Saalbachkanal Weir – Rußheimer Altrhein loop from Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

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Saalbachkanal Weir – Rußheimer Altrhein loop from Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

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Saalbachkanal Weir – Rußheimer Altrhein loop from Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

02:09

8.46km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

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Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

Rußheimer Altrhein

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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353 m

Saalbachkanal Weir

Highlight • Structure

Always on the flood dam along the Saalbach Canal, this is how you get to the Old Rhine area at some point. Beautiful meadow path, easy to walk with a clear view of the entire area.

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1.05 km

View over the Minthe and Rhine to the old brickyard in the Palatinate

Highlight • Viewpoint

4.62 km

Rußheimer Altrhein

Nature Reserve

5.03 km

Forest Classroom Wassernuss

Highlight • Rest Area

Right next to it are a few old remains of the wall of a former building.

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5.30 km

Monument to the Visit of Elector Karl Theodor 1788

Highlight • Monument

A massive souvenir of a royal visit to a construction site in 1788
in the midst of the Elisabethenwört nature reserve.
Source: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/nbdpfbw/article/download/82978/77184

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6.33 km

Westwall Bunker Standard Design 6

Highlight • Monument

the bunker is fenced in and can only be "visited" from the outside, which is definitely safer given the dilapidated state and the state of decay

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6.85 km

Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

Nature Reserve

8.10 km

Rußheimer Altrhein

Highlight • River

Through the forest it is on a very bad surface. The small bridges and views of the Old Rhine make up for everything.

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8.31 km

Rheinniederung Canal in Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört

Highlight • River

Very idyllic place

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8.45 km

Picnic Area at Elisabethenwört Altrhein Section

Highlight • Rest Area

definitely use it - apart from this seat, there was only the Altrheinhütte on our 15 km tour, which offered us a comfortable place to rest with benches

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8.46 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.35 km

102 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.68 km

1.95 km

894 m

577 m

345 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

17°C

10°C

89 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

March 10, 2022,Dettenheim-Russheim: NSG Elisabethenwört

Small round through the NSG Elisabethenwört near Dettenheim-Russheim. Spring is slowly making itself felt, woodpeckers and other birds can be heard. I've also seen a swarm of flies. The view of the arms of the old Rhine and the Saalbach canal is very nice. The walk runs largely on wide farm roads (including the flood dam).

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