Salier cycle path

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Salier cycle path
Logo Salier cycle path
overall length 140 km
location Rhineland-Palatinate
Starting point Bad Dürkheim
49 ° 27 ′ 34 ″  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 5 ″  E
Target point Worms
49 ° 37 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 39 ″  E
Flooring mostly asphalted, few paths with water-bound surface
Height difference 99 m up / 71 m down
difficulty light
Traffic volume Forest and farm roads, one third runs along z. T. busy country roads
Connection to Hiwwel route , cycle path German Wine Route , Rheinradweg , herb-and-beet bike path , Barbarossa bike path
Salier cycle path
Logo: Logo Salier-Radweg.svg
Length (km): 120
State: Rhineland-Palatinate
Region: Vorderpfalz and Rheinhessen
Course direction: Southeast – northwest – northeast and back
Endpoints: Speyer | Bad Dürkheim | Worms
Altitude (m): 95 | 132 | 86

The Salier cycle path is a cycle path that was opened in 2007 and serves tourism in the Palatinate and in Rheinhessen . Marked with a stylized crown , it connects historical sites of the Salian ruling family in the southeast of what is now the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It leads - mostly away from the main traffic - from Speyer via Bad Dürkheim and Frankenthal to Worms and includes the previous Kaiser-Konrad cycle path as a section .

history

The Salians were a Frankish noble family in the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th to 12th centuries. Konrad II became king of the East Franconian-German Empire in 1024 and the first emperor of the Salian family in 1027. The best-known representative is his grandson Heinrich IV , whose trip to Canossa (1077) has become proverbial for a petition. Heinrich V , the last Salian king, ruled until 1125.

The Salians and other Franconian aristocratic families such as the Leininger , who were Salian followers , are responsible for the construction of many Romanesque sacred and fortified buildings in southwest Germany. A representative selection - along with other cultural monuments from other style epochs - can be viewed on the Salier cycle path.

Course and sights

The 120 km long Salier cycle path has roughly the shape of an eight on the map, the two loops of which meet in the Birkenheide - Maxdorf - Lambsheim area . The southern circuit is identical to the Kaiser-Konrad-Radweg, which has existed since 2003 and only runs in the Vorderpfalz ; the northern circuit was newly created in 2007 and extends into southern Rheinhessen. The combined cycle path was opened on June 15, 2007.

The cycle path can be completed as a whole, but it is also possible to cycle just one of the two large sections or smaller stages.

Section 1

(old southern circuit, Kaiser-Konrad-Radweg, length 65.5 km)

Section 2

(new northern circuit, length 54.4 km)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Salier-Radweg on www.pfalz.de, accessed on June 29, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Salier Cycle Path - Kaiser Konrad Cycle Path at www.bad-duerkheim.com, accessed on June 29, 2018
  3. ↑ Salierradweg ( Memento of 14 October 2007 at the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 30.9 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 58 ″  E