Here, a magical landscape presents itself at the south-western end of Lake Constance, the so-called Untersee, on a headland with views of the Hegau, the Bodanrück, the Alps and, at the southern tip of the Höri peninsula, the Reichenau and the Thurgau lake ridge.
The small fishing village of Moos once belonged to the lordship of Bohlingen, with which it passed to the Bishopric of Constance in 1497. After secularisation, Moos fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1803. An important economic sector in the municipality is vegetable growing near the shore. The "Bülle", as the EU-protected red onion is called, grows here! A unique event is the Moos water procession, which takes place every year in July. The four districts of Bankholzen, Weiler, Bettnang and Iznang belong to the municipality of Moos.
Bankholzen, first mentioned in a document in 1050, lies at the foot of the wooded Schienerberg mountain range at 716 metres.
Exemplary renovated farmhouses and a self-contained village centre create a very special atmosphere together with the lovely Mühlbach gorge, which has been recreated with a mill from 1517 in a scaled-down half-timbered version (initiated by Fritz Dummel). Climbing slightly, we reach the edge of the forest at the water reservoir with enchanting views of the Hegau and the fertile vegetable-growing plain ahead.
At the Aussiedlerhof Bruttel, a forest path leads us uphill through the colourful ravine forests of the Schienerberg past the barren slag heap and the Schlossbühl to the "Dreiländereck" (597m) crossroads, which does not mark a national border, but where the Vordere, Mittlere and Hintere Höri meet and where we have reached the highest point of this hike!
Passing lush meadows and large orchards on the southern slope, we walk downhill over the Mistbühl and along the Hasenweg in a Mediterranean climate and enjoy the charming views of the Untersee and the Thurgau lake ridge opposite before reaching Hemmenhofen. At St Agatha's Catholic Church and along the lakeside road, there is a large boulder in the park to commemorate the former Cistercian nunnery until 1848. For over 600 years, Hemmenhofen belonged to the Feldbach nunnery near Steckborn on the opposite Swiss shore. The old tithe barn with wine press (Torkel) still bears witness to this.
This marvellous stretch of land was and is a favourite and popular place to stay for the writers and poets Hermann Hesse, Ludwig Finckh, the painters Erich Heckel, Max Ackermann, Rose Marie Stuckert-Schnorrenberg, Bruno Epple and Otto Dix, who also found his final resting place here. They and many others have contributed to the fact that today the Höri is referred to as an "artists' landscape" or "artists' colony".
