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Hydroelectric screw lock – Pont de la Hardt loop from Battenheim

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Hydroelectric screw lock – Pont de la Hardt loop from Battenheim

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Hydroelectric screw lock – Pont de la Hardt loop from Battenheim

03:48

57.4km

100m

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: April 15, 2026

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5.03 km

Hydroelectric power station on the old Rhone-Rhine canal

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Old lock on the old Canal du Rhone au Rhin, in the middle of the Hardtwald.
Partly former restricted area, unpaved cycle paths.
With modern hydroelectric screw.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Rh%C3%B4ne-Kanal#geschichte, elsass-netz.de/165/Hardtwald.html and de .wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserkraftschnecke

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9.60 km

Hydroelectric screw lock

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Old lock with new technology, on the old Rhone-Rhine Canal near Munchhouse.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchhouse#Geography, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Rh%C3%B4ne-Kanal#History and de.wikipedia .org/wiki/hydropower snail

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22.3 km

Border Fessenheim🇩🇪🇨🇵

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23.2 km

View of the Grand Canal d'Alsace Lock

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If you cross the Rhine, which forms the border, you will reach this lock in France for shipping in the parallel Rhine side canal (Grand Canal d'Alsace). To the west of the lock there is still a hydroelectric power plant and a little south on the canal is the recently decommissioned Fessenheim nuclear power plant. If you ride your bike south in the direction of the photo in front of the bridge over the lock on the island, you will have a few kilometers of coarse gravel in front of you. Although the path is wide and flat, it is quite difficult to ride a touring bike or gravel bike, especially in strong headwinds. The path actually requires wide mountain bike tires, even though it is perfectly flat. Only after a few kilometers do you reach the edge of a golf course along an almost overgrown path and a very beautiful road through the forest with new asphalt that leads to the Rhine bridge in Neuchâtel.
Under no circumstances should you try to cool off in the water of the canal because it is surrounded by dangerously slippery and steep concrete. The enclosure has no stairs anywhere and it seems almost impossible to get back to land from the water.

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24.4 km

Pont de la Hardt

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The Pont de la Hardt, also called Pont de la Hardt Erich Dilger-Alain Foechterlé (name of the two mayors who worked on its creation) marks the border between France and Germany. It has one lane reserved for pedestrians and cyclists, and another for vehicles, in alternating traffic.

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