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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – Mainz Winter Harbor loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

Winterhafen Swing Bridge – Mainz Winter Harbor loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – Mainz Winter Harbor loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

01:03

25.1km

70m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 2.54 km for 19 m

After 3.07 km for 39 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.00 km

The Holzturm - Mainz 🚴‍♂️

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Former tower of the city fortifications - also used as a prison. The tower is currently being restored and is accordingly clad on one side.

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The swing bridge at the Winter Harbor in Mainz was built around 1877 and is therefore one of the oldest swing bridges still in existence. It crosses the Winter Harbor and serves as a link between the old town and the pier on the Victor Hugo bank.

Twelve years after the Winter Harbor opened in 1865, the swing bridge allowed ships to pass through at any water level. After the Rhine bank was expanded, there were two swing bridges in Mainz. The bridge at the customs and inland harbor was demolished after 1945.

The building is a listed building and is considered a cultural monument. The mechanical rotating device of the bridge at the Winter Harbor had not been functional since 1996 and was replaced by a hydraulic device in 2009 because it was at risk of brittle fracture. In addition, yachts will also be able to drive into the Winter Harbor in the future to increase the recreational value of a nearby construction site. The old swing bridge was dismantled on March 20, 2009 with the participation of Riga Mainz. The new swing bridge was manufactured in April of the same year in the workshops of the Wiesbaden company Huhle Stahl- und Metallbau. The new steel structure was assembled on October 29, 2009.[1] The structure is 37.50 meters long, 4.50 meters wide and weighs 54 tons. The old bridge section weighed just 21.5 tons. It is an asymmetrical, two-wing road swing bridge made of riveted steel framework. This means that the appearance of the new bridge will be largely adapted to that of the old bridge. The construction materials meet modern requirements, for example the floor covering is made of aluminum instead of wooden planks as before.

The "king pin" as a pivot point is placed on a sandstone pillar. This part of the mechanism, which is no longer visible, has a diameter of 20 centimeters. The only part of the movement mechanism that can be seen is the running and rolling ring of the swing pillar. The bridge abutments are accentuated by balustrades that end in curved wall sections with stone benches.

Source Wikipedia: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drehbr%C3%BCcke_am_Winterhafen

The beautiful beer garden "Mole" directly at the swing bridge should also be mentioned.

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Mainz Winter Harbor

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The winter port was built in 1865, and the name says everything about its original function: the port was intended to provide protection for skippers and their ships in winter, when the Rhine was drifting with drift ice or was even completely frozen. Incidentally, the winter harbor was a bad design, because due to the location and location of the entrance diagonally opposite the confluence of the Main, the winter harbor tends to silt up. After the customs port was opened in 1884, most ships spent the winter there.

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Mainz South Bridge (View from the towpath)

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The Mainz Südbrücke connects the federal states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The bridge is designed to have two tracks. Pedestrians and cyclists can also cross the Rhine on a footbridge attached to the outside of the bridge structure.

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3.97 km

Weisenau Rhine Cycle Path

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But beware! the bike path is usually very busy with some e-bike amateurs. Nice stop at the Rhoischnook.

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14.0 km

Roter Hang Cycle Path

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Very nice area, both for biking and running. Very close to the Rhine.

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20.7 km

View of the Rhine

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From here you can watch great ships

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22.2 km

View of the confluence of the Main and the Rhine

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But from afar and with sunset mega 💚🤟🦊

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25.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.2 km

7.50 km

4.24 km

1.91 km

225 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.4 km

3.51 km

1.24 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 20 June

34°C

23°C

59 %

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Winterhafen Swing Bridge – Mainz Winter Harbor loop from Mainz Hauptbahnhof

The Holzturm - Mainz 🚴‍♂️