Seetal: hiking suggestion no. 15, Mosen – Aesch – Hitzkirch

02:55 h
213 m
201 m
449 m
606 m
157 m
10.52 km
Start: Mosen railway station
Destination: Gelfingen railway station

This hike leads from Mosen to Gelfingen, passing various wine estates and Heidegg castle.

The hike starts at Gelfingen railway station, initially skirting a section of Lake Hallwil. The first wine estate is located in Aesch, Canton Lucerne.

Klosterhof Estate, Aesch LU, www.weingut-klosterhof.ch
Wine sales on request. Online shop.

After the Klosterhof, the trail continues over the stream through the forest. Some 2 km further on you reach the highest point of the hike. You then proceed through the Altwisertobel ravine to the Lourdes Grotto in Hitzkirch. Passing the Hitzkirch Commandry, you soon arrive at the Kaiserspan wine estate.

Kaiserspan Estate, Hitzkirch, www.kaiserspan.ch
Wine sales on request. Online shop.

Around a kilometre further on you reach Heidegg castle with its delightful rose garden. Open to the public (please note the opening hours), this is a great spot to linger. Below the castle is the Heidegg wine estate.

Heidegg castle, Gelfingen, www.heidegg.ch
Wine sales in the museum shop.

Heidegg Estate, Gelfingen, www.weingut-heidegg.ch

Wine sales on request. Online shop.

The end of the trail (Gelfingen railway station) is some 15 minutes' walk from the Heidegg Estate.

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Directions

Mosen - Aesch - Hitzkirch - Gelfingen

(Die Route ist auch in umgekehrter Richtung begehbar.)

Folgen Sie den Wegweisern «Weinwanderweg Seetal».

Tour information

Cultural Interesting

Directions & Parking facilities

gebührenpflichtiger Parkplatz beim Camping Seeblick in Mosen

Take the S9 urban train to Mosen. Return via Gelfingen.

Additional information

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

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Seetal Tourismus

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Seetal Tourismus

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Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Visit Heidegg castle and its delightful rose garden. Note the opening hours: www.heidegg.ch (open April - October. Closed every Monday.)

Seetal wine open days: the first weekend of September finds the wine growers of the Seetal region presenting their products in the foyer of the Braui cultural centre in Hochdorf.

Map

Landeskarte 1:25'000 (Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo) Blatt Hitzkirch

Wanderkarte 1:50'000 (Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo) Blatt Rotkreuz

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