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Main-Danube Canal

Main-Danube Canal

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Main-Danube Canal

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Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Auf den Spuren König Ludwigs I.

25.7km

02:12

90m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Canal Cycle Path – Main-Danube Canal Scenic Path loop from Hohe Marter

34.2km

02:25

110m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Rednitz River at Katzwang – Canal Cycle Path loop from Schwabach-Limbach

32.9km

02:14

170m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Thorsten | Laufend-Glücklich Blog

April 2, 2020

The canal looks calm, enchanting and calm. On flat paths, always following the water, with countless opportunities to cut into the hinterland.

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Rombea

August 6, 2020

Very nice to drive paths on both banks of the canal. The Main-Danube Canal (MDK) itself is an approximately 171-kilometer-long federal waterway that connects the Main near Bamberg with the Danube near Kelheim. The MDK was built between 1960 and 1992. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-Donau-Kanal

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August 16, 2024

The canal was built between 1960 and 1992. It created a continuous large shipping route (called the European Canal) between the North Sea near Rotterdam and the Black Sea near Constanța (Romania), which runs over the Rhine, Main and Danube. This is why the canal is also known as the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (RMD Canal). At the time of planning and construction, the name Rhine-Main-Danube large shipping route was also common.[4] Regionally, it is often simply called the New Canal to distinguish it from its predecessor, the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal. The 17-kilometer-long summit section, which crosses the Franconian Alb low mountain range as the European main watershed Rhine-Danube, is the highest point of the European waterway network at 406 m above sea level.

The RMD Canal is steadily losing importance as a freight transport route (especially for container transport), but it is increasingly becoming an attraction for tourists and river cruises.[5][6] Together with the Franconian Lake District, the canal channel is also part of the Danube-Main transfer, which supplies the Regnitz and Main system, which is threatened by temporary drought, with water from the Danube and Altmühl.

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Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Main-Danube Canal

1. Auf den Spuren König Ludwigs I.

2. Canal Cycle Path – Main-Danube Canal Scenic Path loop from Hohe Marter

3. Rednitz River at Katzwang – Canal Cycle Path loop from Schwabach-Limbach

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