Trail Name: Wein Wanderweg
Trail Type: Mid-distance; almost exclusively paved or hard-packed surface, well maintained, well-marked route.
Length: total – 11 kilometers/ 6.8 miles
Convenient to: Waldshut, Germany
Marking: White rectangle with red letters: “Wein Wanderweg”
Trail Description: Beginning and ending in small towns, the trail covers much of the region’s vineyards, and some of the wooded areas in between. This means sun, and shade, ascents and descents, in quiet, rural surroundings, along a trail that is easy enough for most families.
Trailheads:
Endingen (Hirschengasse)/ Klingnau (Grabenstr)
Parking Possibilities:
Endingen: A small lot, Hirschengasse (just south of Semlistrasse),
Klingnau: Medium-sized lot, Grabenstrasse
Public Transportation Options:
Bus: Postbus; with stops convenient to the trailheads in Endingen, Klingnau.
See http://www.verkehrsmittelvergleich.ch/fahrplan/endingen-post/
Rail: local trains connect Germany (Waldshut) and points south in Klingnau and Doettingen
Suggested Stages: Not applicable
Trail Itinerary-Reference Points:
Endingen: Hirschengasse, Winkelstrasse, Bruehlstrasse; Unterendingen: Oberdorfstrasse, Waldstrasse; Tegerfelden: path above, but parallel to, Rebberg, pass playground and park, Rengg-Buechli, Neuberg, Cross Surbtalstrasse/Route 17, pass a seasonal tavern, fields and woods, vineyards, Guggenbuehl, Alte Berg, pass the Alter Berg Winery, vineyards, woods, fields; Doettingen: Sannelochstr (pass a winery)-Hoehenweg-Panoramaweg, Ahornweg, Terrassenweg; Klingnau: Traubenweg-Rebbergweg-Dornestigele-Sionerweg, Train station, Grabenstrasse.
Representative Trail Photos:
Restrooms:
Endingen: Public (but pay) toilets in the little square at the intersection of Hirschengasse and Marktstrasse.
Tegerfelden: An outhouse by the park, right on the trail.
Attractions on or near Trail:
Tegerfelden: Aargau Canton Wein Museum
Tasting along the Trail:
Weingut Alter Berg, Weingut Neuberg, along the trail
Doettinger Wein, in Doettingen
Winzergenossenschaft Klingnau, on Sonnengasse in Klingnau
Alternative Options:
Walking/hiking: Aargau Weinwege, a 21 kilometer-long trail beginning about 12 miles south of Endingen in the town of Brugg.
Running: This entire trail is suitable for running
Biking: The Wein und Techniktour, a 37 kilometer route beginning in Brugg and covering the western side of the Aare.
Additional Information:
Regional: http://www.aargautourismus.ch/
Local: http://www.badzurzach.info/d/erleben/wandern/wein-wanderweg.php and http://www.tegerfelden.ch/de/kulturfreizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/welcome.php?action=showobject&object_id=7854
Trail specific: http://www.weinwanderweg.ch/
Comments:
A very relaxing and pleasant excursion for a couple of hours through the countryside in this little known corner of Switzerland, not far from Basel or Zurich. Very family-friendly trail (except for the paucity of restrooms).
Enthusiastic vintners, but limited sale hours, so plan ahead; or join one of the many wine events in the region.