Bad Saulgau: Nature Trails and City History

Bad Saulgau combines trails through watery landscapes and moorland with insights into the town’s history. You can choose different focuses for your stay: explore nature on circular and themed trails, get to know the old town, or learn about the area’s past at the city museum.

Water Trails, Moorland and Nature Themes

The Water themed and adventure trail in and around Bad Saulgau offers an accessible way to explore the waterways via wooden boardwalks and well-maintained paths. Nine information boards tell the story of life in and around the water. The trail combines outdoor exercise with topics that younger explorers can also engage with on a tour of the area.

For a longer nature experience, try the 43-kilometre Georundweg, which is suitable for walking and cycling. Its stops cover the history of the Earth and the formation of the landscape, as well as local soils, flora and fauna. The starting point is in Bad Saulgau’s market square, where the first information board features an overview map. There are numerous car parks and parking garages in town for visitors arriving at the Georundweg.

If you’re looking for shorter walking trails, the Booser-Musbacher Ried landscape and nature reserve has five routes ranging from 2.2 to 5 kilometres. The trails pass through a moorland landscape of meadows, bogs and wooded sections. The reserve covers around 343 hectares, has been protected since 1991 and lies about half within the municipality of Bad Saulgau. The shorter routes and the 43-kilometre Georundweg offer different time commitments, making it easy to plan your outing around your preferred trail length.

The Bad Saulgau district of Braunenweiler also has a circular trail that combines nature and history. Established in 2024, the Nature and History Trail is around 8.7 kilometres long and largely accessible. Several stops describe the area’s nature and history. At the Nature Theme Park, the InfoPunkt adds information about local wildlife and plants to your exploration. Exhibits include a beaver on display, whose fur visitors can feel.

Discover the Old Town and Its History

The Bad Saulgau City Museum presents local history from the Celtic period through to the post-war years. Documents, exhibits and audiovisual media also bring to life the history and significance of local customs. If you’d rather explore historical topics in the town itself, consider the classic guided tour of the historic old town, which covers more than 1,200 years of town history.

There’s also a special guided tour of the old town for families. Stories, small tasks and fascinating places to discover bring the town’s history to life for children and adults alike. St. Markus Monastery and Parish Church offers another way to explore local history: it is a spiritual place for pilgrims and visitors, and its architecture and history invite you to pause and reflect on the symbolism of faith.

Make Guided Tours a Focus of Your Trip

The Bad Saulgau Nature Theme Park’s programme includes ACTIVE tours, CREATIVE tours and specialist guided tours for children, adults and professional audiences. They combine learning with active experiences and playful discovery. The adult tour “Water – From the Thermal Baths to the Stream” follows the path of Bad Saulgau’s thermal water from its source, through its use, and back into nature. If you’re planning to join a guided tour, it’s worth checking the current programme, as offerings may change.

When choosing accommodation, you can start by considering which of these themes you’d like to shape your stay: longer or shorter nature trails, local history, or a guided exploration of water and nature. The experiences described here offer different starting points for planning, without requiring you to commit to just one kind of outing. That way, you can tailor your search for accommodation in Bad Saulgau to the interests you’d like to pursue while discovering the town and its surroundings.

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