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Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Altmühltal
Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Ellingen

Fossa Carolina (Charlemagne's Trench) – Weißenburg Market Square loop from Ellingen (Bay)

Routes
Road cycling routes
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Altmühltal
Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Ellingen

Fossa Carolina (Charlemagne's Trench) – Weißenburg Market Square loop from Ellingen (Bay)

Moderate

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Fossa Carolina (Charlemagne's Trench) – Weißenburg Market Square loop from Ellingen (Bay)

03:10

58.3km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 26, 2026

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Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 45.2 km for 51 m

After 52.9 km for 106 m

After 57.0 km for 180 m

After 57.3 km for 379 m

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45.2 km

Fossa Carolina (Charlemagne's Trench)

Highlight • Historical Site

One of the greatest technical cultural monuments of the early Middle Ages: The Fossa Carolina (Charlemagne's Canal). Around the year 793, Charlemagne had a canal approximately 3,000 meters long dug …

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52.9 km

Weißenburg Market Square

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Weißenburg is always worth a trip and the market square is really mega, very nice and quiet place. Here you can enjoy whatever

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53.0 km

Weißenburg in Bavaria — Old Town

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The old town of Weissenburg is one of the most impressive city centers and monument ensembles in the region. The historic cityscape is shaped by the largely preserved city wall, …

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53.3 km

Martin Luther, Weißenburg
The Martin Luther Monument. On October 31st, we celebrate Reformation Day in Germany. In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the Castle Church in Wittenberg …

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53.6 km

The Ellinger Tor is the most famous medieval city gate of the city fortification of Weissenburg in Bavaria. The Ellinger Tor forms the northernmost part of Weißenburg's old town.

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57.0 km

Nice castle park and you can eat well there

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57.5 km

Pleinfelder Gate

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You get really shaken on the cobblestones.
But the goal is very nice

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57.8 km

The Heiligenbrücke (also Sternwirtsbrücke) is a baroque stone bridge that crosses the Schwäbische Rezat in Ellingen, a town in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen.

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58.3 km

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Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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35.2 km

11.2 km

9.18 km

2.72 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.7 km

8.69 km

2.21 km

1.57 km

112 m

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