Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Historic Old Town of Berching loop from Neumarkt (Oberpf)

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Historic Old Town of Berching loop from Neumarkt (Oberpf)

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Historic Old Town of Berching loop from Neumarkt (Oberpf)

03:39

52.3km

150m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 31.1 km for 60 m

After 31.4 km for 87 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.17 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Structure

Driving along the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with its exactly 100 locks is very impressive. And again and again the landscape changes its face. That's just great.

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10.3 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Canal no longer used from the imperial era with many old bridges and barriers. Beautiful route to Nuremberg.

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11.0 km

Lock on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Monument

The tour includes the best section of the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with the most locks.

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11.3 km

Lock 28 (Ludwig Canal)

Highlight • Monument

Like the other locks along the Old Canal, this lock is also nice to look at because it was a technical masterpiece for the time

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20.6 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Old Canal)

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Quiet place with a nice medieval flair. The water park is recommended for resting.

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21.0 km

Historic Old Town of Berching

Highlight • Historical Site

Berching was probably continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period. Market law has existed since 1245. Berching calls itself a “gem of the Middle Ages”. The well-preserved old town wall with …

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21.4 km

Beilngries Gate (Beilngrieser Tor), Berching

Highlight • Monument

Through here you go into the old town.

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31.2 km

Berching town wall

Highlight • Historical Site

In contrast to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Berching is not overcrowded. The place can be completely walked around.

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52.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.1 km

14.2 km

5.21 km

3.87 km

3.01 km

Surfaces

27.8 km

15.6 km

6.34 km

1.91 km

788 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

1°C

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Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

June 14, 2026,🔄 Beilngries - Neumarkt aufm Treidlweg und Kanal

Rose festival in Berching...
Service at the canal...
City festival in Neumarkt...
Quite nice if you go for that.. However, "cycling through" wasn't possible because of it 🙃

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May 6, 2024,Von Beilngries nach Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

High humidity, fog still hanging in the valley. But it's not raining. In Beilngries I do some shopping for the day and then I head straight to the Main-Danube Canal. Later I switch to the old, disused Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal.
I'm surprised by Berching, never heard of it before and it's really beautiful. I'll remember it.
A quiet, beautiful tour. I …

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September 21, 2025,Klinikum Neumarkt - Berching und zurück

Today we're taking the old Ludwig Canal to Berching, rather than the usual route from the Roth landing stage along the RMD Canal to Berching. The Ludwig Canal is very pleasant to navigate and highly recommended.

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May 29, 2023,Fahrradtour NM - Berching und zurück

Away mostly on the old canal, back on the paved bike path to Neumarkt

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September 6, 2023,Zur Kreuzlinde🌳bei Raitenbuch # 2

Today I did a repeat tour to a great tree: from Neumarkt via Berching to the Kreuzlinde and from there along the New and Old Canals back to Neumarkt.
The second visit to the Kreuzlinden tree near Raitenbuch was due because I had only seen it bare in April, due to the season. Today she presented herself in a green …

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