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Sarrebourg-Château-Salins

Lützelburg

Viaduct over the canal – Reservoir on the old canal loop from Lutzelbourg

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France

Great East

Sarrebourg-Château-Salins

Lützelburg

Viaduct over the canal – Reservoir on the old canal loop from Lutzelbourg

Moderate

4.7

(185)

873

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Viaduct over the canal – Reservoir on the old canal loop from Lutzelbourg

02:28

41.1km

290m

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: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.38 km

Viaduct over the canal

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Railway viaduct over the canal.

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6.06 km

Former lock keeper's house

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Beautiful section of the cycle path

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11.2 km

Reservoir on the old canal

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Nice bike and hiking trail along the old canal. At some locks you can still see the old mechanics. I posted a picture with a text like it used to be. You can collect nice impressions

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11.3 km

One of the most beautiful sections of the trip: the disused canal, rendered useless by the boat lift. Every few hundred meters, there's a lock with an idyllic lock-keeper's cottage along a gently sloping bike path.

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11.5 km

Old Lock Staircase and Lock Keeper's House

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The old canal is now more than ever a real highlight, the many old locks tell a long story from the good old days when not everything was "smart" 😉🚵‍♂️

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14.3 km

Between Lutzelbourg and the Arzviller inclined plane lock

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one of the many beautiful stretches along the Canal de la Marne au Rhin

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26.5 km

Canal de la Marne au Rhin Towpath near Saverne

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Very nice section or spot on the bike path of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin near Saverne.

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27.6 km

Rohan-Schloss in Saverne

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"The castle was built between 1780 and 1790 by the architect Nicolas Alexandre Salins de Montfort [...]. The commissioner was Cardinal Louis René Édouard de Rohan-Guéméné, who owned other residences, …

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41.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.3 km

4.58 km

4.47 km

388 m

153 m

131 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.9 km

1.62 km

465 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

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Comments

August 21, 2022,Fahrradtour am Marne de Rhin Kanal

Wonderful bike ride along the canal to the inclined lift for the canal's scroungers. Then on the disused and dry old canal past old lock keeper cottages and partly over a wooden footbridge through the old canal. A real experience and simply wonderful to drive

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June 21, 2025,Fahrradtour zum Schiffshebewerk

Today we continued from Saverne along the Rhine-Marne Canal to the boat lift in Saint-Louis-Arzwiller. The route is scenically beautiful, and the bike path is also in excellent condition.

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September 25, 2021,Von Zabern (Savern) nach Arzwiller und zurück

That was a really nice tour today with a delicious French picnic (cheese, sausage and baguette), plus a cool Ortenau wine - the end on the German side with a good stop

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June 19, 2023,Von Saverne -Tour de Marne-Rhein Kanal

A pleasure tour without mountains, always along the canal from Saverne (so beautiful) via Lutzelburg to the ship lift and back, cycling couldn't be nicer!!🤣🚴

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May 20, 2025,Fahrradtour ab Schiffshebewerk "Arzviller (F)", entlang dem Treidelpfad bis Saverne

I have a maritime past. 🥰 From the 90s to the 2000s, I went on 7 boat trips in France. 6 of them as a captain. 2 here in Alsace and 5 on the Saône.

It all started here at Locaboat with a Penichette.
At that time, I was close to getting my boating license, and it wasn't certain whether …

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May 30, 2023,Von Saverne bis Niderviller

The third day of our bike tour "Mama & Sons" led from Saverne to Rhodes, but unfortunately I had to restart Komoot in between and the tour is divided into two stages. Today it also went up and down and there was a wonderful stage along the former Rhine-Marne Canal through a narrow valley past steep red sandstone cliffs. fantastic. …

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August 29, 2023,Tag 1: Teil 1: Saverne- Canal de La Marne au Rhin- Niderviller

Almost the same tour as on June 10th. ☺️But this time unfortunately without my son and only from Saverne. The town is easily accessible by train.
And again past the canal and the romantic lock houses. Beautiful. But actually I want to go to the Saar!! She did it to me. Let's see what else my bike tour brings with …

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Viaduct over the canal – Reservoir on the old canal loop from Lutzelbourg

Viaduct over the canal

Former lock keeper's house

Reservoir on the old canal

Along the disused canal

Old Lock Staircase and Lock Keeper's House

Between Lutzelbourg and the Arzviller inclined plane lock

Canal de la Marne au Rhin Towpath near Saverne

Rohan-Schloss in Saverne

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