Culture Tour along two canals – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Culture Tour along two canals – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Culture Tour along two canals – Altmühltal Nature Park

05:27

76.1km

410m

Cycling

Impressive buildings from the baroque period characterize this circular tour: the Plankstetten monastery, Hirschberg Castle near Beilngries, and the baroque pilgrimage church of Maria Hilf in Freystadt. The hills of the Jura and the Main-Danube Canal offer varied route conditions. You can also split the total of 77 kilometers into…

by Naturpark Altmuehltal

Last updated: June 11, 2024

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Waypoints

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1.79 km

Hirschberg Castle

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Schloss Hirschberg is nowadays a conference venue of the Diocese of Eichstätt. Nevertheless, you can visit the castle, at least from the outside. Beautiful!

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6.90 km

Plankstetten Abbey

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Plankstetten Abbey, impressively situated on a slope in the Sulztal valley between Beilngries and Berching, is one of the most impressive and artistically valuable monastic complexes in the Altmühltal Nature …

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13.5 km

Main-Danube Canal Cycle Path

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Well-developed bike path along the canal and thus always with a view of the water and the passing ships.

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30.8 km

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf in Freystadt

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Huge church building. Next to it is the Franciscan monastery Freystadt.

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59.1 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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Beautiful track right next to the old canal. To enjoy between water and old trees.

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76.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.7 km

15.7 km

15.3 km

8.37 km

5.12 km

Surfaces

34.1 km

24.9 km

9.86 km

5.92 km

1.26 km

142 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (370 m)

Weather

Monday 5 October

21°C

7°C

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Comments

July 30, 2023,Bei gutem Wetter kann jeder radeln ... oder eine nasse Runde von Beilngries bis Freystadt und dann trocken über Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz entlang des König Ludwig Kanals wieder zurück am 30.07.2023

5 weather reports - 5 different forecasts... still got going and promptly got wet or stopped under bridges, trees, gas stations 😂 But if the weather is good, everyone can drive! Despite everything, it was a nice round and also dry from Freystadt.

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August 6, 2025,Tour de Baroque

Nice tour.
My battery ran a bit low towards the end, so there were very few photos towards the end :-(
At least I have a reason to be back in the Berching area...

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August 14, 2023,Fahrradtour Neumarkt - Berching - Beilngries - Freystadt - Neumarkt

Today we sweated quite a bit, not because of the strenuous tour, but because of the sweltering heat... 🥵 But it was still nice, the section of the old canal between Neumarkt and Berching is really particularly nice, Beilngries is a nice little town and on the new one Canal is just so easy to drive there 😃😃

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May 10, 2024,Fahrradtour

Unfortunately the battery of the phone was not enough and it was 81 km back to Beilngries

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July 15, 2024,Tour de Baroque bis Beilngries

We started in summery 27 degrees, which was to increase over the course of the day. Past the baroque (!) church of Maria Hilf to Freystadt with its pretty town center, unfortunately too early for a stop. But after that there was nothing more (Monday!) until Berching, where we pounced on the first iced coffee at the market. Further fluid …

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February 24, 2023

Impressive buildings from the baroque period characterize this circular tour: the Plankstetten monastery, Hirschberg Castle near Beilngries, and the baroque pilgrimage church of Maria Hilf in Freystadt. The hills of the Jura and the Main-Danube Canal offer varied route conditions. You can also split

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