My Bike at the Donaueschingen Station
The Donauquelle Spring
Me Ready to Start My Ride
My Donauradweg Bicycle Ride 2025
NAVIGATION
Bike Day 1
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Ulm to Donaueschingen by Train
Donaueschingen to Tuttlingen
I woke up to a very rainy morning in Ulm. After finding the DB Bahn ticket office for my Fahrrad Ticket (bike ticket), I needed to take 3 regional trains to get to Donaueschingen, the town in western Germany where the Danube starts. I changed trains in Aulendorf and Sigmaringen to reach Donaueschingen. Fortunately, the rain stopped while I was on the trains. On most trains, you can just roll your bike aboard and leave it in the bicycle area. The train from Sigmaringen to Donaueschingen, however, had 5 steep stairs leading from the door to the bike and passenger areas. When pushing the bike up those steep stairs, I tripped and twisted my knee but did not think my knee felt very bad.
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My Bike at the Donaueschingen Station |
The Donauquelle Spring |
Me Ready to Start My Ride |
I got the bike off the train in Donaueschingen with no problem. From the station, I rode my bike up to the Donauquelle spring that is the official source of the Donau. From the Donauquelle, I rode through a park out of the town of Donaueschingen. By then, the weather had cleared and I started my adventure on a sunny day. The trail after Donaueschingen starts by going through rolling hills and fields. In Pfohren, the first town after Donaueschingen, I had my first uphill pull at the south end of the town. It was not a bad hill but a hill never the less. After Pfohren, it was a downhill roll to the river. The bike trail continued up a wide valley, passing through the towns of Geisingen, Immendingen and Möhringen, sometimes crossing the river over covered bridges. A covered bridge brought me to Tuttlingen, my first stop, where I checked in at the Legere Express Hotel. I was tired and not very hungry so I got a CupONoodles and a can of Pringles at the hotel lobby for dinner.
Videos
A rainy morning in Ulm from my hotel room. The Ulm Hauptbahnhof is across the street.
Riding up through Donaueschingen to the Donauquelle Spring. (No Sound)
The Donauquelle Spring.
Leaving Donaueschingen through the City Park. (No Sound)
First hill at the south end of Pfohren then a coast down to the river. (No Sound)
Entering Tuttlingen after crossing over a covered bridge. (No Sound)