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Middle Franconia
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Wendelstein

Gauchsbach Aqueduct – Kugelhammer Castle loop from Wendelstein

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Germany
Bavaria
Middle Franconia
Roth
Wendelstein

Gauchsbach Aqueduct – Kugelhammer Castle loop from Wendelstein

Moderate

5.0

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Gauchsbach Aqueduct – Kugelhammer Castle loop from Wendelstein

00:52

8.36km

30m

Running

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

Last updated: February 25, 2026

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687 m

Path Along the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal Near Wendelstein

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Here the canal crosses under the street

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968 m

Canal Bend

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The canal makes a nice bend here

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4.16 km

If you want to visit all the locks… then that will wash time off the clock.. There were once 100 of them

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5.23 km

Gauchsbach Aqueduct

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Bridge Canal of the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal. Of the originally 10 bridging canals, only the bridge over the Schwarzach (lock 60) and the one over the Gauchsbach are preserved.

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5.40 km

Kugelhammer Castle

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Despite several fires, which left the manor house unharmed, the iron hammer, the forge and the sawmill remained in operation until around 1845, when the construction of the Ludwig-Danube-Main-Canal removed the water power from the Gauchsbach.

Source: Wikipedia

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5.85 km

This is not actually a bridge, but what is left of the lock number 62: a walled lock gate to the low water side.

If you look around 180 degrees, …

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7.39 km

Bench in Middle Franconia Forest

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There is a place to rest here for the tired hiker

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8.35 km

Gasthaus Zum Wenden

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A good place to stop for a break, closed in 2020 (pandemic).

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8.36 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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7.16 km

1.01 km

190 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.09 km

144 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 17 May

18°C

3°C

55 %

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