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Merkur Tower (Merkurturm) – View from Merkur Mountain loop from Bischweier (Baden)

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Merkur Tower (Merkurturm) – View from Merkur Mountain loop from Bischweier (Baden)

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Merkur Tower (Merkurturm) – View from Merkur Mountain loop from Bischweier (Baden)

02:48

34.6km

640m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 14.5 km for 212 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.2 km

Merkur Tower (Merkurturm)

Highlight • Viewpoint

You can also stay here longer, e.g.
- Enjoy the view
- climb the tower (with elevator if necessary)
- to bathe in the sun
- Visit the excursion restaurant
- To eat vespers
- To watch paragliders

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16.4 km

View from Merkur Mountain

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great view over Baden-Baden, the surrounding Northern Black Forest, but also with a distant view over the Rhine plain to the Vosges and the Palatinate Forest.

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18.4 km

Satteleiweg Junction and Shelter

Highlight • Rest Area

Significant path spider on the way to Mercury, Baden-Baden and the Murg Valley.

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18.4 km

Fee-Schlapper Hut at Binsenwasen

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Interesting construction, the "Fee-Schlapper-Hut" on the rushes. Nicely located on the pass between Merkur and small Staufenberg and something different than the "usual" shelters.

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24.5 km

Lieblingsfelsen

Nature Reserve

27.5 km

Cave Entrance

28.0 km

View of the River Murg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Murg is simply beautiful and always worth a motif. Regardless of the weather.

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30.8 km

Bad Rotenfels Spa Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful park with a good combination of culture, history and sports activities.

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31.7 km

Rotenfels Castle

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Former country estate of the Margrave of Baden, built around 1725. State Academy for Art, Theater and Culture since 1995.

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31.9 km

Roman House

Highlight • Historical Site

In 1760 the smelter Dürr had a rock cellar knocked out. The "Solitude" built on it was destroyed by the French in 1796. In 1804 Weinbrenner built the Roman house …

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34.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.8 km

3.42 km

3.08 km

3.06 km

2.17 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.3 km

12.0 km

3.94 km

1.76 km

582 m

101 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 9 September

22°C

8°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

January 29, 2024,🇩🇪 MERKUR 673 m⛰️ MTB-Tour 🚵🏻‍♂️ hoch über Baden-Baden / U N E S C O - Welterbe - Stadt 👏

... after early spring temperatures prevailed this afternoon - I decided to go up the MERKUR alone again after a long time. 🚵🏻‍♂️ And what can I say, it was so worth it, this beautiful mountain MTB tour to my favorite mountain #3.
Very few 🥾hikers were out and about because the cable car to the MERKUR was closed due …

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February 27, 2022,Über den Merkur zum Eiswolf

Tour to the ice wolf 🍧, which has been open again since last Tuesday, 2/22/22. Burn a few calories beforehand, make room for new ones 😉.

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March 26, 2022,Mountainbike-Tour mit 🐕 und Hänger!

As always when driving with 🐕 and trailer, modest mileage in modest time! But again 'fat' meters in altitude (and that's what matters to me)!! 😉😁✊

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May 31, 2025,🇩🇪 ⚙️〽️tb-Tour 🏰 - MERKUR 673 m ~ badische Heimat vom Feinsten im Murgtal ! 🔃 888 HM, BOSCH‼️ 🤩 😘

Last Saturday I went on a 🚵🏻‍♂️ MTB tour to my local area in the Murg Valley 🏞. - Just like two days earlier on Father's Day (tour to Mahlberg 🗼), my lovely Franconian "KOMOOT guests":
Moni & Alex 🤩
were with me again on the tour.
I had chosen the route so that one highlight followed another in relatively …

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Merkur Tower (Merkurturm) – View from Merkur Mountain loop from Bischweier (Baden)

Merkur Tower (Merkurturm)

View from Merkur Mountain

Satteleiweg Junction and Shelter

Fee-Schlapper Hut at Binsenwasen

View of the River Murg

Bad Rotenfels Spa Park

Rotenfels Castle

Roman House

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