Discover Liel: Baroque history and cycling routes

Liel combines a distinctive local history with two cycling routes that include the village in different ways. When looking for accommodation in Liel, it helps to first decide what kind of trip you have in mind: would you like to focus on the history of the castle and its former estate, or would you prefer one of the routes to shape your stay?

Liel Castle and the vanished moated castle

Liel Castle is a Baroque palace built around 1750. The former castle estate included a park, a cavalier’s building, an agricultural building, a small Baroque theater, and the former town hall building. The estate can therefore be viewed as a multi-part ensemble: in addition to the castle, it included several buildings, a park, and a theater. To explore the village’s history, it is worth considering these elements together rather than reducing the story to the year the castle was built.

Another historic site was the moated castle below the church. It was the original seat of the Lords of Baden zu Liel and no longer exists. This means the village’s history has two distinct points of reference: the original moated castle and the Baroque palace, built around 1750, with its former estate. Anyone interested in Liel’s history can distinguish between the two: the moated castle was the original seat, while the park, cavalier’s building, agricultural building, theater, and former town hall belonged to the former castle estate.

Two cycling routes that pass through Liel

One circular route runs from Schliengen through Liel, along Eggener Straße and Alte Straße, and on to Niedereggenen, Obereggenen, Feldberg, and Mauchen. It forms a loop of about 20 kilometers. This gives you a complete circuit with an approximate distance to use when planning your ride; the places listed also show how the route continues beyond Liel.

A longer cycling tour connects Schliengen with Liel, Riedlingen, Holzen, Egringen, and Efringen-Kirchen. As an optional extension, the tour can continue along the Old Rhine as far as Steinenstadt. This route takes a different form from the circular tour: it connects several places, with the additional option of extending the ride along the Old Rhine.

Your choice therefore comes down mainly to a circuit or a longer connection. If you are looking for a route with a clearly stated approximate total distance, consider the loop of around 20 kilometers. If connecting several places and the option of continuing farther are central to your plans, the longer cycling tour offers a suitable framework. This lets you treat the local history and the cycling routes as distinct focuses when planning your trip. Route details may change; check the route before setting out.

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