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Altmühl and Schambach valleys

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Altmühl and Schambach valleys

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Altmühl and Schambach valleys

04:24

69.3km

540m

Cycling

The circular tour through the Altmühl and Schambach valleys begins in Beilngries at the guest's house. You leave the old town via the Altmühl cycle path or through the Sulzpark, then you continue cycling towards Dietfurt.

On the way there, it's worth stopping in Kottingwörth with the impressive fortified church…

by Naturpark Altmuehltal

Last updated: June 4, 2024

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251 m

Sulz Riverside Park, Beilngries

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Beautiful park on the Sulz outside Beilngries with loungers, a barefoot path and trees.

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10.6 km

Alcmona Prehistoric Experience Village

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At the gates of Dietfurt on the old canal, near the Dietfurt lock, you can immerse yourself in early history and get an impression of life back then.

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12.9 km

Historic Old Town of Dietfurt

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Dietfurt is a closed, beautiful place with a Franciscan monastery and an attached meditation house (Zen meditation), a Qigong path, a small museum in the Holler-Haus worth seeing, dedicated to …

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24.3 km

Altmühl Oxbow Lakes

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Beautiful calm water zones in the oxbow lakes.

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31.9 km

Riedenburg Old Town

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The city of Riedenburg is located in the Altmühltal between Kehlheim and Beilngries. The Altmühl Panoramaweg leads directly through the recognized health resort. In a historic setting (first mentioned in …

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39.2 km

Schambach Stream

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Beautiful cycle path along the Schambach between Altmannstein and Riedenburg.

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52.8 km

Bavaria Beech Garden

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In the garden, among other things, there is an XXL marble run where you can send beech wood balls, which are available in a vending machine, on their journey.

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69.3 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.3 km

20.5 km

13.1 km

6.74 km

4.65 km

1.06 km

Surfaces

43.3 km

18.5 km

3.40 km

2.83 km

1.31 km

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Comments

June 18, 2024,18.06.2024 Radtour Beilngries-Dietfurt-Riedenburg-Hexenagger

Our bike tour is from the brochure Tour suggestions on the Altmühl. Just take it and off you go. The tour goes past many churches and small castles. Many churches are open and it's worth taking a look inside.
The first part goes along the Altmühl. There is a swimming lake in front of Riedenburg, if you want you can …

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May 31, 2025,🚲 Radltour an der Altmühl durchs Altmühltal ☀️😊

The first two thirds are a very beautiful route 😊 I wouldn't do the last third like that again, a lot of it is on the road and the scenery isn't particularly special, except for one thing, the solar panels fields 🙈

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April 28, 2025,Riedenburg - Beilngries über's Schambachtal wieder zurück

Beautiful tour 😀 Today we kept looking for paths away from the roads and discovered some great ones 😀 If anyone follows the tour, please note where we went wrong or where we went back.

The Schambachtal cycle path is amazing, very, very beautiful 🤩
At least the part we did 😉
We stopped in Beilngries at the Gasthof Schattenhofer …

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March 15, 2024

The circular tour through the Altmühl and Schambach valleys begins in Beilngries at the guest's house. You leave the old town via the Altmühl cycle path or through the Sulzpark, then you continue cycling towards Dietfurt.
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On the way there, it's worth stopping in Kottingwörth with the impressive fortified

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Altmühl and Schambach valleys

Sulz Riverside Park, Beilngries

Alcmona Prehistoric Experience Village

Historic Old Town of Dietfurt

Altmühl Oxbow Lakes

Riedenburg Old Town

Schambach Stream

Bavaria Beech Garden

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