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Andelfingen
Marthalen

View of Thurspitz – Old Rhine Riverside Path loop from Nacker Mühle

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Switzerland
Zurich
Andelfingen
Marthalen

View of Thurspitz – Old Rhine Riverside Path loop from Nacker Mühle

Moderate

4.8

(68)

330

hikers

View of Thurspitz – Old Rhine Riverside Path loop from Nacker Mühle

03:18

12.4km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 310 m for 123 m

Open: • April 1-October 15: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM & 12:45 PM-7:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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2.32 km

View of Thurspitz

Highlight • River

Especially the two bunkers from the last war are easy to see.

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2

3.15 km

View of Unteri Inseli

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Several small Inseli in the old course of the Rhine

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3.26 km

Old Rhine Riverside Path

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Not accessible during floods (e.g. also in summer 2021). But that is also the point of the alluvial forests: They are periodically flooded.

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4.69 km

Riverside Grill Area on the Rhine

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Wonderful barbecue area right on the Rhine

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5.99 km

Thurauen Nature Center

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The Thurauen Nature Center is a program of the PanEco Foundation on behalf of the Canton of Zurich. For over 10 years, the nature center has been the gateway to the largest floodplain protection area in the Swiss Plateau - and thus the contact point for all information about the Thurauen, the revitalization and the protected area.
naturzentrum-thurauen.ch

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6.81 km

Along the Rhine

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Very nice and varied walk along the Rhine.

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10.1 km

Thur Bridge

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An anecdote about the Elliker Bridge: During the Second World War, the bridges near the border were charged with explosive charges. Fortunately, there was no need to actually trigger them. However, the Elliker bridge flew into the air because the explosive charge was struck by lightning shortly after the end of the war.

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12.1 km

Rhine Ferry Ellikon–Rüdlingen

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From April to October, a ferry brings hikers and cyclists to the other bank of the Rhine directly at the German border.

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12.4 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.81 km

2.02 km

1.44 km

1.15 km

542 m

422 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.12 km

2.27 km

2.08 km

1.08 km

731 m

111 m

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Sunday 10 May

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