Trail Name: Weinsbergweg (incorporating the shorter educational Wein-Kulturweg) Sommerhausen
Trail Type: Short distance circuit; well-maintained and almost exclusively paved, (or with very hard-packed earthen surfaces), and with excellent marking throughout the trail.
Length: Total – 6 kilometers/ 3.75 miles
Convenient to: Wuerzburg
Marking: Snail, and White grapes on a green background, or on tarmac (see trail photo below)
Trail Description:
This short wine education trail (with an extension for a total of 6 kilometers), would suit families, as it is short, easy (although not entirely baby carriage friendly due to stairs in one spot), and has plenty of diversions in the form of rest areas, outdoor sculptures, and educational boards (in German only).
Trailhead:
Rathaus, Rathausgasse, Sommerhausen
Parking:
Herrn Gasse, 2 small lots; Jahnstrasse, one larger lot
Public Transportation Options:
Rail: Wuerzburg is a main hub in this area for the Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Bus: Sommerhausen is served by Verkehrsunternehmens Verbund Mainfranken (VVM) line 555 (as of January 2018)
Suggested Stages: Educational trail only, or educational trail with extension.
Trail Itinerary-Reference Points:
Sommerhausen: Hauptstr-Rathausgasse-Am Berghof, past Flurers Turm, Rinnenfloesslein (up stairs), cross over Schoenblickstr, vineyards, cross over An der Trank, past WG Steinmann, onto Industriestr, then right to follow below the treeline, vineyards; return: vineyards, recross Industriestr, right onto Schaeferstr, then left onto Schleifweg to Ochsenfurterstr.
Representative Trail Photos:
Restrooms:
Ochsenfurterstrasse (about 75 meters outside the gate)
Rathausgasse, (behind the Rathaus)
Attractions on or near Trail:
Wine Education signboards
Interesting sights along the educational trail
Tasting along the Trail:
Wineries and wine bars line the trail within the town.
Alternative Options:
Biking: Main Radweg, follows mostly along the river, on a beautiful, 340 kilometer-long bike trail. See the Nutshell.
Additional Information:
Regional: http://www.franconian-wine-country.com/
Trail specific: https://www.landkreis-wuerzburg.de/media/custom/1755_4899_1.PDF?1324032003
Comments:
This trail, a combination of two trails really (the Wein-Kultur-Weg and the Weinbergsweg), is accessible to baby carriages, with a slight deviation. About 50 stairs lead from Flurers Turm, off the Ernst Gebhardt Ring, to the upper tarmac path where the trail begins in earnest. By accessing the tarmac path from Industriestrasse, (and backtracking north), it is possible to travel the entire trail, excepting the stairs.
The only shade is by the large rest area with the sculptures.