Aller bike path

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Aller cycle path
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overall length 328 km
location Lower SaxonyLower Saxony Lower Saxony Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-AnhaltSaxony-Anhalt 
Starting point Verden (Aller)
52 ° 55 ′ 12 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 44.4 ″  E
Target point Eggenstedt
52 ° 6 '4.7 "  N , 11 ° 14" 1.3 "  E
Places along the way Verden (Aller) , Rethem (Aller) , Ahlden (Aller) , Schwarmstedt , Wietze , Winsen (Aller) , Celle , Gifhorn , Wolfsburg , Oebisfelde , Haldensleben , Magdeburg
Flooring partly asphalted, partly water-bound surface
difficulty light
Traffic volume low
Connection to Weserradweg ,
Elberadweg
Website URL allerradweg.de

The Aller cycle path is a 328 kilometer long long -distance cycle path along the Aller through Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt .

course

The Aller-Radweg (ARW) begins at the confluence of the Aller in the Weser near Verden (Aller) , where there is a connection to the Weserradweg . It ends at the Aller Quellen in Seehausen in the Börde district after 248.5 km. It mostly follows the course of the river at a distance of a few hundred meters or a few kilometers, as there are only a few places where paths run directly along the river. More than half of the route is on asphalt. In Lower Saxony the cycle path is completely and uniformly signposted, after which it is not yet completely signposted.

West of Seggerde branches at 200.5 km of the all-same-cycle path (the ESR) from that after 100 km on the waterway Magdeburg (near Hohenwarthe ) ends and the connection to Elberadweg manufactures. In Eggenstedt the Aller-Harz-Radweg branches off at km 242, which ends after 60 km near Rödershof and represents the connection to the Harzvorlandweg.

Landscape and landmarks

The entire cycle path runs in the flat country. In Saxony-Anhalt, the route begins in Magdeburg on the Romanesque Road . Among other things, the Magdeburg Cathedral is located here . The path touches or crosses the Magdeburg Börde and crosses the state border with Lower Saxony at Helmstedt with the former Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing , today a memorial to the division of Germany. After the Drömling nature park , the cycle path in Wolfsburg passes the Volkswagen factory , the Phaeno and the Autostadt . In Gifhorn you can visit the International Wind and Watermill Museum and Gifhorn Castle . In Celle , the old town with over 500 half-timbered houses and the Celle Castle are worth seeing. As far as the Verden area, the Aller and the Leine form the scenic Aller-Leine Valley , not far from the Lüneburg Heath . There are other castles in Bothmer and Ahlden, such as Ahlden Castle . Added to this is the Serengeti Park Hodenhagen, the oil museum in Wietze and many small charming villages and towns, such as Rethem (Aller) . In the Verden area, you can reach the Middle Weser region , which is known for growing asparagus . Verden itself is the location of the German Horse Museum . It also has a charming city center with the Verden Cathedral .

Transport links

The Aller cycle path is crossed by several railway lines that allow good access to the cycle path in Magdeburg , Wolfsburg , Gifhorn , Celle , Schwarmstedt , Hodenhagen and Verden (Aller) . The starting point in Magdeburg is easily accessible by motor vehicle via the BAB 2 . The Verden end point has a junction with the BAB 27 and is on the B 215 .

See also

List of long-distance cycle routes in Germany

literature

  • Cycling map - Leporello Aller-Radweg with Aller-Elbe-Radweg, 1: 50,000, Publicpress-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89920-207-6 .
  • bikeline Radtourenbuch Aller-Radweg, 1: 75.000, Verlag Esterbauer, local maps, ÜVZ, ISBN 978-3-85000-236-3 .

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