Biberach an der Riß brings together a museum with four clearly defined collection areas, historic buildings on Holzmarkt, and several routes that pass directly through the town. There are also routes for cycling and hiking, as well as viewpoints overlooking Biberach. When planning your trip, it is worth distinguishing the town itself from other destinations in the wider Biberach travel region.

Museum and historic buildings

The Biberach Museum is located in the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist. It presents significant collections in four departments: natural history, archaeology, history, and art. This arrangement brings natural history, archaeological, historical, and artistic subjects together under one roof. The museum also contains the original studios of Munich animal painters Anton Braith and Christian Mali. The collections and the two studios thus offer different cultural highlights within the same museum.

On Holzmarkt stand the late Gothic Salzstadel, built in 1513; the Baroque Dinglingerhaus, home of the well-known Biberach goldsmith; and the former patrician residence Strölinhaus, dating from 1590. Their architectural styles and dates offer a brief comparison: late Gothic and 1513, Baroque, and a patrician house from 1590. Several different historical connections thus stand side by side in one square.

Cycling routes, hikes, and viewpoints

The Danube–Lake Constance Cycle Route connects Ulm with Lake Constance and passes directly by Biberach. Biberach also lies directly on the German Half-Timbered House Road, a themed cycling route around 1,000 kilometers long. The Upper Swabian Mill Road and the Baroque Road also pass directly through Biberach. These routes offer thematic connections for a trip that considers Biberach not only as a destination in its own right, but also as part of a longer route.

There is a nature trail in the town and beaver trails in the surrounding districts. In the area around the destination, well-maintained hiking trails lead through Burrenwald, along the Riß, and in the footsteps of the Way of St. James. This makes it possible to distinguish between a nature trail in town, trails in the surrounding districts, and hikes around Biberach. Gigelberg and Schillerhöhe offer views over Biberach. While the trails take in natural surroundings and route connections, these viewpoints look out over the town.

Other cultural destinations in the wider Biberach travel region

In the wider Biberach travel region, the Upper Swabian Museum Village of Kürnbach offers another perspective on history and everyday life: it presents six centuries of history and comprises more than 30 historic buildings that offer insights into everyday life in times past. In Steinhausen, the pilgrimage church was built between 1728 and 1731 by Dominikus Zimmermann and his brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann.

Steinhausen lies on the Way of St. James, which runs from Nuremberg via Nördlingen, Ulm, and Biberach, then continues to Bad Waldsee, Weingarten, Einsiedeln, and Le Puy, and on to Santiago in Spain. Another topic is explored by the Museum of the History of Christians and Jews in Laupheim: it covers three centuries of shared life between Christian and Jewish residents. The wider Biberach travel region thus brings together everyday history, Baroque architecture, and the history of coexistence as distinct cultural highlights.

Discover more destinations: Wain, Ummendorf, Dettingen an der Iller, Ertingen, Kirchdorf an der Iller, Rot an der Rot, Erolzheim, Warthausen.

Go to the overview of the wider travel region: Biberach.