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Loquitz Viaduct

Loquitz Viaduct

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Loquitz Viaduct

Recommended by 88 mountain bikers out of 93

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Location: Ludwigsstadt, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Webersloch Quarry Lake – Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry loop from Lehesten

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480m

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2. Loquitz Viaduct – The Red Tower loop from Alexanderhütte

36.2km

02:45

600m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Loquitz Viaduct – Altvaterturm loop from Ludwigsstadt

27.4km

02:10

480m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jens Stärker

October 21, 2018

old bridge of the former railway line Ludwigsstadt-Lehesten. The distance
was shut down due to the internal German border demarcation, dismantled and partially blown up, but parts of the route can still be committed and driven.

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Swen

June 20, 2019

On the border between Bavaria and Thuringia (formerly Sachsen-Meiningen) crossed the route, which was opened in 1885, the river Loquitz and made the construction of a railway bridge necessary. The Loquitz Viaduct is probably the only arch bridge made of diabase and slate worldwide. The building material of the bridge came from the ducal break to Lehesten (now Schieferpark Lehesten) and the nearby Krummholzhammer. In 1935, the bridge was a parapet made of concrete.

In 1952, the on the Thuringian side (then GDR) lying area of the railway line was rebuilt. Part of the former route is now used as a hiking trail "Schieferpfad - In the footsteps of the blue gold".

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Benny (📍OFR )

September 7, 2021

Old bridge / route on
Old border strip

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Location: Ludwigsstadt, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Loquitz Viaduct

1. Webersloch Quarry Lake – Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry loop from Lehesten

2. Loquitz Viaduct – The Red Tower loop from Alexanderhütte

3. Loquitz Viaduct – Altvaterturm loop from Ludwigsstadt

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