View of Lake Riedsee – Riedsee in the Wurzacher Ried loop from Ziegelbach

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View of Lake Riedsee – Riedsee in the Wurzacher Ried loop from Ziegelbach

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View of Lake Riedsee – Riedsee in the Wurzacher Ried loop from Ziegelbach

01:59

7.79km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Wurzacher Ried

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.15 km

Wurzacher Ried Spring Lakes

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The spring lakes can be observed from the platform. The lakes have very clear water. In contrast to the Riedsee, the Moorbraun is

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2.26 km

Birch Avenue in the Wurzacher Ried

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2.78 km

View of Lake Riedsee

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Many benches here around the lake to enjoy the view

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2.91 km

Riedsee in the Wurzacher Ried

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With around ten hectares, the Riedsee is the largest body of water in the Ried. Created as a peat cut, it is an impressive testimony to peat extraction in earlier times.

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4.28 km

Wurzacher Ried Nature Reserve Loop Trail

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The Wurzacher Ried is a unique, primeval landscape with a special magic. The enormous power of the Rhine glacier continuously formed the hill ranges of the Allgäu during the last three ice ages and carved out a deep tongue basin. Today, the Wurzacher Ried is the largest contiguous and still intact raised bog in Central Europe and one of the largest nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg. Why raised bog? The raised bog does not get its name because it is on a hill or in the mountains. The name refers to the formation of the bog: In the first step, a fen forms in a depression, into which groundwater also flows. Dead plant parts gradually become an increasingly thick layer of peat and gradually the bog grows above the groundwater level - a raised bog is created.
Source: bad-wurzach.de/tourismus/de/moor/naturschutzgebiet-wurzacher-ried

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4.79 km

Riedsee Boardwalk

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Very well done, you have many beautiful views of the lake and there is a lot of information about the former peat extraction and the current regeneration.

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5.71 km

Wurzacher Ried peat railway tracks

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You can easily follow the rails of the Wurzacher Ried Torfbahn by walking directly on the rail bed or by using the parallel paths.

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7.79 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.14 km

1.92 km

622 m

110 m

Surfaces

4.91 km

1.32 km

983 m

359 m

116 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

8°C

4°C

43 %

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

August 20, 2023,Wurzacher Ried, Blütezeit, 20.8.23

It was fantastically beautiful! It got too hot for me for the circular route via Haidgau 🌞

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April 6, 2025,Im Wurzacher Ried - 2

After the technical interruption of the recording, we're now continuing Tour 1. The elevation gain of around 130 m is just an April Fool's joke from Komoot.

With the beautiful Sunday weather, many day-trippers had chosen the Ried for a hike. Understandably, as it's a special, always interesting piece of nature. The area around the Riedsee lake was particularly "populated." …

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February 11, 2024,Durchs Wurzacher Ried

When it finally stops raining and 6 legs are screaming to move😉
An easy walk through the moor with lots of water, beautiful paths, lots of benches and a peat cutting and moor nature trail.
A nice round, especially for nature photographers and certainly also with children.

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August 22, 2021,Erikabblüte im Wurzacher Ried 22.08.2021

The heather blooms in the reed from mid-August. Today was the ideal time for a short tour through the Ried. The Erika is blooming very nicely and due to the somewhat uncertain weather conditions there was not much going on today.

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March 19, 2026,Wurzacher Ried ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

From the hiking car park into the Ried. Several good improvements have been made, the purpose of the viewing platform is not clear to me, but maybe something will be done there.

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