ALTMUEHL-CYCLE PATH
ca. 230 km
Nature Park
Frankenhöhe ca. 450 m above sea-level
Kelheim ca. 330 m above sea-level
Idyllic landscape with sheep
The valley of the river Altmuehl is fascinating in a way, that transponds you into the old pre-industrial times. Historic small towns and villages, old castles and fortresses, embedded into a very special and quite unexpected heather vegetation.
With only 230 km the valley of Altmuehl might
be too short a distance for your tour. A combination with the "Lovely
Taubervalley" or the "Danube Riverpath" can be the right
solution.
The best places to start with the Altmuehl
Cycle-Path is either Rothenburg o.d. Tauber
(coming from the Lovely Taubervalley cycle path) or Ansbach. You pass
the small towns Leutershausen and Herrieden on your way to Gunzenhausen.
Farther on to Treuchtlingen and the old bishop-town Eichstätt. Next
stations are Beilngries and Riedenburg on the way to the Danube.
The landscape of the Altmuehl
valley partly is preserved as a natural reserve. The river meanders
undisturbed through green meadows. Due to the special geological situation,
parts of the Altmuehl valley are covered with heather
vegetation. Juniper, sparce gras and heather are an ideal pasture
for countless sheep, guarded by sheep-dogs and their guardians.
The Natural
Reserve Altmuehl stretches over 3.000 km² and offers a beautiful
und calm recreational area not only for cylists.
The river of Altmuehl flows into the Danube near the town Kelheim. Here
you can follow the Danube cycle path into
the direction of Regensburg and further on
to Passau.
