Trail Name:  Tauberschwarzweg

Trail Type: Mid-distance circuit trail; well-maintained and about half is paved, the other surfaces are grass and earthen; marking on the trail is somewhat good, but a map is strongly advised.

Length: circa13 kilometers/8 miles (See comments below)

Convenient to: Wertheim, or Wuerzburg, Germany

Marking: The capital letter “D”

Trail Description: A moderately easy trail through urban, woodland and vineyard landscapes, with diverse surfaces and views throughout this rural area of the middle Taubertal.

Trailhead:

Official: Beckstein: Geisbergstrasse

Mine: Lauda-Koenigshofen: Badstrasse, (accessing the trail via a short uphill trek through fields)

Parking:

Lauda-Koenigshofen: Badstrasse

Beckstein: Weinstrasse (follow the street uphill to the plateau), a Wanderparkplatz (hiking parking), in the tree line at the top.

Public Transportation Options:

Rail: Deutsche Bahn Regio serves Lauda-Koenigshofen, with the stop in Lauda (on Bahnhofstrasse), being the closest to the trail.

Bus: VGMT (VerkehrsGesellschaft Main-Tauber) serves this area with frequently scheduled buses, connecting Beckstein with Oberlauda and Koenigshofen

Suggested Stages: Not applicable

Trail Itinerary-Reference Points: (Counterclockwise)

Beckstein: Geisbergstr, Weinstr, Am Nonnenberg, through fields, then woods; Lauda: through fields just above the end of Eichweg, Eichwaldstr, Oberlaudastr, Weinbergsweg, Altenbergstr, Vineyards above Oberlauda; Oberlauda: Rosenbergweg, Schulstr, Vorstadtstr, along creek; into woods, uphill to plateau; Beckstein:  a wanderparkplatz (hiking parking), cross Weinstrasse, fields, past a large water basin, Hofackerweg

Representative Trail Photos:

 

 

Restrooms: No public ones observed along the trail

Attractions on or near Trail:

Becksteiner Winzer, in addition to wine has events, and informative displays about the viniculture and viticulture of the area.

Becksteiner Weinlehrpfad (Beckstein Wine Nature Trail), a short, 1.5 kilometers trail with informative panels about Beckstein’s vinicultural and viticultural practices

Tasting along the Trail:

Weinhaus Ruthardt, Josef Schmitt Strasse 15, Lauda-Koenigshofen; and Weingut Benz, Am Nonnenberg, and Becksteiner Winzer, both in Beckstein

Alternative Options:

Hiking: Beckstein has the Suedliche Weinbergsrunde/Wanderweg 3 (Southern Vineyards Circuit), at 3.1 kilometers. A longer trail (6.8 kilometers) covering some of the same area, plus the village’s northern vineyards, is the Becksteiner Hohenweg/Wanderweg 4.

Additional Information:

Regional:

https://www.lauda-koenigshofen.de/tourismus

https://www.weinort-beckstein.de/

Trail specific:

http://pages.et4.de/de/lauda-koenigshofen/streaming/detail/Tour/E68657053C2778BC4867970129703270/beckstein-tauberschwarzweg

Comments:

Difficult to find information on this trail. Marked as D on the trail. Listed as 15 kilometers, but the downloaded gpx from the temperamental trail link above, which followed the markings, had only 12.83 kilometers of trail.