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Hochdonn Railway Bridge – Burg Ferry Over the Kiel Canal loop from Burger Fährhaus

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Schleswig-Holstein

Hochdonn Railway Bridge – Burg Ferry Over the Kiel Canal loop from Burger Fährhaus

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Hochdonn Railway Bridge – Burg Ferry Over the Kiel Canal loop from Burger Fährhaus

02:22

9.40km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry.

Last updated: April 5, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 4.39 km for 214 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 9.06 km for 217 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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Nobiskrug Canal Ferry

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By ferry Nobiskrug in Burg on the Kiel Canal

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2.20 km

Old Burg Harbor (Idyllic Pond)

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Idyllic lake by the wayside. The lake can also be circumnavigated.

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3.95 km

Aurora Windmill

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a beautiful old windmill

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3.98 km

Hochdonn Railway Bridge

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Nice old steel bridge.

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4.62 km

Hochdonn Ferry and Railway Bridge on the Kiel Canal

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The ferries across the Kiel Canal run around the clock as needed. You'll definitely come over, no matter when you come. And it's free. There is nothing to complain about. ;)

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4.76 km

Sundial at Hochdonn Ferry Parking Lot

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Discovered inconspicuously in the parking lot at the Hochdonn ferry

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5.01 km

The construction of the Kiel Canal (1887 to 1895) cut the route of the Marschbahn east of Brunsbüttel. A swing bridge was built for the railway at Taterphal, which existed from 1895 to 1920. After the canal was widened (1907 to 1913), however, the swing bridge blocked traffic on the canal. Since the subsoil was too soft for a high bridge near Taterphal, it was finally built in Hochdonn.

On July 1, 1920, the railway line was relocated over the new high bridge. Due to the war, the work to relocate the route had been delayed. From Wilster to Burg we went over a high bridge with a high dam on both sides. The supporting pillars resting on high concrete bases and the load-bearing bridge construction gobbled up 15,160 tons of steel.

The prescribed clearance height of 42 meters above the canal and the length of the bridge (2,218 meters) have fundamentally changed the landscape. The enormous mass of earth for the high dam was mostly taken from the cut back of the Geest.

Source: echt-dithmarschen.de/typisch-dithmarschen/sehenswuerdheiten/details/eisenbahnbruecke-hochdonn

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9.40 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.11 km

903 m

289 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.31 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Hochdonn Railway Bridge – Burg Ferry Over the Kiel Canal loop from Burger Fährhaus

Nobiskrug Canal Ferry

Old Burg Harbor (Idyllic Pond)

Aurora Windmill

Hochdonn Railway Bridge

Hochdonn Ferry and Railway Bridge on the Kiel Canal

Sundial at Hochdonn Ferry Parking Lot

Hochdonn Railway Bridge

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