Ettlingen Old Town – Alb River Trail in Karlsruhe loop from Spielberg

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Ettlingen Old Town – Alb River Trail in Karlsruhe loop from Spielberg

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Ettlingen Old Town – Alb River Trail in Karlsruhe loop from Spielberg

03:34

60.2km

300m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 4, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 51.4 km for 5 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.75 km

Ettlingen Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Beautiful city center, with plenty to do—Ettlingen is highly underrated. The Glockenspiel is especially great.

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13.4 km

Fields of Rüppurr

Highlight • Trail

Well, luckily there is a path and you don't have to race across the fields

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16.0 km

Alb Cycle Path (Bulach section)

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Here you can be on foot or by bike in the middle of lush greenery.

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18.0 km

Ruderbootsee

Lake

18.3 km

Karl-Wolf Way, Günther-Klotz Park

Highlight • Cycleway

The paths here are impeccable!
But be careful, everything that has legs and wheels travels here in good weather. 🚲🛴🛹🛼🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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19.0 km

Günther-Klotz Park

Highlight • Rest Area

small green lung in the south of KA // beautiful sunbathing area // picnicking at the Alb // children's playground // basketball court // beach volleyball // boat trip

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19.3 km

Alb River Trail in Karlsruhe

Highlight (Segment) • River

In my opinion the most beautiful, idyllic, quiet and varied way to travel through Karlsruhe.

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23.1 km

If you have been cycling for a while or are on your way home after a hard day's work, the weir invites you for a short break. Far away from street noise and traffic, you can breathe a bit in this idyll and "come down". A bit of birdsong and the sound of the Alb, before you dive back into the world of hustle and bustle. A very nice place!

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46.2 km

Gefällwald

Forest

51.5 km

Old town around Ettlingen Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Ettlingen Castle is a baroque castle in the center of the Baden-Württemberg town of Ettlingen.
Today's castle had two, possibly three, previous buildings. After the Baden Margrave Hermann V was enfeoffed by Emperor Friedrich II with the town of Ettlingen, which was founded by the Hohenstaufens, his son Margrave Rudolf I of Baden built a castle complex in the middle of the 13th century - possibly on the remains of a previous Hohenstaufen building; However, a previous building has not yet been proven. The lower floors of the keep in the castle courtyard, which are still preserved today, date from this time.

A magnificent Renaissance castle followed in the 16th century. Two round corner towers were added to the south wing, and the keep was given a half-timbered upper floor. The three-wing Renaissance complex around the old keep, completed in 1600, was destroyed along with the entire city by French troops in the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1689.

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