Schönbergturm 2014-04-16

The Schönbergturm near Pfullingen offers a view of the Schwäbische Alb and its foothills. The local nickname of the tower, "Unterhose", means underpants.

View of Pfullingen and Reutlingen, with Georgenberg (small hill) to the left and Achalm to the right.

Schönbergwiese

Echaztal (Echaz river valley) with Lichtenstein-Unterhausen (village)

views from Calverbühl near Dettingen 2014-04-07

The Calverbühl near Dettingen, a hill at the Northern slope of the Schwäbische Alb.

view of cherry blossom

Road to Kappishäusern between flowering fruit trees and yellow canola fields.

Dettingen an der Erms

Fresh foliage at the edge of the forest.

Wurmlingen chapel hill 2014-04-04

View from Schönbuchspitz near Entringen of the Wurmlingen chapel.

Wurmlingen chapel 2014-03-20

Wurmlingen chapel ('Wurmlinger Kapelle')

flowering Forsythia (shrub) in a vineyard

Flowering willows in the Ammer valley.

Flowering trees and green fields in the Ammer valley.

The chapel hill at dawn, seen from the Spitzberg.

Bühl 2014-03-20

View of Bühl from the Wurmlinger Kapelle. The village with a population of about 2.200 is also a part of Tübingen. Behind the village, there is the woodland Rammert and the north slope of the Schwäbische Alb, with the mountain slide of Mössingen (Mössinger Bergrutsch) to the left.