center in Oberkochen, Baden-Württemberg. It serves the parish of Oberkochen as a worship space and event center.
3.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Ruine Herwartstein, Königsbronn
94 min walk • Herwartstein Castle is a departed hilltop castle on the 570 m above sea level Herwartstein above the Brenz River south of the municipality of Königsbronn in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg.
5.3 miN
Museum
Mining museum, Aalen
134 min walk • The Tiefe Stollen is a visitor mine and healing gallery in the Braunenberg near Aalen-Wasseralfingen. The mine was previously used as the Wilhelm I iron ore mine.
3.8 miN
Church
Town Church, Aalen
97 min walk • The Stadtkirche St. Nikolaus is a Protestant church in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
3.6 miN
Memorial
Jupitersäule, Aalen
93 min walk • The Jupiter Giant Column of Hausen an der Zaber is a dedicatory monument to Jupiter and Juno, which a Roman citizen had erected on his estate in Hausen an der Zaber around the year 200.
3.7 miN
Church
St.-Johann-Kirche, Aalen
95 min walk • St. John's Church, also called St. John's Church or St.-Johann-Kirche, is a Protestant church in Aalen. Named after St. John the Baptist, the church is located in the St. John cemetery just outside the east gate of the former Roman fort of Aalen...