Wine hike: Weisenheim am Sand - Großkarlbach - Bissersheim - Freinsheim

The tour begins at the fountain at the Obertor. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and turn left into Großkarlbacher Straße. After a few metres you will see the first signs pointing to "Sandhasenweg 1". At the fork after the end of the village, take the dirt road uphill to the right. After the bench, turn left again and rejoin the asphalt path, which soon continues as a wide, but unpaved farm track. Pass the tree with bench on the right, then stay on this path for a good kilometre. At the end of the path, turn left and 200 metres further on, turn right again, heading north towards Großkarlbach. You pass a bench in front of a sandstone wall before you reach the Großkarlbach vineyard hut. In Großkarlbach, follow the Friedhofsweg, keep to the right at the main road and walk to the Protestant church in the centre of the village. Turn left into Kändelgasse and you will come to the mill museum. You now walk to Bissersheim along the Eckbachmühlenweg (marking: wooden signs with mill). In Bissersheim, leave the Eckbachmühlenweg to the left at the Haldmühle and walk along Raiffeisenstraße to Hauptstraße. Turn right there and then left on the other side of the road into Freinsheimer Weg. Follow the path out of the village into the vineyards, always straight ahead. Only turn left when the unpaved path becomes a grass path. The path surface soon changes to asphalt. At the bench with a great view, turn right downhill and continue straight ahead. At the square with three trees, go left downhill along the wall. On the left above the path is a beautiful seating area with a view of Freinsheim. When the path turns left after the wall, you will see Roman sarcophagi in a temple-like hut on the right. Continue along the path, immediately to the right and from now on always along the small ditch and then along the reeds. You now walk directly towards Freinsheim and come next to the Kassner-Simon winery to the Freinsheim bypass, which you cross carefully (no crossing aid). Cross the narrow pedestrian path into the village and turn right into Schubertstraße via Franz-Liszt-Straße, then left into Mozartstraße, sharp right into Wenjenstraße and then immediately left into the 2nd cross street. Via Wallstraße you come to Freinsheimer Hauptstraße and stand in the middle of the old town.
Turn left until you reach the historic town hall, which is also home to the tourist information office. Continue left along Herrenstraße and through the iron gate. After the forecourt of the gate, take the narrow path "Auf der Schanz" immediately to the right and you will come to the baroque garden. You continue straight on, meet Badstraße, into which you turn left. Cross Erpolzheimer Straße next to the petrol station and continue straight ahead along Riedweg out of the village. At the equestrian farm, turn right and join the Freinsheim Blossom Trail (marked by a metal stele with a punched-out blossom), which you follow in the direction of Weisenheim am Sand. Cross the railway line at the level crossing with barriers and then immediately turn left. You are now in the Ludwigshain recreation area and also walk onto the Sandhasenweg 3 (marking: hare with number 3). Follow this path until you reach the lake. After the lake, the Sandhasenweg turns right, but you continue straight on in a northerly direction. The path bends to the right and then you go sharp left, past the first houses and reach Holzweg, which you turn right into and follow until you reach Bahnhofstraße. Turn left, cross the railway tracks at the station and walk along Bahnhofstraße through the village back to the starting point, the fountain at the Obertor.