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

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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: September 26, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Burgau

Altrhein Maxau

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.35 km

Federbach at Knielinger See

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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 …

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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 …

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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.
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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

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

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Saturday 10 October

16°C

8°C

35 %

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Comments

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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