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View of the Main-Danube Canal at Katzwang

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View of the Main-Danube Canal at Katzwang

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View of the Main-Danube Canal at Katzwang

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    Best Road Cycling Rides to View of the Main-Danube Canal at Katzwang

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    1. Königshof Cycle Path – Canal Harbor Wendelstein loop from Lorenzkirche

    38.3km

    01:57

    200m

    200m

    Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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    2. Scenic Forest Sprint Route – View of Leerstetten Lock loop from Bauernfeindstraße

    59.2km

    02:45

    310m

    310m

    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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    3. Humboldtstraße Bicycle Street – Königshof Cycle Path loop from Aufseßplatz

    32.3km

    01:19

    180m

    180m

    Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    March 12, 2022

    Construction of the Main-Danube Canal began in June 1960. In the Duisburg Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Free State of Bavaria in 1966, financing and implementation were reorganized. The federal government held two thirds of the RMD-AG and the Free State of Bavaria held one third.[19] The route from the Main to Forchheim was completed in 1967, and the port of Erlangen was opened in 1970. In the presence of the Bavarian Prime Minister Alfons Goppel, the so-called northern route (Bamberg-Nuremberg) was inaugurated on September 23, 1972 with the Nuremberg state port (today Bayernhafen Nuremberg).

    Even before construction work began, a discussion arose about the future status of the waterway under international law. During the Cold War, critics feared an internationalization of the canal and “competition from red fleets” from the socialist states bordering the Danube. On behalf of the German Waterways and Shipping Association and the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, the legal scientist and international law expert Günther Jaenicke prepared a study published in 1973. This came to the conclusion that the Federal Republic of Germany was not obliged to internationalize the canal or to grant traffic rights to other states. Many of these fears were later put into perspective by the fall of the Iron Curtain and the development of the European Union

    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-Donau-Kanal

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      July 19, 2020

      Not always a suitable road bike. Best possible with gravel, trekking or mountain bikes. Possibly. simply switch to the side streets running parallel to the dam.

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        September 18, 2019

        The Main-Danube Canal is a 171 kilometer long federal waterway in Bavaria, which connects the Main at Bamberg with the Danube at Kelheim. The canal was built between 1960 and 1992.

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          June 28, 2020

          Maybe not so with the racing bike with narrow, slightly more sensitive tires. But with a gravel (racing) wheel a fine thing.

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            August 27, 2022

            The Main-Danube Canal is always an eye-catcher - especially when a ship is passing by.

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