adelberg is connected by the landesstraße 1147 to nearby rechberghausen and to oberberken, part of the municipality of schorndorf. the no. 260 bus (göppingen–schorndorf), run by "regional bus stuttgart", part of deutsche bahn, runs through adelberg. between 1912 and 1962, the hohenstaufen railway serviced the adelberg-börtlingen railway station, around four kilometres from the town.