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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Beilngries

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Beilngries

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Beilngries

03:59

61.2km

210m

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 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 51.9 km for 160 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.20 km

Beilngries Gate (Beilngrieser Tor), Berching

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Through here you go into the old town.

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8.71 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Old Canal)

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Quiet place with a nice medieval flair. The water park is recommended for resting.

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17.9 km

Lock 28 (Ludwig Canal)

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Like the other locks along the Old Canal, this lock is also nice to look at because it was a technical masterpiece for the time

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18.2 km

Lock on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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The tour includes the best section of the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with the most locks.

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18.9 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

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Canal no longer used from the imperial era with many old bridges and barriers. Beautiful route to Nuremberg.

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23.1 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal - near Sengenthal

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Very nice bike path along the Old Canal.

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24.0 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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Driving along the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with its exactly 100 locks is very impressive. And again and again the landscape changes its face. That's just great.

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25.0 km

Beautiful bike path along the tree-lined canal. The Ludwig-Danube Canal is the predecessor of the much wider Main-Danube Canal and was opened in 1846. On a distance of almost 170 kilometers, a height difference of 264 meters was overcome with the help of exactly 100 locks.

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29.3 km

Heilig-Geist-Spitalbrunnen

Lake

61.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.7 km

25.1 km

4.52 km

4.34 km

1.60 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.3 km

11.1 km

8.65 km

1.42 km

805 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 20 August

21°C

12°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Comments

June 14, 2026,🔄 Beilngries - Neumarkt aufm Treidlweg und Kanal

Rose festival in Berching...
Service at the canal...
City festival in Neumarkt...
Quite nice if you go for that.. However, "cycling through" wasn't possible because of it 🙃

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October 29, 2023,Von der Oberpfalz nach Beilngries 🚴🚴🏻‍♀️

In order to be able to cycle again and escape the Upper Franconian rain, we took a trip to Upper Palatinate today, which was not sunny but at least dry. From Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz we followed the old Ludwig Danube Main Canal, built between 1835 and 1846, southwards via Berching to the tourist stronghold of Beilngries in the Altmühltal. …

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May 24, 2025,4.Etappe Fünf Flüsse Von Dietfurt an der Altmühl nach Neumarkt

Today we continued from Dietfurt via Beilngries and Berching to Neumarkt. In Plankstetten, we visited a lovely monastery with a shop and beer garden. After leaving the Altmühl Valley, we continued along the Main-Danube Canal and then along the Ludwig-Main-Danube Canal to Neumarkt. Berching is a very beautiful town with an old city wall. Along the way, we saw a …

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September 6, 2023,Zur Kreuzlinde🌳bei Raitenbuch # 2

Today I did a repeat tour to a great tree: from Neumarkt via Berching to the Kreuzlinde and from there along the New and Old Canals back to Neumarkt.
The second visit to the Kreuzlinden tree near Raitenbuch was due because I had only seen it bare in April, due to the season. Today she presented herself in a green …

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August 17, 2025,Von Dietfurt an der Altmühl nach Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz 4 Etappe

This stage was once again very scenic! The bike paths were 70% gravel. We had to search for signs here and there. Several times we didn't know which way led to a town! Very beautiful little towns.

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April 4, 2025,Ludwig-Kanal 4: Von Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz nach Dietfurt an der Altmühl

The fourth day offered little wind, but plenty of sun 🌞. The canal is water-filled up to Berching, making for a relaxed ride mostly on gravel. Then the detective work began. Coming from Berching, Beilngries-Altstadt isn't signposted, so I drove past it first and made a long loop back. I wanted to go to the old harbor, but that also …

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September 21, 2025,Klinikum Neumarkt - Berching und zurück

Today we're taking the old Ludwig Canal to Berching, rather than the usual route from the Roth landing stage along the RMD Canal to Berching. The Ludwig Canal is very pleasant to navigate and highly recommended.

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August 23, 2021,Fünf-Flüsse-Radweg - Tag 3 - Von Beilngries nach Berg bei Neumarkt in der Oberpalz

Today's stage was planned differently than planned. Over 80 km were on the program. Everything went pretty well up to Berching, a little rain in between, but not that bad. But that changed suddenly. We didn't get to the stage destination Nuremberg. It had been pouring like a bucket all afternoon. The rain trousers and jackets also no longer kept …

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Beilngries

Beilngries Gate (Beilngrieser Tor), Berching

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Old Canal)

Lock 28 (Ludwig Canal)

Lock on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal - near Sengenthal

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Ludwig-Danube Canal

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