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Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Kitzingen
Nordheim am Main

Prichsenstadt Old Town – Volkach Market Square and Fountain loop from Nordheim am Main

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Bavaria
Lower Franconia
Kitzingen
Nordheim am Main

Prichsenstadt Old Town – Volkach Market Square and Fountain loop from Nordheim am Main

Moderate

4.7

(105)

470

riders

Prichsenstadt Old Town – Volkach Market Square and Fountain loop from Nordheim am Main

02:47

45.3km

250m

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: June 18, 2026

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Volkacher Mainschleife

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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627 m

Vineyards of Nordheim am Main

Highlight • Settlement

Largest wine-growing community of the Franconian wine-growing region with innumerable winegrowing villages, which invite to the tasting. The small streets between the pretty vineyards and cottages are worth a detour.

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5.37 km

Sommerach vineyards

Highlight • Natural

One of the most promising panoramas. Here the famous Main Loop runs along the wine slopes. Especially for reading very nice.

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3

5.74 km

Sommerach Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

Sommerach's picturesque market square with its restaurants and cafés is a popular meeting place.

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22.6 km

Prichsenstadt Old Town

Highlight • Historical Site

A great wine festival takes place here once a year.

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22.6 km

Prichsenstadt Market Fountain

Highlight • Monument

With a square water basin containing a four-sided stele with a pine top, inscribed "1678"

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26.8 km

Schloss Neuses am Sand

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In 1498 the castle was owned by Hans Fuchs von Bimbach and Hermann von Seinsheim. Later it passed entirely to the Fuchs family, whose coat of arms, restored in 2005, …

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40.3 km

Volkach Market Square and Fountain

Highlight • Settlement

The wine town of Volkach is the center of the Mainschleife and looks back over more than 1,100 years of local history, all in the name of Frankenwein. Take a …

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43.3 km

View of the Volkacher Mainschleife

Highlight • Viewpoint

Who did not already know:
a larger river meandering landscape does not exist in Bavaria.


More white Wikipedia:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainschleife_(Volkach)

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45.3 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.5 km

12.7 km

8.06 km

5.88 km

224 m

Surfaces

31.6 km

9.10 km

2.97 km

795 m

558 m

355 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Sunday 19 July

22°C

9°C

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

May 17, 2026,Main und Wein - ab Volkach
Phew, it was cold this morning🥶🥶🥶. At 6 degrees up top like in winter😉down below with 3/4 pants.... I was freezing in the shade... I put the rain jacket over the Goretex jacket. However, the weather god was kind to us against all odds. The route first led through vineyards past Sommerach and Nordheim, then in a big loop to …

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nice introductory round in Lower Franconia on different paths (light gravel, country roads with little traffic, good cycle paths), hilly and varied

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