Landscape and Facts
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Area of natural beautyAs an area of the most diverse natural beauty, the Swabian Alb is without parallel. Gently rolling mountains and soft ranges of hills, cheerful mixed woodland... |
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ClimateHealthy, moderately to strongly bracing climate throughout the Swabian Alb. Traditional spas, thermal and mineral baths, resorts for convalescence and pure air. |
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Cultural treasuresA 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 cult... |
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Flora and faunaThe Swabian Alb is an oasis for man, animals and plants. Ist extensive mixed woods comprise charming, typical steppe heathland with its juniper bushes, beeches, oaks, maples,... |
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Geographical locationBetween the Swiss and the Franconian Jura, the Swabian Jura (Alb) is the central part of a Jura chain stretching right through central Europe... |
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HistoryThe early traces of human habitation reach back approx. 35,000 years. The German word “Alb” comes from the Celtis word alpis, which means a nurturing mountain. “Swabian” comes... |
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Water courses“Water’s struggle on the Swabian Alb” is a fascinating one: here you find the European watershed, the line between the water that flows into the Rhine and the water that flows... |
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Landscapes of the swabian alb
- Alb-Donau-Kreis more info
- Albtrauf (Teck-Neuffen) more info
- Donaubergland more info
- Helfensteiner Land more info
- Kreis Sigmaringen more info
- Mittlere Schwäbische Alb more info
- Schwäbische Ostalb more info
- Stauferland more info
- Zollernalb more info
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