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Knielinger Lake – Boat landing at Knielinger Lake loop from Knielingen

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Knielinger Lake – Boat landing at Knielinger Lake loop from Knielingen

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Knielinger Lake – Boat landing at Knielinger Lake loop from Knielingen

02:22

9.28km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 1, 2026

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Altrhein Maxau

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1.35 km

Federbach at Knielinger See

Highlight • River

The Federbach was bypassed at the Knielinger See some time ago in order to relieve the lake of excessive nutrient input. The Knielinger See is fed directly with (nutrient-poor) Rhine water. The tributary is in the port of Karlsruhe. The outflow of the lake flows into the Federbach here.

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1.61 km

Knielinger Lake

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The Knielinger See is located in the area of the old Rhine River. For gravel extraction, the area was used from the late 1950s as a gravel pit. At the end of the 1980s gravel extraction was discontinued and today the lake is under nature protection.

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2.70 km

Embankment Terraces on the Rhine at Hofgut Maxau

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In 2012, a six-level viewing terrace with a view of the Rhine was built here. In addition, six smaller seating platforms were built on the dam terraces.
See also:
ka-news.de/region/karlsruhe/raus-an-den-rhein-dammterrassen-und-spielplatz-beim-hofgut-maxau-eroeffnet-art-867168

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2.73 km

Hofgut Maxau — playground, farm shop and cafe

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The farm is 172 hectares in size and borders the Rhine. It has been farmed for over 170 years. Today also to preserve the now protected cultural landscape.
On the western side of the farm is the Hofgut Maxau guest house.
A large playground, a farm shop, orchards, a museum, pastures with open-air cattle and a grandstand on the dam with a view of the Rhine and the Rhine bridges - so there is plenty of variety.
Further information, such as opening times etc. here: hofgutmaxau.de
The parking lot is always too small. But you can easily reach the farm via the "Maxau" stop on the S-Bahn.
The Knielinger See (largely a nature reserve) is located directly behind the farm. I can recommend walking around the lake with a detour to the Rhine harbor. Or you can walk along the Rhine to the Rhine harbor past the Tulla monument.

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3.35 km

View of the Rhine at the Maxau Bridge

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From the dike directly on the Rhine, there is a magnificent view from the harbor entrance of the Karlsruhe Rhine harbor to the Rhine bridge in Maxau, which connects Karlsruhe and Wörth.

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4.87 km

Boat landing at Knielinger Lake

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The Knielinger lake is up to 21 meters deep in some places (between three and seven meters on average). It is the home lake of the Karlsruhe fishing club and formerly "Margravial waters". The lake measures two kilometers at its longest point and is almost 800 meters wide.
From the shore, the view goes over the partly older barges to the Rhine bridge near Karlsruhe-Knielingen, which you can clearly see between the trees from some places. The place is suitable for rest, watching streams and fish. Children can throw stones. A building for the fish farm of the Anglerverein Karlsruhe e.V. (anglerverein-karlsruhe.de) is on the side of the road.
A few years ago, the lake threatened to tip over due to a lack of oxygen. An inlet was built from the Rhine harbor basin. As a result, the water flows and sufficient oxygen comes into the lake. Flora and fauna are alive again today.
Technical:
The Knielinger See is designed as a gravel quarry lake. The rest of an arm of the old Rhine in the northern part of the lake has been protected under the title "Altrhein Maxau" since 1980 and the large quarry pond in the south since 1989 as part of the "Burgau" nature reserve. The lake borders the Rheinpark with the Hofgut Maxau on its eastern side. The Knielinger See is supplied with fresh water from the Rhine port. The water flows into the Alb via the Willichgraben.

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5.29 km

View of the Federbach and the Rheinhafen power plant

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The Federbach no longer flows into the Knielinger See, but is routed around the lake in its own ditch. The reason:
The Knielinger See was supplied with too many nutrients by the Federbach and penetrating groundwater and threatened to tip over in hot and long summers (massive growth of algae ...). The lake was therefore rehabilitated from January 2013 to February 2016. In order to increase the oxygen content, an inlet structure was built and connected to the southern part of the lake via a canal. This means that nutrient-poor and oxygen-rich Rhine water gets into the lake.
Anyone who crosses the bridge over the Federbach has a view of beautiful, lively nature. However, the industrial chimneys of the Rhine port flash through between the trees and bushes. Nature and industry at a glance.

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5.38 km

Information Board at Altrhein Maxau and Burgau Nature Reserves

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The Altrhein Maxau nature reserve is a nature reserve in the west of Karlsruhe in the area of the Altrhein. It is surrounded by the younger Burgau nature and landscape conservation area.

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9.28 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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6.28 km

1.60 km

963 m

419 m

Surfaces

3.54 km

2.54 km

2.05 km

1.13 km

< 100 m

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Thursday 16 July

28°C

18°C

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April 2, 2026,Guten Morgen Knielingen 🌞🌅

Große Knielingen-Runde: Rhine promenade, Knielinger See with Federbach, NSG Burgau, old Knielingen village center and Alb. Very nice 🤩

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November 18, 2021,Knielinger See - Alb - Holzbierebuckel - NSG Burgau

A quick lap in November gray. The harvested fields look a bit sad now, the crows like it. Many birds gather under the trees and there is still something going on on the water, herons, swans and ducks.
Today we saw the wood beer hump for the first time. A hill that was created in the 1970s from the excavation …

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Knielinger Lake – Boat landing at Knielinger Lake loop from Knielingen

Federbach at Knielinger See

Knielinger Lake

Embankment Terraces on the Rhine at Hofgut Maxau

Hofgut Maxau — playground, farm shop and cafe

View of the Rhine at the Maxau Bridge

Boat landing at Knielinger Lake

View of the Federbach and the Rheinhafen power plant

Information Board at Altrhein Maxau and Burgau Nature Reserves

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