Discover Ingersheim

Ingersheim brings together church architecture, outdoor art and a walk through terraced vineyards. If you are planning a stay, you can treat these as different focal points for your trip: the churches and sculpture park represent cultural history and art, while the Schlossberg Circuit offers scenery and exercise.

Churches, art and architectural history

The Martinskirche in Großingersheim has undergone several alterations and extensions. In the Ingersheim Sculpture Park, on the grounds of the old cemetery behind the town hall, sculptor Jörg Failmezger from Pleidelsheim has installed several sculptures on loan to the municipality, free of charge. Ingersheim thus offers a specific place for outdoor art, along with a story that also reflects how the sculptures came to be there: they were loaned to the municipality.

In Kleiningersheim, St George's Church has a clearly dated construction history: it was built in 1601 under the direction of Stuttgart master builder Hans Braun, who was an associate of Heinrich Schickhardt. Together with the several alterations and extensions to the Martinskirche in Großingersheim, these provide two distinct historical points of reference: a church building with several phases of change and a building dating from a precisely specified year.

The Schlossberg Circuit and views of the Neckar Valley

The 5.8-kilometre Schlossberg Circuit is a circular route below Kleiningersheim. It runs through the historic vineyard on the Schlossberg, whose terraces are supported by dry-stone walls. Two viewpoints offer views of the steep slopes and across the Neckar Valley, and invite you to stop for a break. The route's length and course give the circuit a clear structure; the viewpoints connect the route with breaks at these specific spots.

The wider surroundings offer views beyond a single vineyard. The valley landscape between Freiberg, Ingersheim and Pleidelsheim is among the last stretches of the Neckar in the Ludwigsburg district that still appear very close to nature. Alongside the terraced Schlossberg, this makes the broader river landscape another way to explore the region's scenery.

Ludwigsburg as the regional setting

In the Ludwigsburg district, terraced vineyards on the steep slopes along the Neckar and Enz rivers shape the landscape. Winegrowing has been a tradition there for centuries. This regional perspective complements the specific vineyard landscape along the Schlossberg Circuit without conflating the different locations.

Routes also offer a different scale: the Celtic Trail links nine significant Celtic-era finds along a route of around 35 kilometres through the Ludwigsburg district. Compared with the 5.8-kilometre Schlossberg Circuit, this is a considerably longer regional themed trail with a different focus. The two routes can be distinguished by length and theme: one is a circuit along terraced vineyards, the other a route to Celtic finds.

Other cultural attractions in the wider destination of Ludwigsburg include Ludwigsburg Residential Palace, one of Europe's largest Baroque buildings to have survived in its original form. The Hochdorf/Enz Celtic Museum features a lavish burial chamber of a Celtic prince, reconstructed true to the original, and offers insights into the everyday life and crafts of early Celtic people. Thus, alongside Ingersheim's churches, sculptures and vineyard trail, Ludwigsburg offers its own regional attractions for culture enthusiasts.

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