Heart route
| Heart route | |
|---|---|
| overall length | 726 km |
| location | Switzerland |
| map | |
| Starting point | Lake Geneva |
| Target point | Lake Constance |
| Places along the way | Lausanne VD - Romont - Laupen BE - Thun BE - Langnau - Burgdorf - Willisau LU - Zug - Einsiedeln SZ - Rapperswil SG - Wattwil SG - Herisau AR - Altstätten SG - Romanshorn TG |
| Flooring | mostly paved |
| Height difference | 12,000 meters in altitude |
| difficulty | heavy |
| Website URL | herzroute.ch |
The Herzroute is a regional cycle route in Switzerland . It currently leads in 13 stages from Geneva to Lake Constance . SwitzerlandMobility's red signposts bear the number 99.
In addition to the heart route, there are three circuits called heart loops.
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Heart route
The hilly route through the foothills of the Alps and the Central Plateau is varied, but challenging to drive on - it is therefore specially marketed for tourists with electric bicycles. It is 709 km long and has an altitude of 13,650 meters . The entire length of the Herzroute is well signposted as Route 99. The 13 stages marked so far are:
- Lausanne VD - Romont: 50 km / 1090 m
- Romont - Laupen: 63 km / 930 m
- Laupen BE - Thun: 64 km / 1100 m
- Thun BE - Langnau: 72 km / 1870 m
- Langnau - Burgdorf: 45 km / 900 m
- Burgdorf - Willisau: 63 km / 1230 m
- Willisau LU - train : 69 km / 660 m
- Zug ZG - Einsiedeln: 40 km / 1180 m
- Einsiedeln SZ - Rapperswil: 51 km / 750 m
- Rapperswil SG - Wattwil: 55 km / 1040 m
- Wattwil SG - Herisau: 55 km / 1000 m
- Herisau AR - Altstätten: 43 km / 880 m
- Altstätten SG - Rorschach SG : 39 km / 1020 m
After the opening of the first section between Lützelflüh and Willisau in 2003, further stages were added via Burgdorf, Langnau, Thun and Laupen with a total of 240 kilometers of bike trails. In autumn 2014, the stages to Zug were expanded. By spring 2015, the previous 7 stages were extended by 6 towards the east. The Herzroute now runs through the whole of Switzerland from Lake Geneva to Lake Constance .
Heart loops
From 2016, several heart loops were attached to the main route:
2016 Seetal Eschenbach-Lenzburg-Eschenbach (route no.599 / 114 km / 1930 meters in altitude)
2018 Napf Willisau-Langnau-Entlebuch-Willisau (route no.399 / 156 km / 4250 meters in altitude)
2019 Sense Laupen-Laupen (route no.299 / 72 km / 1500 meters in altitude).
Velowegkirchen
As a partner, the Herzroute supports the " Velowegkirchen " (German cycle path churches) project. In 2014, the Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn took up the idea of cycle path churches from Germany and chose the word "Velowegkirche" in accordance with Swiss usage. As a result, the first 16 Swiss churches were awarded the label in August 2015. They are all on the heart route.
Web links
- Homepage Herzroute with stage descriptions
- Stage descriptions of the Herzroute Detailed descriptions from schweizmobil-veloland
- Detailed maps for the Herzroute Maps from schweizmobil
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Herzroute on Veloland.ch
- ↑ You only cycle properly with the heart (PDF; 451 kB) by Paul Dominik Hasler, point in time 97
- ↑ The Velo-Herzroute with three new stages derbund.ch, April 23, 2010
- ↑ Is the new Herzschlaufe Seetal heart route exhausting? , on schweizerkulturundfreizeit.wordpress.com, April 28, 2019
- ↑ New e-bike route around the Swiss mountain Napf New e-bike route around the Swiss mountain Napf, April 28, 2019 , on wr.de, April 28, 2019
- ↑ A heart for the Sensler , on bernerzeitung.ch, April 28, 2019
- ↑ Laura Fehlmann: A bike ride with a direct line to God. Berner Zeitung , August 16, 2014, accessed on June 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Martin Spilker: Cycle on the Herzroute and discover churches. In: kath.ch. August 21, 2015, accessed June 17, 2016 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '59.7 " N , 7 ° 41' 27.6" E ; CH1903: 619189 / 207312