Kaiser route

This article deals with the Kaiser-Route long-distance cycle path. For the Kaiser route of the European Route Historic Theaters, see European Route Historic Theaters .

Kaiser route
overall length	480 km
location	NRW , Germany
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Course of the route
Starting point	Aachen
Target point	Paderborn
Places along the way	Aachen , Eschweiler , Langerwehe , Düren , Vettweiß , Nörvenich , Hochkirchen , Erftstadt , Kerpen , Bergheim , Bedburg , Rommerskirchen , Dormagen , Monheim , Langenfeld (Rhineland) , Hilden , Neanderthal , Gruiten , Schöller , Wülfrath , Neviges , Langenberg , Essen-Werden , Hattingen , Witten , Wetter , Hagen-Vorhalle , Schwerte-Westhofen , Holzwickede , Fröndenberg , Wickede , Ense , Möhnesee , Rüthen , Büren , Salzkotten , Paderborn
difficulty	medium
Traffic volume	differently
Connection to	Erft cycle path , Paderborn country route , Almer cycle path
Website URL	wasserburgen.de/kaiserroute

The Kaiser Route was a 480 kilometer long long-distance cycle path through North Rhine-Westphalia from Aachen to Paderborn .

description

The Kaiser Route was named after Emperor Charlemagne , who resided in Aachen. The route was based on the presumed route that Charlemagne's army took in 775 on its way to the Saxon territory .

The route did not run exclusively on separate bike paths, but partly on busy main roads and was in parts quite steep. It was signposted with hexagonal white plaques that show a stylized crown in green, the inscriptions "Kaiser-Route" and "Aachen-Paderborn" and a stylized bicycle. It was opened in 1994 on the occasion of the State Garden Show in Paderborn. It has not been in operation since 2014 and most of the signs have been removed.

Picture gallery

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  Ruhr near Hattingen

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  Ruhr in the evening in Essen-Steele

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  End marking of the route below the Paderborn Cathedral.

See also

• List of sights in the Ruhr valley
• List of long-distance cycle routes in Germany

literature

• Matthias Wemhoff: Kaiser Route. In the footsteps of Emperor Charlemagne from Aachen to Paderborn , BVA, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-87073-129-X
• Cycle route map Kaiser-Route, 1: 50,000, Publicpress-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89920-248-9

Web links

Commons : Kaiser Route  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Kaiser Route  - Travel Guide

• Website with overview map, information, further links
• BicycleRoutes & Tours: Kaiser route , with map, GPS download, elevation profile, sights and accommodation

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Iserlohn - An interim balance sheet, at www.agfs-nrw.de, accessed on June 9, 2018
2. ↑ Cycling , at www.hattingen.de, accessed on June 9, 2018

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