The term Albtrauf refers to the northwest facing escarpment of the Swabian Alps, situated in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. It is the most distinctive stepped slope within the alpine region of the South German Scarplands, leading roughly from the southwest to the northeast.
The Albtrauf next to the Backofen Cliffs. Background: Hohenzollern Castle and Hohenzollern mountain.
Typical view along the edge of the Albtrauf: the relatively level plateau, often used for agriculture, abruptly meets the mostly wooded slope.
Albtrauf. Foreground: Neuffen and Hohenneuffen Castle; left: Beuren; furthest back : Teck Castle (Mid Alps)
Albtrauf, viewed from Tübingen
The Swabian Jura, sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km (140 mi) from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width. It is named after the region of Swabia.
The western Swabian Jura region
Typical Swabian Jura landscape: the Salmendinger Kapelle (chapel) on top of the Kornbühl
Groz-Beckert in Ebingen, world leader in needles for textile machines
Snowy landscape on Swabian alps (2019)