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Cycle path in Herrenkrug Park – Hohenwarthe Waterway Crossing loop from Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof

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Magdeburg

Cycle path in Herrenkrug Park – Hohenwarthe Waterway Crossing loop from Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof

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Cycle path in Herrenkrug Park – Hohenwarthe Waterway Crossing loop from Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof

02:37

41.5km

120m

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 19, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.05 km

Old Elbe, Magdeburg

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Beautiful area, still so natural.

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4.19 km

At 60 meters high, it is the tallest wooden building in the world and was erected in Elbauenpark for the 1999 Federal Horticultural Show. It contains an exhibition on the development of science with many vivid, partly interactive experiments.

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5.54 km

Cycle path in Herrenkrug Park

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on the side of a park. Invite you to linger.

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6.48 km

View of the River Elbe

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This is the Elbe!

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12.2 km

Elbe Meadows

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You forget that you are in a city. Very beautiful here.

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16.8 km

Hohenwarthe Waterway Crossing

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View from Hohenwarthe of the Elbe/Mittelland Canal or Elbe-Havel Canal waterway junction

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17.6 km

View of the Magdeburg Water Bridge

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It is very fascinating how the bridge over the Elbe carries the water with ship traffic from the Mittelland Canal. An absolute highlight along the Elbe Cycle Path.

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20.9 km

Magdeburg-Rothensee Ship Lift

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The celebration of the 75th birthday of the ship lift was in 2013

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26.0 km

Weinberg bei Hohenwarthe

Nature Reserve

41.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.8 km

6.24 km

1.42 km

892 m

189 m

Surfaces

25.0 km

14.1 km

1.45 km

1.03 km

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 1 July

26°C

14°C

40 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Comments

August 13, 2022,Elberadweg Schiffshebewerk Rothensee- Magdeburg

The Elbe cycle path, another dream... So, on the way home from the Spreewald, a stopover at the ship lift and from there along the cycle path to Magdeburg. The Hohenwarthe waterway crossing was still missing from my list. But the dry Elbe meadows were frightening, you had the feeling that you had taken a wrong turn somewhere and that …

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August 28, 2021,1. Station Magdeburg

So, now I've actually started ... My plan to cycle from Magdeburg to Braunschweig is new territory for me, I will be on the road for a few days.
The weather god meant well to me. Rain was announced.
First arrived early by train and visited the city.
Since it wasn't that late in the day after that (2pm) I …

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June 28, 2021,Elberunde bei Magdeburg

Today it worked again with the recording!

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July 6, 2024,Tour zur Trogbrücke

Rode another section of the Elbe cycle path. Beautiful route, well frequented. Lots of nice rest areas.

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August 15, 2023,Magdeburg 🚲🚲 Wasserstraßenkreuz

Actually, the BIG EIGHT with the WEISSE FLOTTE ⛴️ MD was planned for this afternoon, but on arrival we got bogged down a few times 😴 so that the ship was gone.
So we parked at the PETRIFÖRDER and satisfied our hunger...
After a few minutes of rest with a view of the Elbe, we saddled the wire 🫏 and …

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September 26, 2021,Von Magdeburg über Hohenwarthe zum Mittellandkanal

Since I liked the tour from last Sunday so much and the weather today literally demanded that you go out, I did the bike tour again. It's a really nice track and I can only recommend it.

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