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Flood Protection Dike – Alb Riverside Trail loop from Maxau

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Baden-Württemberg

Flood Protection Dike – Alb Riverside Trail loop from Maxau

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Flood Protection Dike – Alb Riverside Trail loop from Maxau

01:39

27.9km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 11, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 37 m for 10 m

After 820 m for 9 m

After 27.9 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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765 m

Hofgut Maxau — playground, farm shop and cafe

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The farm is 172 hectares in size and borders the Rhine. It has been farmed for over 170 years. Today also to preserve the now protected cultural landscape.
On the …

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809 m

Embankment Terraces on the Rhine at Hofgut Maxau

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In 2012, a six-level viewing terrace with a view of the Rhine was built here. In addition, six smaller seating platforms were built on the dam terraces.
See also:
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2.44 km

View of the entrance to the Karlsruhe Rhine Port

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The harbor barrier installed in 1987 was put into operation on May 26, 1983 due to the floods in the Rhine port of 8.59 meters at the level Maxau.

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11.4 km

Rhine cycle path on the flood embankment near Rappenwört and Neuburgweier

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Wonderful way of Rappenwört to Neuburgweier and despite loose "road surface" also with a normal bike from the pole very good to drive.

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12.0 km

Flood Protection Dike

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The way over the dam is beautiful. If you are afraid of holes and puddles after rain, you better look for another way. The holes are patched up every year, but they never go away.

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13.7 km

Altrhein Neuburgweier

Nature Reserve

24.9 km

Alb Riverside Trail

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

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26.5 km

Trail along the railway to the Rhine

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A great alternative (which I did not know before Komoot) to the way to the bridge over the Rhine directly on the southern tangent.

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27.2 km

Knielinger Lake

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The Knielinger See is located in the area of the old Rhine River. For gravel extraction, the area was used from the late 1950s as a gravel pit. At the …

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27.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.9 km

7.51 km

6.30 km

1.68 km

531 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.7 km

5.54 km

1.26 km

770 m

468 m

116 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 4 June

21°C

12°C

36 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Flood Protection Dike – Alb Riverside Trail loop from Maxau

Hofgut Maxau — playground, farm shop and cafe

Embankment Terraces on the Rhine at Hofgut Maxau

View of the entrance to the Karlsruhe Rhine Port

Rhine cycle path on the flood embankment near Rappenwört and Neuburgweier

Flood Protection Dike

Alb Riverside Trail

Trail along the railway to the Rhine

Knielinger Lake

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