Main cycle path

Main cycle path
overall length	approx. 600 km
location	Bavaria Hesse Rhineland-Palatinate; ;
map
	Overview map with distance information
Starting point	Creußen ( Bf ) or Bischofsgrün
Target point	Mainz ( Bf )
Places along the way	Kulmbach ( Bf ), Bayreuth ( Bf ), Mainleus ( Bf ), Altenkunstadt , Burgkunstadt ( Bf ), Marktzeuln , Lichtenfels ( Bf ), Bad Staffelstein ( Bf ), Ebensfeld ( Bf ), Zapfendorf ( Bf ), Breitengüßbach ( Bf ), Kemmern , Hallstadt ( Bf ), Bamberg ( Bf), Eltmann ( Bf ), Zeil am Main ( Bf ), Haßfurt ( Bf ), Schweinfurt ( Bf ), Grafenrheinfeld , Volkach , Dettelbach ( Bf ), Kitzingen ( Bf ), Ochsenfurt ( Bf ), Eibelstadt ( Bf ), Randersacker , Würzburg ( Bf ), Zell am Main , Veitshöchheim ( Bf ), Zellingen ( Bf ), Karlstadt ( Bf ), Gemünden am Main ( Bf ), Lohr am Main ( Bf ), Marktheidenfeld , Wertheim ( Bf ), Stadtprozelten ( Bf ), Freudenberg am Main ( Bf ), Miltenberg am Main ( Bf ), Großheubach , Klingenberg am Main ( Bf ), Obernburg am Main , Kleinwallstadt ( Bf ), Niedernberg , Aschaffenburg ( Bf ), Stockstadt am Main ( Bf ), Seligenstadt ( Bf ) , Hainburg ( Bf ), Hanau ( Bf ), Mühlheim am Main ( Bf ), Offenbach ( Bf ), Frankfurt am Main ( Bf ), Kelsterbach ( Bf ), Hattersheim , Flörsheim ( Bf ), Rüsselsheim am Main ( Bf ), Hochheim ( Bf )
Height difference	approx. 420 m to approx. 90 m / ; approx. 1790 m ascent / ; approx. 2290 m of descents Weißer Main plus 326 m / 443 m of red main
difficulty	Section Bad-Staffelstein - Mainz easy
Traffic volume	low
ADFC certification	no
Website URL	www.mainradweg.de

The Main-Radweg is a 600-kilometer long -distance cycle path in Bavaria and Hesse. It begins at the source of the White Main at Ochsenkopf near Bischofsgrün and at the source of the Red Main in Creußen . After about 50 km each, the two spring arms merge at Kulmbach to form the Main . The Main Cycle Route continues from there via Bamberg , Schweinfurt , Würzburg , Aschaffenburg , Hanau , Offenbach and Frankfurt to the Rhine in Mainz-Kastel , which is opposite the center of Mainz . The Main Cycle Path runs through the Franconian holiday areas of the Fichtel Mountains , Franconian Switzerland , Franconian Forest , Upper Maintal-Coburger Land, Steigerwald , Haßberge , Franconian Wine Country, Liebliches Taubertal, Spessart-Mainland and the Hessian Lower Main area.

Path quality

The General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) awarded the route five stars in 2008 as the first German long-distance cycle route. According to the ADFC, 90% of the cycle path lead through natural and scenic areas. Furthermore 90% is paved, and 77% of the route is wider than 2.50 meters. Only one side of the bank is signposted, although the banks of the Main are accessible by bike on both sides. Furthermore, there are numerous ADFC-awarded Bett + Bike businesses on the Main Cycle Path, which stand for the highest quality, as well as other bike-friendly hosts. The Main Cycle Path is also signposted uniformly along the entire route and indicates the distances to the next places.

Views of the Main cycle path
Information sign at a cycle path crossing in Miltenberg
The Main cycle path through an avenue of fruit trees near Mainklein
The Main cycle path near Freudenberg

Connection to other major bike paths

Rhine cycle path on the right bank of the Rhine between Mainz-Kostheim and Mainz-Kastel (districts of Wiesbaden), opposite the center of Mainz with a view of the cathedral
Hessian long-distance cycle route R3 between the mouth of the Main and Hanau, same or parallel course
Hessian long-distance cycle route R4 in Maintal (Rumpenheim – Bischofsheim ferry)
Hessischer Radfernweg R6 in Mainz Kostheim (Main Bridge), district of Wiesbaden
Hessian long-distance cycle route R8 in Frankfurt-Höchst (Mainbrücke)
German Limes cycle path between Großkrotzenburg and Miltenberg, same or parallel route
Kahltal-Spessart cycle path
Main-Tauber-Franconian wheel eight
Main-Werra cycle path
Taubertal cycle path
Wern cycle path
Saale cycle path

Awards

The Main Cycle Path was awarded five stars as a quality route in 2008 by the General German Bicycle Club ( ADFC ) as the first cycle path in Germany.

literature

bikeline bike tour book Main-Radweg , 1: 75,000. Esterbauer publishing house, Rodingersdorf 2000, ISBN 978-3-85000-023-9 .
BVA Kompaktspiralo Main-Radweg , 1: 75,000. Bielefelder Verlag, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-87073-498-5 .
Cycle route map Main Cycle Route 1 - Creußen / Ochsenkopf – Würzburg , 1: 50,000. Publicpress-Verlag, Geseke 2006, ISBN 978-3-89920-267-0 .
Cycle tour map Main Cycle Route 2 - Würzburg – Mainz , 1: 50,000. Publicpress-Verlag, Geseke 2007, ISBN 978-3-89920-319-6 .