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North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Strategic Railway Embankment – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

Bike touring routes & trails

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Strategic Railway Embankment – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

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Strategic Railway Embankment – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

01:01

16.2km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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1.45 km

Rommerskirchen Landscape Gallery

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Rommerskirchen, the final stop of the "Landscape Gallery" Strategic Railway Embankment

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2.39 km

Strategic railroad embankment on Oekovener Weg Butzheim

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From here you can drive over the strategic railway embankment to the Museum Island Hombroich. The track surface is ideal for cycling. Especially in summer, the route offers a lot of shade, almost in its entirety.

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3.86 km

Strategic Railway Embankment

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The strategic railway embankment is 100 railway line started in 1904 but not completed.

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4.99 km

Seven Discs Sculpture by Ulrich Rückriem

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In 2002, Ulrich Rückriem set up seven stones along an unfinished railway line from Neuss to Lorraine. The seven works by Rückriem are distributed over an approx. 11 km long …

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6.13 km

Bridge ruins on the strategic railroad embankment at Sittarder Acker

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The strategic railway embankment was actually planned as a railway line, but no train ever ran here. The construction project was stopped and the route fell into oblivion. This bridge …

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11.5 km

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Can be driven on in any weather.

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14.7 km

Strategic Railway Embankment Information Point

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14.8 km

Ascent to the Strategic Railway Embankment in Rommerskirchen

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With very beautiful avenue.

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16.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.1 km

1.81 km

433 m

397 m

378 m

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< 100 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

3.84 km

670 m

142 m

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