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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Plankstetten Abbey loop from Beilngries

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Plankstetten Abbey loop from Beilngries

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Plankstetten Abbey loop from Beilngries

04:00

60.9km

210m

Cycling

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

Last updated: May 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 51.8 km for 160 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.09 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Old Canal)

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Quiet place with a nice medieval flair. The water park is recommended for resting.

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17.8 km

Lock 28 (Ludwig Canal)

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Like the other locks along the Old Canal, this lock is also nice to look at because it was a technical masterpiece for the time

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18.1 km

Lock on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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The tour includes the best section of the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with the most locks.

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18.8 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

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Canal no longer used from the imperial era with many old bridges and barriers. Beautiful route to Nuremberg.

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23.9 km

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

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Driving along the Ludwig Donau Main Canal with its exactly 100 locks is very impressive. And again and again the landscape changes its face. That's just great.

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24.9 km

Ludwig-Danube Canal

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Beautiful bike path along the tree-lined canal. The Ludwig-Danube Canal is the predecessor of the much wider Main-Danube Canal and was opened in 1846. On a distance of almost 170 …

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29.2 km

Heilig-Geist-Spitalbrunnen

Lake

56.6 km

Plankstetten Abbey, impressively situated on a slope in the Sulztal valley between Beilngries and Berching, is one of the most impressive and artistically valuable monastic complexes in the Altmühltal Nature …

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60.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.2 km

24.8 km

4.84 km

3.56 km

1.56 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.0 km

11.1 km

9.91 km

1.19 km

730 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 25 June

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Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path – Plankstetten Abbey loop from Beilngries

Berching Town Square

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal (Old Canal)

Lock 28 (Ludwig Canal)

Lock on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Path

Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Ludwig-Danube Canal

Plankstetten Abbey

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