Kinzigtal totally
Kinzigtal total is a public cycling event that has been taking place every autumn since 1992 along the Kinzig between the Kinzig spring near Sterbfritz and Hanau and was founded with the aim of promoting cycling. The 80-kilometer route is also known as "Hesse's longest street festival". While the festival had 100,000 visitors in the 1990s, it is now 50,000–70,000.
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On the day of the event, the entire federal highway 40 between Hanau and Schlüchtern as well as the secondary roads to Sterbfritz will be closed to motor vehicle traffic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the evening. The motto is "Right of way for the bike".
On this day, Deutsche Bahn uses special trains from Hanau Hbf to Sterbfritz, which also stop in Langenselbold , Gelnhausen , Wächtersbach , Bad Soden-Salmünster , Steinau an der Straße and Schlüchtern along the way ; next to it, a bed dormitory will be set up in Sterbfritz. Numerous special events take place at the locations on the bike course; The German Red Cross and many cycling associations are also present along the route to feed cyclists and provide them with material or in the event of an accident.
In 2020, the event planned for September 13th had to be canceled due to the COVID19 pandemic.
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- ↑ 25 years "Kinzigtal total": Cyclist Sunday celebrates its anniversary - Offenbach-Post
- ↑ Enthusiasm unbroken - "Kinzigtal total" celebrated a small anniversary - Osthessen-News
- ↑ Good mood at "Kinzigtal total" - 30,000 at Hesse's largest street festival - Osthessen-News
- ↑ Kinzital totally canceled. In: fuldainfo.de. June 21, 2020, accessed June 23, 2020 .