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Lower Franconia

Landkreis Würzburg

Margetshöchheim

Main Riverbank, Veitshöchheim – Kneipp pool on the Main loop from Margetshöchheim

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Lower Franconia

Landkreis Würzburg

Margetshöchheim

Main Riverbank, Veitshöchheim – Kneipp pool on the Main loop from Margetshöchheim

Moderate

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Main Riverbank, Veitshöchheim – Kneipp pool on the Main loop from Margetshöchheim

02:07

8.12km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 29, 2026

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2.29 km

Mainsteg Veitshöchheim–Margetshöchheim

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The footbridge connects the towns of Veitshöchheim and Margetshöchheim.

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3.26 km

Veitshöchheim Water Tower

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The heart of the Veitshöchheim waterworks is the 21-meter-high water tower on the western garden wall of the court garden. The court garden of Veitshöchheim Castle itself is considered one of the most beautiful Rococo gardens in Europe. Two pumps were originally driven by the undershot water wheel on the ground floor. These sucked water from a collecting basin and pressed it through lead pipes into three vats high up. The vats had a total capacity of over 50 barrels, or more than 45,000 liters. Once all the containers were full, valves were operated and water flowed through long lead pipes to the garden's water features.
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3.38 km

Small Lake in the Hofgarten, Veitshöchheim

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The historic irrigation system in the court garden still feeds the water features in the Great Lake today and appears in a variety of forms: as a reflective lake surface, a rippling cascade staircase and fine spring jets.

As early as 1764, Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim wrote about Veitshöchheim: "I have water everywhere in great quantities," in other words more than enough. On the slope side of the garden, where the cascade was later built, large quantities of water emerged from the ground. In order to prevent the garden from becoming swampy, this spring was captured before 1720 and a well house was built over it. An underground canal led the water directly into the Great Lake.

Due to the abundant flow of the springs, the Small Lake, the Hechtsee, the Karpfensee and the Küchensee could also be supplied with fresh water all year round. This enabled extensive fish farming to supply the prince-bishop's court kitchen.

The majority of the water is still fed into the Great Lake today. The underground canals built for this purpose have different cross-sections depending on the amount of water being drained. In the last section of the canal, the spring water is channeled from the water tower into the Main.

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