Kollmar Harbour Beach – Glückstadt Harbor loop from Glückstadt

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Kollmar Harbour Beach – Glückstadt Harbor loop from Glückstadt

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Kollmar Harbour Beach – Glückstadt Harbor loop from Glückstadt

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92.0km

70m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 64.3 km for 527 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 65.0 km for 527 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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27.8 km

Kollmar Harbour Beach

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Really nice experience: the small town, the beach and the small port on the Elbe.

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30.2 km

View of the Elbe in Kollmar

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The Elbe, a landmark for Hamburg and also for the Elbmarsch.

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38.0 km

Glückstadt Inner Harbor

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The food here is delicious. A small and beautiful place. At the right time of year you can also get fish from the boat.

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38.4 km

Glückstadt Harbor

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The outer harbor is basically independent of the tide and can be called at any water level and weather.

The inland port can be reached from the outer port through …

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64.9 km

Canal Ferry Brunsbüttel Lock (Ferry Terminal North)

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The Nord-Ostee-Kanal interrupts the roads in Brunsbüttel. Here the ferries come into play. No sooner are you on the ferry, barrier down, it starts really. This is almost like in …

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77.0 km

View of the River Elbe

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Small sandy beaches are hidden everywhere behind the shore fortifications

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77.4 km

Elbe Cycle Path at Brokdorf

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Very nice piece of the Elbe bike path. Also in the rain very photogenic :) But you have to note that there is no protection in the storm.

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85.2 km

View of the Störsperrwerk

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The barrier was built from 1971 to 1975 in the wake of the 1962 storm surge to protect against storm surges. A new muzzle was dug north of the old …

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92.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.1 km

15.5 km

14.6 km

9.00 km

2.70 km

1.05 km

207 m

Surfaces

74.3 km

8.80 km

7.48 km

1.08 km

368 m

111 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

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Comments

August 24, 2024,2. / von 6 Tagestouren von Hamburg bis Sylt. Von Elmshorn, Glückstadt, Brokdorf, Brunsbüttel.

From Elmshorn to Glückstadt is a beautiful tour through sparsely populated nature with beautifully landscaped reed-covered properties. The dikes are maintained by sheep farming. There are also places to stop for refreshments. The bike ride is very quick and easy as there are no mountains. Brokdorf, which was closed in 2011, can be seen from afar. Unfortunately, the church in …

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July 11, 2022,Rund üm dat schöönste Bundsland söven (7. Etappe)Deelstreck.

Today the 7th stage along the beautiful Elbe behind which, as Konrad Adenauer joked, the "Asian steppe" begins. And then further along the Wilder Marsch to Brunsbüttel with the aim of Sankt Michaelisdonn in the "cabbage land" Dithmarschen, the largest contiguous cabbage-growing area (3100 ha) in Germany.

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