Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of
Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (
German
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: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972 the centre zone of Schönbuch became the first
nature park in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
.
A geological trail is located in Schönbuch nature park at Kirnberg
[Johannes Baier]
''Der Geologische Lehrpfad am Kirnberg (Keuper; SW-Deutschland)''
. - Jber. Mitt. oberrhein. geol. Ver, N. F. 93, 9-26, 2011. and was created in 1977 on the 500th anniversary of the Eberhard Karls
University of Tübingen
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. Several panels explain the sediments of the Keuper highland (shale, marl and sandstone) and the development of the Kirnbach valley.
Today the 156 km² large reserve is referred to as Schönbuch whereas the original, more comprehensive area is usually called Schönbuch-Region.
Schönbuch nature park is an important recreational area of the
Stuttgart Region, also because it is only intersected by relatively few roads.
Location
The Schönbuch is located in central Baden-Württemberg – approximately 25 km south of the city center of Stuttgart, about 15 km south west of
Stuttgart Airport. It is also close to
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...
(south-east), the university city of
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
(south),
Herrenberg
Herrenberg ( Swabian: ''Härrabärg'' or ''Haerebärg'') is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, about 30 km
south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it is the fourth largest t ...
(southwest) and
Böblingen (northwest).
Transport
A commuter train called the
Schönbuchbahn runs through Schönbuch, connecting
Dettenhausen to
Böblingen where it connects with the S-Bahn system.
See also
*
List of hills of the Schönbuch
Literature
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Forests and woodlands of Baden-Württemberg
Nature parks in Baden-Württemberg
Regions of Baden-Württemberg
Natural regions of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains