Alb Riverside Trail – Canal to Knielinger Lake loop from Karlsruhe-Knielingen

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Alb Riverside Trail – Canal to Knielinger Lake loop from Karlsruhe-Knielingen

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Alb Riverside Trail – Canal to Knielinger Lake loop from Karlsruhe-Knielingen

01:15

11.7km

30m

Running

Moderate run. 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 19, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 9.60 km for 464 m

Closed: • during flood (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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725 m

Alb Riverside Trail

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The Alb is a great little river with many places to rest

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1.47 km

NSG Altrhein Maxau and NSG/LSG Burgau Nature Reserves

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Simply wonderful the ‘Goldgrund’ . Fully lives up to its name, primeval nature !

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1.88 km

Burgau Cycling Path Intersection

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3.61 km

View of the Karlsruhe Bridge over the Rhine

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The Maxau Rhine bridges provide the road and rail transport connection between the Baden-Württemberg city of Karlsruhe and the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Wörth. The view of the Rhine is always worth a trip 🙂

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4.56 km

Johann Gottfried Tulla Memorial

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The memorial stone was erected a quarter of a century after Tulla's death on the then called "Maximilian Au" Hofgut. It is a Kappeler granite block, in the front of …

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5.41 km

Canal to Knielinger Lake

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Lake Knielinger See is supplied with freshwater from the Rhine harbor. The water then flows into the Alb via the Willichgraben. Since 2016, the Federbach stream has been diverted around …

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7.14 km

Picnic Table at Burgau Conservation Area

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Unfortunately, it was occupied today. But it looked much better driving by than in the picture. I'll try to send a more informative picture later.

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8.33 km

View of the Federbach at Knielinger Lake

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The old branch of the Rhine is the Federbach.

The Federbach is a stream in Baden-Württemberg, approximately 42 kilometers long. It flows through the districts of Karlsruhe and Rastatt and …

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11.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.15 km

1.43 km

661 m

395 m

113 m

Surfaces

3.84 km

3.79 km

2.66 km

1.45 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

17°C

8°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

February 18, 2023,Am Karlsruher Hafen

Nice round on the Rhine and side arms. Really idyllic on the water, meadows, fields and some forest. A hunter had caught his prey and loaded a deer. A leg of deer lay a few hundred yards away on the path. But I wasn't hungry...

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