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.