Discover Berg: Monastery, chapels and nature

Berg is located near Ravensburg in Germany. Chapels, monastic life, historic traces and designated natural monuments shape the themes you can discover here. For planning your trip, it is worth exploring the different places and what makes each one special.

Circular trail, chapels and monastic life

Berg-Kuppe-Park offers the Kleine Berg-Kuppe-Runde: The circular trail is about 630 metres long and takes approximately ten minutes. These details give you a clear idea of how much time to allow and make the route an easy-to-plan part of your day.

The chapel in Basenberg stands at an altitude of 604 metres and is regarded by hikers and cyclists as a place for prayer and a break. Another historic stop is the chapel in Weiler, built in 1664. The two chapels have different points of interest: the chapel in Basenberg is described as a place for reflection, while the date of construction is highlighted for the chapel in Weiler.

Construction of the monastery in Kellenried began in 1923, and the nuns moved in in 1924. St. Erentraud’s Benedictine Abbey invites visitors to attend services and offers days of reflection and spiritual courses. The selection at the monastery shop in Kellenried includes handmade nativity figures, candles, books and other gifts.

History and nature in Berg

Church architecture also offers historical points of interest: a Gothic net vault was completed in the choir of Berg parish church. Kasernen brickworks supplied around 3.6 million bricks for the construction of the basilica in Weingarten. This connection links a local craft business with a larger building project in the region.

Eight natural monuments have been designated in the municipality of Berg. Benzenhofen Castle Park is a designated natural monument; its trees include 25 lime trees, two oaks, two spruces and a larch. The tree species and numbers give the site a distinctive natural character. Attractions in Dickenwald also include a Bronze Age burial mound and a penitential cross.

More cultural and landscape highlights in Ravensburg

Ravensburg offers additional cultural points of interest. The Humpis-Quartier Museum opened in July 2009. Its permanent exhibition extends across five buildings in a late medieval residential quarter. Regular public tours are available, as are individually bookable tours for school classes, children and adults. Check current dates and booking details before your visit.

The Ravensburg Art Museum opened in 2013 and is the world’s first certified museum built to passive house standards. At the Allgäu-Oberschwaben Wolfegg Farmhouse Museum, 28 preserved historic buildings, some several centuries old, illustrate how people in the region once worked, lived and made their homes. Numerous cycling and hiking trails lead to the museum.

Achberg Castle is the district cultural centre of the Ravensburg district, sits high above the Argental valley and showcases Baroque architecture. It is open to all visitors and offers educational activities for children. The circular hiking trails starting at Achberg Castle pass over gently rolling meadows on the high riverbank and along steep slopes with ravines on the valley sides of the Argental.

The Pfrunger-Burgweiler Ried is also one of the natural highlights in the wider Ravensburg travel destination: at almost 2,600 hectares, it is the second-largest contiguous moorland area in southwestern Germany. Several hiking routes run through the Schmalegger Tobel nature reserve in the Ravensburg locality of Schmalegg. The area is about eight kilometres from the centre of Ravensburg; the Tannsberg circular trail can be walked as either a short or a longer loop.

Ravensburg is a starting point for cycling tours in Upper Swabia and towards Lake Constance. The city is also part of the bodo public transport network, which provides bus and rail connections within Ravensburg and the surrounding region. If you use these connections to plan your trip, check the latest timetables.

Discover more destinations: Wolfegg, Schwarzenbach, Achberg, Bad Wurzach, Wilhelmsdorf, Eichstegen, Wolpertswende.

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