In the Leiblach valley: hiking through the mossland of the Degermoos to the pond Stockenweiler Weiher - Western Allgaeu waterway 25

Kleyenmühle
Coming from Opfenbach, the tour leads you through the village Goeritz and initially to Obernuetzenbrugg. Here, it is worthwhile to  visit the former meal mill, saw mill and brickyard Kleyenmuehle which is located at the Leiblach. It has been mentioned in a document, already in  1650. Even today, a nearby small power station generates electricity from hydropower.

Degermoos und Stockenweiler Weiher
After crossing the main road it is worthwhile to take a trip towards the village Adelgunz. In the mossland Degermoos you can watch a former peat-ditch and you will learn many things about the history of peat cutting in the moor. In the 19th century, for example, rails have been laid into the moorland, in order to transport the freshly cut peat directly to the train station of Hergatz. The peat was stored and dried there before it was used for the heating of the steam engines of the southern runway. Hiking through Volklings you reach the Stockenweiler Weiher, protected since 1984. In the 15th century, already, the Heilig-Geist-Spital (Hospice of the Holy Spirit) has damed it to breed carps and pikes. The fish ended up on the menu of the hospice's patients as a welcome change. Today, the pond is an important place of nesting and stopover for partly rare water birds. That's why just allowed to swim in  the pond's front area.

Bruggmühle
From Stockenweiler via Beuren, the hiking tour leads you along the Leiblach to Ruhlands. A short distance off the path there is the Bruggmuehle which has been mentioned in records in 1269. The meal mill has been operating until 1958 and the saw mill ist still operating.