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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Darkman

April 4, 2024

Very nice and well-developed bike/hiking path.

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Rolli

April 18, 2024

A great tour along the canal and its locks

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Franzl

August 30, 2021

A great bike path always along the canal ...

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Gerhard

May 18, 2025

What was transported slowly and leisurely back then

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Joachim

August 9, 2024

The recommended cycle route along the Ludwigskanal is approximately 54 km. It begins from the Danube near the Main-Danube Canal at Wegscheid and ends at the Worzeldorf canal port.

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

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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

Wernloch Himmelsteiche

Old Bridge Over the Canal

Waldschänke Brückkanal

Bridge Over the Old Canal

Wernloch Pond and Rock Formations near Wendelstein

Jägersee

Lock 49 and Lock Keeper's House, Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal at Alte Salzstraße

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

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