Modau cycle route
Modau cycle route | |
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overall length | 56 km |
location | Hesse |
Starting point | Neunkirchen |
Target point | Stockstadt on the Rhine |
Places along the way | Brandau , Herchenrode , Ernsthofen , Modau , Ober-Ramstadt , Nieder-Ramstadt , Darmstadt-Eberstadt , Pfungstadt , Crumstadt |
Flooring | approx. 60% asphalt |
Height difference | 513 m |
difficulty | easy-medium |
Traffic volume | low |
Connection to | Hessischer Radfernweg R8 , Radweg Bergstrasse |
The Modau route is a 56 km long cycle path that leads from the source of the Modau near Neunkirchen in the Odenwald to its confluence with the Rhine near Stockstadt .
Characteristic
The route is almost exclusively on paved dirt roads or gravel roads and is therefore almost completely car-free. In some cases, there are also few to moderately traveled through-roads. The part between the source and Darmstadt-Eberstadt in the Odenwald is hilly with some inclines. The route between Darmstadt-Eberstadt and Stockstadt is flat. The path in the opposite direction leads from Brandau to the Modau source on a 3.5 km long, steep gravel path . This section is suitable for a mountain bike or touring bike with gearshift suitable for mountains .
Route description
The route begins at the source of the Modau on the northern slope of the Neunkircher Höhe . From the source the cycle path runs downhill through the forest to Brandau. From here the path leads through the Modau valley , partly directly along the Modau river. From Darmstadt-Eberstadt you leave the Odenwald and the route runs flat through the Hessian Ried . The Modau flows into the Old Rhine near Stockstadt . The cycle path ends here at Hofgut Guntershausen, where the information center of the largest nature reserve in Hesse, the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue , is located.
connections
Bike trails
In Darmstadt-Eberstadt the cycle path mountain road crosses from Darmstadt to Heidelberg .
The Hessian long-distance cycle route R8 from Heppenheim to Frankenberg (Eder) meets the Modau cycle route in Darmstadt-Eberstadt.
In Stockstadt am Rhein the Hessian long-distance cycle route R6 runs from Diemelstadt in the north of Hesse to Lampertheim .
train
There are rail connections in Darmstadt-Eberstadt to the Main-Neckar-Bahn , in Nieder- and Ober-Ramstadt to the Odenwaldbahn and in Stockstadt (Main) to the Mannheim – Frankfurt am Main railway .
Web links
- Modau cycle route - from the source to the mouth of the Odenwald Tourismus GmbH
- Relation to OpenStreetMap
- GPX