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Canal du Rhône au Rhin

Canal du Rhône au Rhin

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Location: Friesenheim, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France

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1. Canal Path Near Bahlingen – Colmar Canal loop from Strasbourg

144km

08:07

160m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Rhinau–Kappel Ferry – Taubergießen Floodplain loop from Königschaffhausen

63.5km

03:38

100m

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

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3. Rhinau–Kappel Ferry – Taubergießen Nature Reserve loop from Orschweier

69.4km

04:13

90m

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

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La Tabatière du Rhin

February 14, 2024

History of the Rhône-Rhine Canal (French version):

of the Rhône-Rhein-Kanal von „Notre Dame de Neunkirch“ (Deutsche version):

The Rhône-Rhine canal is a French canal which connects the Saône, a navigable tributary of the Rhône, to the Rhine. It is designed as a necessary link to connect the maritime ports of northern Europe with those of the Mediterranean by creating a river link Rotterdam-Marseille via Germany.

You are on the northern branch of the canal, built around 1830. This portion of the canal doubled the Rhine and linked the ports of Mulhouse to those of Strasbourg (the northern end of the canal does not flow directly into the Rhine, but into the Ill which surrounds part of Strasbourg and which no longer communicates directly with the Rhine). Here, the canal was decommissioned in the 1960s following the construction of the Grand Canal d'Alsace and the Kembs-Niffer lock.

The banks of the canal were paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to make it easy to connect the European capital and Colmar by bike.

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Peter

May 19, 2024

Great scenery - very relaxing - would go back anytime

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Janniend

August 6, 2025

Very nice cycle path along the Rhine-Rhône Canal.

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Location: Friesenheim, Schlettstadt-Erstein, Alsace, France

Canal du Rhône au Rhin

1. Canal Path Near Bahlingen – Colmar Canal loop from Strasbourg

2. Rhinau–Kappel Ferry – Taubergießen Floodplain loop from Königschaffhausen

3. Rhinau–Kappel Ferry – Taubergießen Nature Reserve loop from Orschweier

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