The Elsava Valley Railway used to steam here.

The track bed of the Elsava Valley Railway ran along the route of this cycle path from 1910 to 1979. It ran from Elsenfeld to Heimbuchenthal. Once celebrated as a feeder to progress, as a connection to modern life, the first setbacks came at the end of the 1950s due to changes in driving and transport options. Things then went steeply downhill in the 1960s. Passenger traffic was stopped in 1968 and freight traffic in 1979.

This beautiful cycle path was opened in 1992.

Source: Information board at the location

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August 6, 2024

The Elsava memorial stone

This memorial stone contains the inscription: 1884 - 1909. Originally there were two such stones. These were intended to commemorate the relocation of the Elsava, which had to be relocated to its current location over a length of around 120 m due to the construction of the Spessart Railway (opening on January 9, 1910) and a new bridge had to be built in order to create the necessary space for the railway embankment. Völker, the then wealthy and influential mill owner in Schippach, was not prepared to give up any land for the construction of the railway. The Spessart Railway's passenger train service was discontinued in 1968 and freight train service in 1978. The railway tracks were dismantled in the following years. Today's cycle path to Eschau runs exactly on this former railway line.

Source: Information board at the site

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September 9, 2025

...right next to the Schalkhaus - nice pub with chill-out area on the Elsava

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Location: Elsenfeld, Miltenberg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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