Hitzkirch - Horben - Lieli - Hitzkirch

Tip
15.58 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: easy
Condition: very easy
Hike
Circular hike from Hitzkirch train station via Müswangen to the Horben alpine pasture inn and back to Hitzkirch via Lieli and Heidegg Castle.

This circular route starts in Hitzkirch and leads via Müswangen and the Sulzerwald to the Horben alpine pasture inn. The alpine inn rewards you with fine food and delicious desserts for the ascent to Horben. After enjoying the great view and the tasty food and drink, it goes via Lieli to Heidegg Castle. The well-maintained estate with its beautiful rose garden invites you to linger. You hike via the Siebenbrüggliweg to the Kaiserspan winery and through the village back to Hitzkirch train station.

  • 4:15 h
  • 15.58 km
  • 387 m
  • 387 m
  • 470 m
  • 858 m
  • 388 m
  • Start: Hitzkirch train station
  • Destination: Hitzkirch train station

Good to know

Pavements

Unknown
Street
Trail

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Hitzkirch train station - Linden - Müswangen - Sulzerwald - Horben alpine pasture inn - Oberillau - Lieli - Heidegg Castle - Kaiserspan - Hitzkirch train station

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

By S9 to Hitzkirch train station and back

Additional information

Seetal Tourism
Niederlenzerstrasse 25
5600 Lenzburg
+41 (0)41 920 45 29
[email protected] 
www.seetaltourismus.ch

Author

Seetal Tourismus

Organization

Seetal Tourismus

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

  • make a stop at the Horben alpine pasture inn
  • climb the Nünegg ruin near Lieli
  • admire the rose garden of Heidegg Castle
  • buy a bottle of wine at the Heidegg winery or Kaiserspan winery

Map

National map 1:25,000 (Federal Office of Topography swisstopo) sheet Hitzkirch and Hochdorf

Hiking map 1:50,000 (Federal Office of Topography swisstopo) sheet Zurich and Rotkreuz

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