The old canal has been abandoned and closed to the north through Nuremberg, which is why it suddenly appears out of nowhere in the Nuremberg garden city and starts its way towards Wendelstein. This immediacy is fascinating.

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Rombea

July 31, 2020

Cycling

Here is the beginning (or the end) of the remaining Ludwig Canal (also Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal), or "Old Canal". After that you can still see the former bed and locks are still there, but water no longer flows.

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Les Guilvinistes

October 11, 2020

Cycling

The Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal "begins" (or "ends") in the Nuremberg Garden City in the south of the Franconian metropolis;

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1. Auf den Spuren König Ludwigs I.

25.7km

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2. Rothsee – Rothsee South Shore loop from Hasenbuck

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200m

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3. Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Nürnberg-Steinbühl

31.3km

02:15

110m

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Elevation 320 m

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Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Start of the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Nürnberg-Gartenstadt)

1. Auf den Spuren König Ludwigs I.

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3. Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal – Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal loop from Nürnberg-Steinbühl

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