Odenwald-Madonnen-Weg

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Odenwald-Madonnen cycle path
overall length 174 km
location Baden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
Starting point Tauberbischofsheim
49 ° 37 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 46 ″  E
Target point Speyer
49 ° 19 ′ 2 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 3 ″  E
Flooring Mostly paved,
partly unpaved forest paths
Height difference Ascent 579 m, descent 654 m
difficulty medium
Traffic volume low
ADFC certification 3 out of 5 stars
Website URL http://www.odenwald-madonnen-radweg.de
Route
   
 0.0 Tauberbischofsheim , connection
   
  Taubertal Cycle Path , Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal
   
 10.0 Hardheim
   
 Walldürn
   
 Book
   
 45.0 Mudau
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Main route - west route
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Mosbach - Waldbrunn
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Limbach
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Main route - west route
   
 Zwingenberg
   
 Eberbach
   
 Hirschhorn , connection to the Neckar Valley cycle path
   
 Heidelberg , connection
   
  Heidelberg-Black Forest-Lake Constance cycle path
   
 Speyer , connection to the Rhine cycle path

The Odenwald-Madonnen-Weg is a 135–174 km long cycle path through the Odenwald, the Neckar Valley and the Rhine Plain. The path got its name because of its course through the " Madonnenländchen " with the pilgrimage site Walldürn . The Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park and the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park are also on his route .

The Odenwald-Madonnen-Weg has been awarded three stars by the ADFC .

Route

Profile and characteristics

Sign for the Odenwald-Madonnen-Weg in Tauberbischofsheim

The first part of the cycle path leads from Tauberbischofsheim over the Brehmbachtal cycle path to Königheim, before the long-distance cycle path to Zwingenberg runs through the steeply steep Odenwald in an alternating ascent and descent. The second section along the Neckar Valley and the Rhine Plain is almost entirely flat. The cycle path begins in Tauberbischofsheim and leads past numerous churches and chapels via Königheim , Hardheim and Höpfingen to the Catholic pilgrimage site of Walldürn . has arrived. From Mudau -Lagenelz two variants are available. The shorter - but steep - west route via Waldbrunn or the slightly longer east route via the former Neckar-Odenwald hiking railway to Mosbach . Both routes meet again in Zwingenberg. The university town of Heidelberg can be reached along the Neckar via Eberbach and Hirschhorn . holds the epitome of romance. There is a section of busy road out of town, before you continue on quiet forest paths in Schwetzingen city forest towards the final destination Speyer .

connections

The journey can be continued on a bicycle in both directions. From Tauberbischofsheim over the Taubertal cycle path or the Main-Tauber-Franconian cycle eight and from Speyer over the Rhine cycle path . In Tauberbischofsheim there is also a connection to the Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal .

There are other points of contact along the route: in Hirschhorn to the Neckar Valley Cycle Path and in Heidelberg to the Heidelberg-Black Forest-Lake Constance Cycle Path .

literature

  • Long-distance cycle routes in Baden-Württemberg . Bruckmann-Verlag GmbH, Munich, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7654-5567-4 , p. 132

Web links

Commons : Odenwald-Madonnen-Weg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Odenwald-Madonnen-Radweg , on radfahren-bw.de, accessed on April 5, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Information on the Odenwald-Madonnen-Radweg , on www.tg-odenwald.de, accessed on March 26, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c www.adfc-tourenportal , accessed on February 17, 2020
  4. ↑ Wanderbahn: Mudau - Mosbach on bahntrassenradeln.de Retrieved on May 1, 2016