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Elzwiesen Nature Reserve – Rhine River Dam and Viewpoint loop from Herbolzheim (Breisgau)

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Baden-Württemberg

Landkreis Emmendingen

Herbolzheim

Elzwiesen Nature Reserve – Rhine River Dam and Viewpoint loop from Herbolzheim (Breisgau)

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Elzwiesen Nature Reserve – Rhine River Dam and Viewpoint loop from Herbolzheim (Breisgau)

01:55

29.9km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 28, 2026

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Elzwiesen

Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil

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Start point

Train Station

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4.18 km

Old Elz

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The Alte Elz flows past Hecklingen through Kenzingen and further on through Europapark Rust to its later mouth in the Rhine.

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4.19 km

The Elzwiesen meadows have been a nature reserve since 1990. The area covers a total area of 410 hectares along the Elz River between Rust, Rheinhausen, and Herbolzheim. This area is particularly important because comparable grassland areas are becoming increasingly scarce. Due to development and increased use of the land for arable land, the breeding and refuge sites, as well as resting places, for many birds are disappearing throughout Europe.

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12.4 km

Ford Across the Rhine in Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil

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Depending on the Rhine level, there are wet feet here. Or you even need swimming trunks or a bikini.

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14.3 km

Rhine River Dam and Viewpoint

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The Rhine is 1,232 km long. It originates in the canton of Graubünden and flows into the North Sea in the Netherlands.

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14.9 km

Weisweil Marina

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Great Refreshment, today was Oktoberfest with music

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15.4 km

Wooden Sculptures Trail in Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil

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Carving with the chainsaw, great figures !!!

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20.9 km

Leopold Canal

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In 1837, construction began in three places. The river bed was laid by hand to a width of 20 meters and the dams were raised to a height of six meters above the river bed. Women were also used as workers, carrying the earth in baskets. In 1843, the 12.5 km long canal between Riegel and the mouth of the canal in the Rhine was handed over to its intended use.

At 693,000 guilders, the actual costs were far higher than the estimate, so that the “competitor” municipalities had to take out a loan of 400,000 guilders from the Badische Versorgungsanstalt in Karlsruhe. This caused resentment in the communities at times, which died down when the northern Breisgau was spared the floods of the extreme floods of 1844 and 1845 for the first time.

On November 15, 1846, the "Noth Canal Project" was named after Grand Duke Leopold. On this day, an obelisk commemorating the construction of the Leopold Canal was unveiled at the point in Riegel where the “Alte Elz” exits the Leopold Canal. It bears the following inscription:

"To ward off the devastating floods of the Dreisam and Elz, these canals were built under the blessed government of Grand Duke Leopold by the combined forces of the state and the communities involved between 1837 and 1842.

The grateful communities of Neuershausen Hecklingen Boetzingen Kenzingen Eichstetten Herbolsheim Nimburg Oberhausen Bahlingen Niederhausen Koendringen Rust Malterdingen Ringsheim Riegel Kappel 1846 to the Grand Duke Leopold

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25.2 km

View of the Elz River in Kenzingen

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Upstream from here, there is an old boat landing on the Enz. The actual harbor was located near the train station. The Elz was an important transportation route in the Middle Ages.

From the bridge here, you have a beautiful view of the old mill.

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29.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

9.87 km

5.53 km

4.01 km

210 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

8.22 km

5.42 km

1.11 km

435 m

268 m

Elevation

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Elzwiesen Nature Reserve – Rhine River Dam and Viewpoint loop from Herbolzheim (Breisgau)

Old Elz