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Germany’s Best Hiking Trails 2025: Caspar-David-Friedrich-Weg and Bliessteig Take Top Honors

More than 46,000 participants decided the two-category rankings in a months-long public vote.

Overview

  • The 19th Wandermagazin edition used a jury shortlist followed by public balloting from March to June, recording 46,027 voters and over 67,000 votes.
  • Caspar-David-Friedrich-Weg in Saxon Switzerland won the day-tour category.
  • The Bliessteig in Saarland topped the multi-day list, with the Albsteig Schwarzwald earning silver.
  • Rhineland-Palatinate’s Traumschleife Hunolsteiner Klammtour finished third among day tours.
  • Baden-Württemberg tallied eight selected routes with several top-ten placements, while Bavaria secured two spots with the Flusswanderweg am Regen (5th day tour) and the SalzAlpenSteig among leading multi-day trails.