The Ludwig Canal (also Ludwig Danube Main Canal) was a 172.4 km long waterway between the Danube near Kelheim and the Main near Bamberg in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Richard

April 27, 2023

Beautiful old canal with a lot of history. Very nice to enjoy cycling.

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April 2, 2024

The Ludwig-Donau-Main Canal (also known as the Ludwig Canal or regionally “Old Canal”) was a 172.4 km long waterway between the Danube near Kelheim and the Main near Bamberg in the 19th and 20th centuries. More broadly, the canal, built between 1836 and 1846, was part of a navigable connection between the North Sea at Rotterdam and the Black Sea at Constanța. By crossing the main European watershed, the ambitious construction project took on a special status. 100 locks, some in the Altmühl and Regnitz rivers, managed a total height difference of 264 meters (80 m ascent from the Danube and 184 m descent to the Main). The successor to the canal, which was closed in 1950, is the Main-Danube Canal, which was built between 1960 and 1992.

Between Beilngries and Nuremberg, the Ludwig-Donau-Main Canal has largely been preserved in its historical scope and with some functions. In 2018 it was recognized by the Federal Chamber of Engineers as a historical landmark of civil engineering

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Elevation 350 m

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Take Me There

Location: Wendelstein, Roth, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

View of the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal and Lock Keeper's House

Locks and Bridges of the Old Ludwig Canal (Wendelstein–Nuremberg)

Alte Salzstraße in Röthenbach – View of St. Wolfgang Church

Cycle Path Nuremberg Langwasser – Sperberslohe

Wernloch Himmelsteiche

Old Bridge Over the Canal

Waldschänke Brückkanal

Bridge Over the Old Canal

Wernloch Pond and Rock Formations near Wendelstein

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal at Alte Salzstraße

1. Zollhaus Beer Garden – Bridge Over the Old Canal loop from Frankenstraße

2. Jägersee (Feucht) – Krugsweiher / Jägersee loop from Feucht

3. Gauchsbach Aqueduct – Old Feucht Country Road loop from Langwasser Nord

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