Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal – Schwarzach Valley Trail loop from Stöckelsberg

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal – Schwarzach Valley Trail loop from Stöckelsberg

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal – Schwarzach Valley Trail loop from Stöckelsberg

03:06

40.4km

340m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

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

You may need to carry your bike.

After 32.6 km for 37 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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7.06 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Structure

To the right and left of the canal there is a long and flat path with many old locks and lock keeper houses. Again and again there are information boards …

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9.15 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

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Well signposted and well-developed cycle paths lead along the five rivers of RW.
Connections to all regional and national cycle paths are well equipped with distance/time information

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11.1 km

Towboat “Elfriede” on the Ludwig–Danube–Main Canal

Highlight • Historical Site

The old canal with its locks and sculptures is always worth a tour. It's best to drive during the week, there is a lot going on on Sundays and public holidays.

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15.0 km

Lock 37 on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Monument

The Ludwig Canal or Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal, as it is officially called, is simply called "the Old Canal" in and around Nuremberg. A romantic relic, left over from times of industrialization, …

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18.1 km

Lock 45, Ludwig Canal

Highlight • Structure

With information sign for the Jakobus cycle pilgrimage route

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19.4 km

Lock 49 and Lock Keeper's House, Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Monument

Here too, it is always worth taking a quick look at such an old art

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20.7 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Structure

Here again a beautiful lock

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25.7 km

Schwarzach Valley Trail

Highlight • Trail

Wonderful valley. The path is easy to drive on, from time to time there are a few asphalt sections

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40.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.1 km

7.60 km

4.27 km

3.29 km

881 m

305 m

Surfaces

17.1 km

16.1 km

5.43 km

1.06 km

779 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

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Comments

August 20, 2023,Ludwig-Donau-Main-Kanal Schwarzach Runde

It started at the Brück Canal, then it went along the Ludwig Donau Main Canal. Then back in the Schwarzachtal. Lots of nice, shady stretches, which was good given the hot summer temperatures. Up to Thann Castle, which is only open irregularly. Past the Petz'sches Schloss and a short detour into the Schwarzachklamm. I didn't want to disturb the hikers …

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April 13, 2024,König Ludwig-Kanal von Berg bis zur Schwarzachklamm und am Fluss Schwarzach retour

This was a combined cycling and hiking tour. We started in the town of Berg, north of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate. First we went along the King Ludwig Canal to the bridge canal over the Schwarzach and then on foot through the Schwarzach Gorge with its impressive rock formations. There are narrow passages and steps on the river bank …

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May 30, 2024,König Ludwig-Kanal von Berg bis zum Brückkanal und am Fluss Schwarzach retour

The tour started in the town of Berg, north of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate. Since most of the group set off by car at 6 a.m., the first snack after the first rain was at the Berger bathing jetty. First we went along the King Ludwig Canal in a northwesterly direction to the "Zum Ludwigskanal" inn, where we were …

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September 24, 2023,Bosch eBike Tour: Schwarzenbruck

Autumn shows its most beautiful side. I enjoy the tour today along the old canal and through the valleys of Gnadenberg, Ratsch, Prackenfels, Burgthann and Rummelsberg.

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