Hohenlohe marathon

The Hohenlohe Marathon (since 1999 ebm-papst Marathon ) is a marathon that has been taking place in Niedernhall since 1993 in September and is organized by ebm-papst and the Hohenlohekreis Police Sports Club. The program also includes the disciplines half marathon, duo marathon (15 + 27 km), hand bike, inline run, 10 km run, mini 10 (1000 m), Bambini marathon (420 m), mini marathon ( 4.2 km), mini half marathon (2.1 km) and Nordic walking (7 + 12 km).

ebm-papst marathon
venue	Niedernhall, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany Germany
First run	1993
track record	Men: 2:23:55 h, 2001 Samwel Okemwa (KEN)
track record	Women: 3:00:57 h, 2009 Dorothea Frey (GER)

Website	Official website

route

After a city tour through Niedernhall, the route runs upstream from the Kocher through Ingelfingen to the crossing of the Kochertalstrasse just before the B19 intersection. Then it goes through the Deubachtal high up into the panoramic vineyards, past the Lichteneck ruins. After a slight up and down, it goes past the Ingelfinger Fass and Criesbach to Niedernhall. It continues through the vineyards to Weißbach and there over the vineyards above Neuwülfingen and then downstream to Forchtenberg. Above the Kochertalstraße it goes to Ernsbach and on the bike path back to Forchtenberg. In Forchtenberg, the route leads through the old town and then on the bike path to Weißbach and on towards Niedernhall. Shortly before Niedernhall, another loop is run towards Weißbach and then to the finish in Niedernhall. The StVO applies to the whole route! The route is a road race approved and tested by the WLV / DLV. The time measurement is done by ChampionChip .

The half marathon goes from Niedernhall through the city on the specially closed country road to Weißbach and on towards Forchtenberg. There the half marathon runners meet the marathon runners and run the loop via Forchtenberg towards Ernsbach and back to Forchtenberg towards Weißbach. Before Niedernhall they do not have to run the additional loop like the marathon runners, but can run straight to the finish line after Niedernhall.

The 10 km route runs like that of the half marathon, with the turning point after approx. 5 km between Weißbach and Forchtenberg and the runners then running back towards Weißbach, where the last 4 km to the final route of the marathon and half marathon to meet.

Some strange incidents so far have resulted from runners not noticing the turning points. In 1999 this happened to the two Kenyans Joshua Killy and Isaac Chemobwo on the 10 km route. Despite a detour of 4 km, they still came in 5th and 6th. The same mishap happened to their compatriot Samwel Okemwa in 2001, who originally wanted to tackle the half marathon route. Okemwa decided to run through and won the full distance with a course record.

statistics

Number of finishers

year	marathon	half marathon
year	total	total
2015	205	882
2014	133	925
2013	143	1036
2012	139	1087
2011	152	1098
2010	156	1155
2009	198	1124
2008	198	1186
2007	179	982
2006	154	978
2005	231	1418
2004	251	1163
2003	277	905
2002	213	903
2001	164	483

track record

marathon

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
Men	2001	Samwel Okemwa (KEN)	2:23:55
Women	2009	Dorothea Frey (GER)	3:00:57

half marathon

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
Men	2004	Martin Beckmann (GER)	1:06:53
Women	2000	Judy Kiplimo (KEN)	1:12:40

Duo marathon

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
duo	2012	Kay-Uwe Müller (GER) Werner Fröschke (GER)	2:35:56

Hand bike

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
40 km	2015	Torsten Purschke (GER)	0:58:16
42 km	2010	Vico Merklein (GER)	1:09:07

Inline run

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
Men	2015	Marcel Eschbach (GER)	0:37:23
Women	2015	Claudia Maria Henneken (GER)	0:38:36

10 km run

	year	Record holder	Time (hours)
Men	2012	Jan Fitschen (GER)	0:30:29
Women	2012	Theresa Klett (GER)	0:37:47

Winners lists