A journey through the Swabian Alb is always also a journey through vivd, still topical, history and the cultural wealth that is typical of southern Germany. Many of these cultural treasures are to be found on the Swabian Alb, mankind’s oldest artworks (30,000 years old), the world’s highest church steeple (Ulm Cathedral), remains of the Limes, the German frontier wall, Celtic centres of cult worship, churches from every epoch, and towns that have developed over the centuries with their surviving traditions. The Swabian Alb has one of the highest concentrations of castles in germany and, not least, famous people such as Hölderlin, Uhland, Einstein, Daimler and Hauff were born here, to name but a few.