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Alb Riverside Trail – Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein) loop from Karlsruhe West

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Baden-Württemberg

Alb Riverside Trail – Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein) loop from Karlsruhe West

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Alb Riverside Trail – Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein) loop from Karlsruhe West

02:41

45.6km

110m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 6, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 20.0 km for 238 m

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Train Station

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627 m

Alb River Cycle Path, Karlsruhe

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Along the Alb, the bike path and also in the middle of Karlsruhe. If you want, you can refresh yourself here by the river.

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4.96 km

Alb Riverside Trail

Highlight • River

The Alb is a great little river with many places to rest

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6.50 km

Trail along the railway to the Rhine

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A great alternative (which I did not know before Komoot) to the way to the bridge over the Rhine directly on the southern tangent.

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14.6 km

Renatured Alb Canal

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The construction and planting work was completed in May 2014. Since then, nature has taken over the rest of the work. From my point of view, the renaturation was a great success 👏🏻👏🏻

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17.0 km

Altrhein Leopoldshafen Nature Reserve

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Very nice nature reserve. Take something against mosquitoes with you. You will need it 😊

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17.2 km

Old Harbour, Leopoldshafen

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The old port of Leopoldshafen was an important transshipment point for Rhine shipping in the 19th century. Due to the question of location, the port was in competition with Daxlanden …

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19.9 km

Leimersheim Ferry

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Tandem costs 3,50€ with both people on it

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21.2 km

Club Nautico Karlsruhe - Leimersheim

Lake

31.2 km

Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein)

Highlight • River

in various places you have a good view due to light spots in the hedge, including here.

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45.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.8 km

11.9 km

5.46 km

1.99 km

227 m

164 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.2 km

7.54 km

2.78 km

1.17 km

682 m

265 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 11 August

33°C

17°C

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Comments

September 17, 2025,Alb-Uferweg – Altrhein - Ölhafen Karlsruhe

I've never cycled along the Alb River to its confluence with the Rhine. I followed the Alb River, then to Wörth am Rhein, and took the Leimersheim ferry back to Baden-Württemberg. Another beautiful stretch: over the Rhine flood dyke, over the Pfin relief canal, along the Alb relief canal, past several gravel pits, and through nature reserves.
Then past the …

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May 20, 2024,Testrunde mit dem neuen City Hobel!

The fleet has been expanded to include a city bike with a belt drive!

Today I finally got around to testing the Enviolo Trekking extensively! The third Kalkhoff in the group passed the first check!

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July 24, 2022,Gemütliche Runde

I like driving on the Alb, but it was really busy there this afternoon

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July 27, 2022,Runde Maximiliansau - Leopoldshafen – Fähre Leimersheim

Beautiful tour with very good paths. Mostly paved, but otherwise great to drive on.
There was also delicious ice cream in Leopoldshafen.

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August 24, 2025,von Grünwinkel nach Leimersheim und zurück

A lovely Sunday ride. I was alone this time, but I met lots and lots of cyclists. It was very busy at the ferry in Leopoldshafen. 🙂 And of course, at the Hofgut on the Rhine.

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July 10, 2022,Kleine Rheinrunde 🚲

Shift work at the lake festival, unfortunately there was only time for a smaller round. But it was so wonderful. I love the Rhine cycle path. The cycle paths are fantastic to ride, the landscape beautiful.

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May 26, 2023,Rhein und Rhein-Auen ab Karlsruhe

today again shot a super nice tour with unknown corners in the Rhein-Auen.

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Alb Riverside Trail – Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein) loop from Karlsruhe West

02:41h

45.6km

110m

Alb Riverside Trail – Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein) loop from Karlsruhe West

Alb River Cycle Path, Karlsruhe

Alb Riverside Trail

Trail along the railway to the Rhine

Renatured Alb Canal

Altrhein Leopoldshafen Nature Reserve

Old Harbour, Leopoldshafen

Leimersheim Ferry

Old Rhine (Alt-Rhein)

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