Trail Name: Winzer Radrundweg
Trail Type: Medium distance circuit cycling itinerary; well-maintained and mostly paved trail surfaces, albeit with a couple of grass paths, and a few hard-packed earth surface sections, marking on the trail for the specific itinerary is sporadic.
Length:
Total – 44 kilometers/27.3 miles
Convenient to: Landau in der Pfalz, Germany
Marking: A white sign with stylized circles forming a grape cluster with two stylized riders on top
Trail Description: A delightful medium-length circuit primarily through vineyards, circling around the smaller, and lesser known (hence quieter and not as tourist-filled) wine villages of the southern part of Deutsche Weinstrasse.
Trailhead:
Official: Siebeldingen: Bismarckstr
Mine: Laundau: L509 Queichheim Hauptstr, at the Landau Zentrum exit off A65
Parking:
Insheim: Bahnhofstr;
Moerlheim (at exit Landau-Zentrum): P+R (just east of exit)
Landau: parking in and around the Freizeitbad (a water park) and the nearby Stettiner Str
Public Transportation Options:
Rail: Deutsche Bahn has frequent rail service connecting Landau with the main Rhine Valley cities via Karlsruhe.
Bus: VRN (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar) has bus lines connecting Landau and/or Bad Bergzabern (both with frequent train service) to the smaller towns and villages on this itinerary.
Suggested Stages: Not applicable
Trail Itinerary-Reference Points: (Counterclockwise)
Landau: Horststr, Horstring, Am Kugelfang; Dammheim: Am Bahnhofstr, Alte Bahnhofstr, Dorfstr, Schmiedstr; through fields, along A65; Knoeringen: Bahnhofstr, Hauptstr, Kirchstr; Walsheim: Hauptstr; through fields; Nussdorf: Kirchstr, Lindenbergstr, Am Heimlichen Eck, Kaiserberg, along Weinerlebnis Pfad; Godramstein: Unterer Steinweg, Bornergasse (P), Frankweilerstr, Kapellenweg, L511; Siebeldingen: Jahnstr, along Queich creek, outskirts; Arzheim: Hauptstr-Kalmitstr, Kapellenstr, Erzabt-Josef-Koch-Str, Ilbesheim bei Landau: Arzheimerstr, Hauptstr, Moerzheimer Str; Wollmesheim: Wollmesheimer Hauptstr, L510/Moerzheimerstr; Moerzheim: cross K6 (or turn left) Goecklinger Weg, Zum Kirchweg, Herrenstr, Unterstr, Bruehlstr, Augartenweg, fields; Impflingen: Obergasse-Bruchgasse, In der Kuhweide, fields; Insheim: Sportplatzstr, Kettelerstr, Kandeler Str-Sandweg, past train station (P), Bodelschwingstr, Offenbacherstr; Along, then over A65; Moerlheim: Moerlheimer Str; Queichheim-Landau: Queichheimer Hauptstr (P); Landau: Hauptbahnhof (P)
Representative Trail Photos:
Restrooms:
Nussdorf: On the Weinerlebnispfad, in the vineyards is a small restroom set in a nice rest area.
Landau: Off the trail (but closest and pay) toilets at Am Kronwerk x Fortstr (make sure you have coins)
Attractions on or near Trail:
Seasonal local wine festivals (see below), and wine education paths Nussdorf and Siebeldingen
Tasting along the Trail:
Many wineries along the trail, most notably in Siebeldingen, Nussdorf, Ilbesheim and Godramstein; whereas Landau has a couple of wine taverns/vinoteks. Additionally, Ilbesheim, Heuchelheim-Klingen, Siebeldingen have wine festivals in September
Alternative Options:
Hiking: In Heuchelheim-Klingen, the Weinrundwanderweg, a 13.6-kilometer-long easy circuit hike through the two villages surrounded by a sea of vines. Ilbesheim, by contrast has a number of wine-themed short (2-3 kilometer) circuits. Last but not least is Nussdorf’s Weinerlebnispfad, a unique combination of visual and audio art set in the vineyards along a two-kilometer trail through the vineyards overlooking the mountains and valleys of the Pfalz.
Car: Deutsche Weinstrasse, a thematic car route itinerary of about 100 kilometers, much of it on secondary roads, past vineyards and through charming wine villages, from Bockenheim to the border town of Schweigen-Rechtenbach.)
Additional Information:
Regional: https://landauland.suedlicheweinstrasse.de/
Trail specific: https://www.outdooractive.com/de/route/radtour/pfalz/winzer-radrundweg/3201806/ or
https://vis-a-vis-pamina.eu/en/activities/
Comments:
Not a lot of shade, so perhaps best in cooler weather.
A couple of short, but steep inclines. However, overall, this is an easy to medium difficulty trail.
I included the earthen trail surface photo above to show that even the most degraded surface on this itinerary is quite suitable for most bicycles, except perhaps directly after a very heavy or prolonged rain.