Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen offers circular routes, long-distance hiking trails and shorter hiking routes. Those who want to choose between short and longer tours will find different types of routes here. You can rent a holiday apartment in Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.

Hiking and Landscape

The Altmühltal Panorama Trail is characterized as a trail offering diverse landscape and cultural experiences and is certified as a quality trail by the German Hiking Association.

The district's pilgrimage hiking context includes the Ecumenical Pilgrimage Trail and a section of the Way of St. James between Kalbensteinberg and Hechlingen. For travellers interested in pilgrimage routes, these two named route connections provide the specific cultural orientation.

The district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen extends across three natural regions: the Franconian Jura in the south, the foothills of the Jura in the central area and the Central Franconian Basin in the north.

The Seenländer Route connects waterscapes, orchards, wooded areas and nature reserves.

Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen has visitor connections to both the Franconian Lake District and the Altmühltal Nature Park.

Water and Cycling Routes

Lake Altmühlsee is located in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and belongs to the Franconian Lake District. Water sports, including board sports, are available around Lake Altmühlsee; use is restricted in nature reserves and harbour areas.

The cycling routes in the district include flat paths by the lake, the Altmühl river valley, wooded uplands and open landscapes.

Culture and History

The following figures are approximate straight-line distances from the centre of the map display of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. The named map features shown are Ellingen Residence, approximately 4.4 km to the east; Gündersbach Small Fort, approximately 5.0 km to the northeast; Theilenhofen Fort, approximately 6.0 km to the northwest; and Ellingen Fort, approximately 6.1 km to the east. Dachsbau is shown as a named map feature approximately 9.3 km to the southeast; Flüglinger Berg is located approximately 1.0 km to the south. Steinerne Rinne (Oberweiler) and Steinerne Rinne (Wolfsbronn) are shown as named map features approximately 8.6 km and 9.9 km to the southwest, respectively.

The Limes runs directly through Gunzenhausen; information boards and preserved remains document parts of the former border.

Local Pages for Accommodation Search

If you would like to tailor your search for a holiday apartment or holiday home to a single location, the local pages for Dittenheim, Ellingen, Ettenstatt, Gnotzheim, Gunzenhausen, Heidenheim, Höttingen and Langenaltheim are available as direct starting points.

Further local listings are available for Markt Berolzheim, Meinheim, Muhr Am See, Nennslingen, Pappenheim, Pleinfeld, Raitenbuch and Solnhofen.

Thalmannsfeld, Theilenhofen, Treuchtlingen, Weißenburg In Bayern and Westheim also each offer their own starting point for location-based accommodation searches.

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