Discover Nendingen

In Nendingen, you can plan your trip around local history and hiking. The churches and local history museum offer insights into the area's past; trails lead through the Birental and Ursental valleys to the Danube near Nendingen.

Churches and local history

The parish church in Nendingen, dedicated to Saints Peter and James, was rebuilt in 1755 and extended with a tower in 1863. The Romanesque St. Blasius Chapel, probably the former parish church, was remodeled in 1875. The dates place the histories of the two buildings in chronological context: for the parish church, the original construction and later tower extension are distinct events; for the chapel, the remodeling took place in the 19th century. Its former role as a parish church remains a possibility, not a certainty. Those interested in historic buildings will find different points of interest here—from the parish church's dedication to the chapel's Romanesque style.

The Nendingen local history museum offers another perspective on the area's past. It is located on the ground floor of the Nendingen town hall building. Its permanent exhibition documents Nendingen's history with numerous images and historical scale models of the town. Images and models present the subject in different ways: the images complement the spatial representation with historical views, while the models focus attention on the places themselves. Cultural interests can thus extend beyond the history of individual religious buildings to encompass the area's broader history. For planning your trip, these topics are easy to distinguish: the churches offer specific histories of their construction and dedications, while the local history museum explores the history of the area.

Hiking in the Birental and Ursental valleys

The Heuberg-Allgäu Trail (HW 9) is a peaceful forest hike through the Birental and Ursental valleys to the Danube near Nendingen. The valleys, stretch through the forest and destination by the river define the route. Another hiking trail is around two kilometers long and fully wheelchair accessible. It runs from the hiking car park on Ursentalstraße in Nendingen to the barbecue area in the Ursental valley. The routes therefore offer different features to consider when planning: the HW 9 is defined by its route through two valleys and its destination on the Danube; the wheelchair-accessible trail is described by its length, starting point and barbecue-area destination. When choosing a route for your trip, you can compare these specific features with your interests and requirements.

More to explore in the wider destination of Tuttlingen

Tuttlingen, the wider destination, also offers cultural and leisure attractions. TuWass in Tuttlingen has an 86-meter-long tube slide called “Black Hole,” with audiovisual effects, in its activity area. This leisure attraction is quite different from Nendingen's peaceful forest trails. For art lovers, the Tuttlingen City Gallery is another point of interest: it sees itself as a venue for artists from the region and a showcase for broader trends in contemporary art. The Evangelical City Church in Tuttlingen has twelve doors whose design was inspired by the Temple in Jerusalem. Tuttlingen thus offers art, architecture and leisure alongside Nendingen's historical attractions, without these being the same as the offerings in Nendingen.

Guided tours of the Danube Sinkhole in Möhringen, a district of Tuttlingen, are offered from May to October. If you plan to attend this seasonal activity, check the current schedule before your trip. This will help you distinguish the time-limited tours from the churches, local history museum and hiking trails described as ongoing attractions, and plan your stay around the topics that interest you most.

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See the wider travel overview: Tuttlingen.