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View of the Main-Danube Canal – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Bug

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Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

Bavaria

Franconia

View of the Main-Danube Canal – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Bug

Moderate

4.6

(489)

2,509

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View of the Main-Danube Canal – Main-Danube Canal near Hirschaid loop from Bug

02:52

49.1km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 4.78 km for 52 m

Open: • March-October: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM (otherwise closed)

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22.6 km

Old Regnitz Bridge, Forchheim

Highlight • Bridge

A beautiful view of the Regnitz and the port of Forchheim on one side and the lock island and Forchheim Burk on the other side. The bridge is equipped with two statues.

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23.3 km

Forchheim Imperial Palace

Highlight • Castle

The Forchheimer Kaiserpfalz is always worth a visit. It is partly used as a museum with changing theme exhibitions. In addition, there are always concerts in place, it is included in the arts and crafts market and the Christmas market. In the vaulted cellar of the Imperial Palace, coffee and cake are sold at these two events.

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23.4 km

St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim

Highlight • Religious Site

The Martinskirche can be found in the center of Forchheim:
The church emerged from the own chapel of a Carolingian royal court, in which several synods took place under Carolingians and Ottonians. It was also important in the missionary work of the Main Slavs.
The diocese of Würzburg received the church in 976 through a donation from Otto I, and the diocese of Bamberg in 1017 through an exchange. Around 1200 the old royal church was replaced by a late Romanesque church with a cross-shaped floor plan, of which part of the transept and the crypt below are still preserved. The Bamberg Bishop Leopold von Bebenburg transformed it into a monastery in 1354. In the 14th century, the church was expanded into a high Gothic basilica, but the upper aisles have been hidden under a gable roof since 1540. The main nave of the nave has a plastered flat beamed ceiling. The other parts of the church are vaulted. The tower was first mentioned in 1406, and has had its current shape since 1670.
With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, the Forchheim Abbey came to the Electorate of Bavaria, which had already occupied it militarily the previous year. With the secularization of the monastery, the church became an ordinary parish church in 1803.
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23.5 km

Forchheim Town Hall and Town Hall Square

Highlight • Monument

The cantilevers that can be found in many old houses, incidentally, stem from the fact that, in earlier times, taxes were often calculated based on the floor space of a house, and in this way it was possible to gain space on the upper floors that had no financial impact.

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