Along the Old Rhine – Concrete bridge in the Rhine meadows loop from Elchesheim-Illingen
Along the Old Rhine – Concrete bridge in the Rhine meadows loop from Elchesheim-Illingen
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Along the Old Rhine – Concrete bridge in the Rhine meadows loop from Elchesheim-Illingen
03:28
13.8km
20m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 4, 2026
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Auer Köpfle - Illinger Altrhein - Motherner Wörth
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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9 m
Old Church Illingen – Museum Work on the Rhine
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1.99 km
Illinger Altrhein
Lake
2.71 km
Wooden Boats on the Illinger Altrhein
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Before the Rhine correction, the Rhine current flowed in several branches of the river near Illingen. The largest of them, the Illinger Altrhein, flowed near the place at that time. From 1826 construction work to correct the Rhine began near Illingen and Au. Around 1845 the cut was made from the Auer Kohlkopf, the northernmost part of the Illingen Old Rhine.
See naturfreunde-rastatt.de/rheinauen/schutzgebiete/naturschutzgebiete/nsg-auer-koepfle
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3.15 km
Giant Poplars on the Illinger Altrhein
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5.63 km
Along the Old Rhine
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7.38 km
Altrhein Riverbank
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7.65 km
Concrete bridge in the Rhine meadows
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8.08 km
View of the Rhine
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9.14 km
Tomato Islands
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It has been proven that until the Rhine side canal was expanded at the end of the 1960s, there were islands in the Rhine between Basel and Strasbourg on which tomatoes thrived.
How they got there, however, there are very different variants that are currently being discussed. In any case, the nutrient-rich alluvial sand should have created ideal conditions for the nightshade plant. This is supported by the fact that they grew very luxuriantly and reappeared again and again even after high tides, when the islands were flooded.
Three reasons for the islands are mentioned: For one, it was the Dutch who disposed of their rotten tomatoes on the Upper Rhine before they reached Basel with their ships. Another version is supported by the fact that the tomato seeds washed up from Basel via the sewage from Basel, which was still untreated at the time. A third variant sees a former ketchup factory in Alsace as the cause.
See bo.de/lokales/offenburg/tomateninsel-das-raetsel-bleibt-ungeloest#
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13.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.28 km
2.71 km
1.26 km
524 m
Surfaces
6.98 km
2.85 km
1.89 km
1.46 km
470 m
118 m
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