The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Rhinau
The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Rhinau
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The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Rhinau
02:31
44.9km
60m
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: April 24, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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4.76 km
Canal du Rhône au Rhin Lock and Lockkeeper's House
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In Alsace, its banks have been paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to allow easy cycling between the European capital and Colmar.
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11.9 km
The Laube of Benfeld and its Animated Clock
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This half-timbered building (1531) owes its usual name, the “laube”, to the hall on its ground floor. The octagonal turret (1619) on its main facade houses a spiral staircase and carries a beautiful wooden automaton clock. To the right of the large dial, Archduke Leopold of Austria (1586-1632), prince-bishop of Strasbourg, in armor, strikes the quarter hours. On the left, Death holds a scythe and an hourglass which she turns every hour. Above these symbols of wisdom and impartiality appears Stubbehansel, mayor of Benfeld who administered justice until the day when, having betrayed his fellow citizens, he was caught by it. The purse he holds in his left hand evokes the vanity of money, the scepter, that of power. The large dial indicates Paris time, which is 29 minutes ahead of Strasbourg time, given in the small dial at the bottom. This set was installed in 1856 by Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué, creator of the astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral.
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12.1 km
Benfeld, historic town, Benfeld, historic town
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Comfortably located in the lush meadows of Grand Ried, Benfeld is a town with a charming medieval feel. Duly fortified at the beginning of the 14th century and subsequently besieged many times, this former capital of the bailiwick of the bishopric of Strasbourg experienced significant industrial and commercial development in the interwar period. Aside from the major tourist circuits, this dynamic city nonetheless has an interesting architectural heritage, while the marked trails traced in its canton encourage pleasant walks between cultivated fields and lush forests, lakes and the course of the Rhine.
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15.8 km
The Landscapes of the Grand Ried
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We call the Grand Ried (from the Alemannic "Rieth", reed) the central part of the Alsace plain which extends between Sélestat and Strasbourg, on the flood-prone lands of the Ill and the Rhine. This immense swamp, little by little modified by man, forms a puzzle of wet meadows and small woods of willows and poplars. The floods of the Ill, frequent in spring, and the numerous resurgences of the water table, located at a shallow depth and at a constant temperature all year round, favor the growth of original vegetation (palustrine gladiolus, gentian, iris of Siberia, etc.) and attract many birds, including the sharp-billed curlew, the lapwing, the black-headed gull...
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23.2 km
Ebersmunster
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23.6 km
Abbey Church of Saint Maurice, Ebersmunster
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35.0 km
Notre-Dame de Neunkirch
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36.0 km
Canal du Rhône au Rhin
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of the Rhône-Rhein-Kanal von „Notre Dame de Neunkirch“ (Deutsche version):
The Rhône-Rhine canal is a French canal which connects the Saône, a navigable tributary of the Rhône, to the Rhine. It is designed as a necessary link to connect the maritime ports of northern Europe with those of the Mediterranean by creating a river link Rotterdam-Marseille via Germany.
You are on the northern branch of the canal, built around 1830. This portion of the canal doubled the Rhine and linked the ports of Mulhouse to those of Strasbourg (the northern end of the canal does not flow directly into the Rhine, but into the Ill which surrounds part of Strasbourg and which no longer communicates directly with the Rhine). Here, the canal was decommissioned in the 1960s following the construction of the Grand Canal d'Alsace and the Kembs-Niffer lock.
The banks of the canal were paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to make it easy to connect the European capital and Colmar by bike.
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44.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
21.4 km
18.2 km
4.38 km
889 m
Surfaces
38.6 km
5.63 km
352 m
192 m
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