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Birdhouse in Mainz City Park – Rhine Island Maaraue loop from Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz

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Rhenish Hesse

Birdhouse in Mainz City Park – Rhine Island Maaraue loop from Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz

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Birdhouse in Mainz City Park – Rhine Island Maaraue loop from Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz

02:45

10.7km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 8.72 km for 39 m

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Bus stop

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704 m

Rhine Island Maaraue

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Located directly at the mouth of the Main, you have a great view of Mainz from the Maaraue.

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6.23 km

View of Mainz from the Hessian side of the Rhine

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From here you have a great view over the Rhine to Mainz. The towers of Mainz Cathedral are clearly visible, dominating the pretty skyline.

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6.32 km

Reduit, Mainz-Kastel

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At the beginning of the 19th century, the Mainz fortress was expanded. This also included the construction of the Reduit barracks on the strategically important bridge over the Rhine. In …

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8.06 km

Mainz Rhine Riverbank Sculpture Gallery

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Art on the bank: A total of 9 sculptures by various artists line the magnificent Mainz river promenade here! It is definitely worth stopping here. Further information on the sculptures and a very informative PDF flyer on this OpenAirGallery:
mainz.de/angebote-entdecken/kultur/kunst/rheinufergalerie

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8.30 km

Stresemann-Ufer Sculptures (Mainz)

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The people of Mainz know what they have on the banks of the Rhine and are making something out of it. Beautiful promenade!

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8.56 km

Rhine Riverside Promenade

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Here you can let your soul dangle.

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9.48 km

Mainz South Bridge (View from the towpath)

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The Mainz Südbrücke connects the federal states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The bridge is designed to have two tracks. Pedestrians and cyclists can also cross the Rhine on a footbridge attached to the outside of the bridge structure.

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10.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.42 km

2.69 km

1.03 km

820 m

730 m

Surfaces

4.41 km

3.32 km

2.65 km

150 m

130 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 3 September

30°C

18°C

15 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Comments

December 7, 2025,Drei Brücken #54

The perfect tour for this grey weather...out and about with best friends, finishing with lunch at the boathouse 🙋‍♂️

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September 27, 2024,Rhein + Main mit Hilfe von 3 Brücken überquert/Wiesbaden 2.0

Like on April 15th, it was very stormy. A good preparation for our hiking week on Texel/NL, which starts tomorrow. It can also be very stormy on the North Sea coast.

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September 22, 2023,Rhein/Main-Tour

The start and finish was the Mainz Roman Theater S-Bahn station. Okay...the sky was a bit gray, but there were few people around and you could enjoy the view of the rivers. What more could you want?👍

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March 9, 2025,4-Brückenrunde Gustavsburg-Mainz-Kastel-Kostheim-Gustavsburg

A beautiful loop from Gustavsburg train station. We cross the railway bridge to the Mainz Rhine shore in Rhineland-Palatinate, then follow it to the Theodor Heuss Bridge. We cross the Rhine back to Hesse :) From Mainz-Kastel, past the Reduit, we head towards Kostheim to the Mainaue, which we reach over another bridge. Finally, in Kostheim, we cross the fourth …

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September 20, 2024,3-Brückentour #37

Finally a summer day again...after work a quick trip along the Rhine and Main...

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April 15, 2024,Rhein + Main mit Hilfe von 3 Brücken überquert/Wiesbaden

I downloaded this hike from @amsel1 on March 1st, 2021. And today was finally the right day to test this tour.
It was a complete success! There is a stiff breeze today, which I personally find wonderful. The water ripples so beautifully, the leaves rustle in the wind, the sky is completely blue with beautiful white ☁️. And the nightingales …

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August 22, 2022,🥾🥾 RW 47 Mainz Teil 2 Brückenwanderung

Today we went to Mainz for the second time. I had planned some bridges over the Rhine and Main. It was a varied and worth seeing tour.

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February 26, 2023,Wanderung

A very nice hike between two federal states framed by two large rivers. There is a lot to see, especially the Mainz Rhine promenade and the shipping on the two rivers.

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Birdhouse in Mainz City Park – Rhine Island Maaraue loop from Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz