8 From Hinteriss to Schluchsee in Schwarzwald
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Last edit: 10-12-2024
Route Summary It takes you along some wonderful roads to the South of the Black Forest so that you can also enjoy nice parts of this playground on the return ride. The famous '500' or the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse is so easy to reach.
You can also use the route as a shortcut to the French Vosges.
It may be a long route, but it follows long, sloping and relaxing roads.
Do not expect any technical challenges, but instead enjoy the changing landscape where some beautiful mountain massifs will certainly not escape you as you gently leave the Alps.
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6h 26m
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361.77 km
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RouteXpert Review Immediately after leaving the hotel and a lovely ride along the Rissbach river, you will already pass the Austrian-German border for the first time and drive - after the toll gate (rp3) - through the Karwendel nature reserve strongly westward. Enjoy the beautiful views here, the view of the river Isar and the mountain ranges that will occasionally call for your attention through the forests.
You will find a first petrol station after 25 kilometers on the route (rp4).
From route point 5 you get a view of the famous Olympic ski jump of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and at route point 6 you will pass Schloss Linderhof, which was created after a visit by (the jealous?) Louis II to the Palace of Versailles.
At route point 7 you dive back into Austria, on the way to the beautiful and clean Plansee (rp 5).
The road between the Karwendel nature reserve and the Plansee is a real pleasure. The roads are of an intensely good quality and we suspect that many photographers come here when they have to study beautiful, sloping, forest-lined roads ...
A first break is highly recommended at the Plansee. You will certainly not be the only motorcyclist who gives himself and his machine a break here. As beautiful as the Plansee is, there is a dark side to it ... Many will not know, but in WWII a subcamp of Dachau, the famous concentration camp was established here ...
And it will not be the last time that you will encounter Hitler on this route…, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the beautiful mountain ranges that you will encounter everywhere along the route. You are on your way to leave the Alpine region, but they seem to keep saying goodbye to you… they may not want you to leave…
Even after the Plansee, the beautiful roads continue with a slight break in the vicinity of Reutte, where you still touch the urban area. If you are looking for a nice picnic spot, you can possibly deviate from the route at rp 9 towards the ruins of Schlosskopf, where you also get a magnificent view of the Lech valley.
After Reutte (rp10), the Gaicht and Oberjoch pass await you (between rp 11 & 15). The latter after a passage through the particularly beautiful Tannheimertall, where you not only pass the Haldensee (rp12), but also the Austrian-German border (rp13) for the last time.
Enjoy the panoramic views here and do not think that the official name of the Overjochpass between 1938 and 1945 was in fact the Adolf-Hitler-Pass….
The attentive rider will also notice the landscape changes as you slowly leave the Alpine region.
You can take a break at the Grosser Alpsee (rp16) a little further away at Seeterrasse Alpenstrand. Parking is available nearby.
The route then gently continues towards Bodensee or 'Lake Constance' as it is called in the English language. Keep in mind that traffic in the vicinity of Lake Constance can be slightly busier.
When you leave Lake Constance, the attentive driver will notice that the landscape changes slowly, almost imperceptibly even… small hills get bigger and the bends always just that little bit different…. you are approaching the Black Forest… .. From route point 26 even all the way, because then you really dive into the famous area. Not for long, however, because the end of this long journey is now only a stone's throw away. You will soon see the Schluchtsee emerge, after which you can enjoy a well-deserved rest at this beautiful, albeit artificial inland sea.
The Hinteriss-Schluchsee ride is a fairly long cut-through route that offers the ideal balance between effective crossing and route fun. The route glides on nothing but excellent road surface, offers plenty of breaks and is also geologically quite instructive, if you want to pay attention to the typically changing landscape features while leaving the Alps. It seems as if the Alps find it difficult to say goodbye to you and therefore offer you an extensive farewell tour during this ride.
You can therefore not but enjoy this relaxing ride, the beautiful views, the refreshing lakes, the gently sloping roads and the extensive forests and nature reserves through which you travel. Because of all these characteristics, we give the route the 4.5 stars rating it deserves. Should she offer the same with a few miles less, she deserved the full five stars. Because no matter how you turn or turn it, you will need time to complete this 362 kilometer long tour on only minor roads, especially if you really want to enjoy the beauty of this tour.
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Baden-Württemberg is especially known for its strong economy with various industries like car manufacturing, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, the service sector, and more. It has the third highest gross regional product (GRP) in Germany. Part of the Four Motors for Europe, some of the largest German companies are headquartered in Baden-Württemberg, including Daimler, Porsche, Bosch and SAP.
The sobriquet Ländle (a diminutive of the word "Land" in the local Swabian, Alemannic and Franconian dialects) is sometimes used as a synonym for Baden-Württemberg.
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