Lila Radschmetterling

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Lila Radschmetterling

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Lila Radschmetterling

03:56

61.4km

490m

Cycling

Picturesque landscapes and beautiful towns await you on the approximately 62-kilometer circular tour of the purple wheel butterfly, on which you cross the Bavarian border and enter Baden-Württemberg.

The tour starts in the tranquil Insingen, which goes back to an Alemannic settlement. There are numerous old half-timbered houses and historical…

by Romantisches Franken

Last updated: January 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.2 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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11.5 km

Kobolzeller Gate

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The Kobolzeller Tor was built in the 16th century as part of a fortification and is one of two city gates on the Plönline.

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12.9 km

The Topplerschlösschen is a tower-like, medieval residential building in which the mayor of Rothenburg, Toppler, once lived. The castle has been completely preserved and is now privately owned.

A tour …

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27.1 km

Forest trail through the Schorrenwald

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The way to Funkstatt begins here.

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61.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.2 km

22.8 km

10.1 km

2.04 km

322 m

Surfaces

38.1 km

16.9 km

5.73 km

588 m

164 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

11°C

2°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

August 4, 2024,Lila Flügel Radschmetterling mit Start in Gebsattel

Very nice tour with little traffic. About 15% of the route was on gravel roads. In Rot am See there is actually a bakery with a terrace that is also open on Sundays. Huge selection of cakes. The cake was delicious.

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July 24, 2022,Rad Schmetterling Lila

It was really a wonderful tour
Any time

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May 2, 2025,Rothenburg -- Schrozberg Runde

Very nice tour with mostly flat and paved paths.

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May 29, 2025,Lila Radschmetterling

A beautiful circular tour, along quiet side roads and field and forest paths, very well marked.

My phone, however, slightly exaggerated the elevation gain 😂; it's only around 600 😃.

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August 8, 2022,Tag 4 - Radschmetterling-lila-Rundtour – Romantisches Franken

🎶 .... I want to go to the beautiful summer time
go to the land of the Franks
Valeri, Valera, Valeri, Valera,
drive to the land of the Franks! 🎶🎶🎶

The fourth wing of the wheel butterfly and at the same time the last round of my four-day Franconian bike tour. Another very nice round today. It was four wonderful …

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June 16, 2025,2025 Rothenburg ob der Tauber- Radschmetterling Lila Flügel

The Cycle Butterfly Trail consists of four circular tours that lead through Romantic Franconia and the Hohenlohe-Schwäbisch Hall region.
The purple wing of the Cycle Butterfly trail leads across the Bavarian border into Baden-Württemberg and the Hohenlohe region. There, the trail passes through the towns of Schrozberg, Blaufelden, and Rot am See, among others. The red wing takes you up …

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June 9, 2020

Picturesque landscapes and beautiful towns await you on the approximately 62-kilometer circular tour of the purple wheel butterfly, on which you cross the Bavarian border and enter Baden-Württemberg.
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The tour starts in the tranquil Insingen, which goes back to an Alemannic settlement. There are numerous

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