| Tour profile | |||
| height | km | Hm | |
| Constancy | 400 m | 0 | |
| Romanshorn | 20 | ||
| Rorschach | 36 | ||
| Bregenz | 68 | ||
| Lindau | 79 | ||
| Friedrichshafen | 106 | ||
| Meersburg | 124 | ||
| Überlingen | 137 | ||
| Radolfzell | 165 | ||
| Constancy | 183 | ||
| Overview | |||
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The Lake Constance cycle path leads around the popular Lake Constance in the border triangle of Germany, Austria and the Switzerland. The best time for a bike tour on Lake Constance is late summer at the beginning of September.
Route profile
- Length: 183 to 298 km (depending on the route chosen)
- Signposting: official logo, but inconsistent signage, exemplary in Switzerland as a national route 2 "Rhine Route" called
- Slopes: none except for the section Constancy - Bodman
- Path condition:
- Traffic load: mostly none
- Suitable bike: each
- Family suitability: Yes
- Inline suitability: Yes
background
Background information on the Lake Constance are here to find.
The Lake Constance cycle path is used by around 380,000 cyclists every year, around 100,000 of whom cycle around the entire lake on a multi-day cycle tour. The Lake Constance cycle path is linked to many other long-distance cycle paths: in Germany, for example, from Lindau with the Lake Constance-Koenigssee cycle path, from Ludwigshafen with the Hohenzollern cycle path, from Kressbronn on Lake Constance with the Danube-Lake Constance cycle path, from Radolfzell with the Heidelberg-Black Forest-Bodensee-Weg and from Constancy and Stone at the Rhein with the Rhine Valley Path.
preparation
getting there
By train
Germany
- From Basel A RegioExpress runs every hour in Baden train station Waldshut-Tiengen, Schaffhausen, Radolfzell, Überlingen and Meersburg to Friedrichshafen.
- Constancy is directly from Karlsruhe via Donaueschingen and Radolfzell Achieved with RE, IRE and single IC.
- Lindau is the end point of the railway line from Munich (via Buchloe).
- Friedrichshafen is reached from Ulm (Schussentalbahn, Swabian Railway)
The Bodenseegürtelbahn runs along the northern shore of Lake Constance, although it runs between Immenstaad and Meersburg in the hinterland.
Switzerland The quickest way to get to Lake Constance from Bern and Zurich is to go to Kreuzlingen or Romanshorn (direct connections every hour). An alternative is Rorschach. Almost every place on Lake Constance can be reached from these stations by following the lake line (Rorschach – Romanshorn – Kreuzlingen – Stein am Rhein – Schaffhausen).
By boat
ferry
- Ferry connection Romanhorn - Friedrichshafen. This is also the lake extension of the railway line Zurich - Ulm
- Car ferry · Constance - Meersburg
Round trips / scheduled boat
Rhine
- Traffic route: Schaffhausen - Stone at the Rhein - Reichenau - Constancy - Kreuzlingen
- Swiss shipping company Untersee - Rhine
By bicycle
Germany from the west: Rheintalweg, Rhine cycle route
- from Bavaria in Lindau: Lake Constance-Koenigssee cycle path
Switzerland: Rhine route, Lakes route and Mittelland route, see also Rhine cycle route
Route description with sights
The Kreuzlingen (across from Konstanz) - Faußach (A) section is part of the Swiss national route 2 Rhine route.
Constancy - Kreuzlingen (CH) - Romanshorn (CH): 20 km
Romanshorn - Arbon (CH) - Rorschach (CH): 16 km
Rorschach - Bregenz (A): 32 km
Bregenz - Lindau: 11 km
- Lindau (Bavaria) - Medieval island town, old town hall (1422), town houses with arcades and high-gabled facades, theft tower, house for "Cavazzen" (local history museum), St. Peters Church (around 1000), St. Stephen's Church, collegiate church, harbor entrance with Bavarian lion and lighthouse, Seaport promenade.
Lindau - Friedrichshafen: 27 km
- Moated castle at the Bodensee
- Kressbronn on Lake Constance - Farmer's path, cable suspension bridge over the Argen
- Langenargen - Monfort Castle, customs house on the harbor, market square, baroque parish church of St. Martin
- Eriskirch - Village idyll in the enchanted reed - Nature conservation center in the Eriskircher Ried
- Friedrichshafen − Where the “cigar” learned to fly - Zeppelin Museum, Dornier Museum, school museum, baroque castle church, harbor pier observation tower, bank promenade, cactus and tropical collection, Lake Constance trail.
Friedrichshafen - Meersburg: 18 km
- Meersburg - Picturesque old town, old castle (with castle museum), new castle (Dornier museum, municipal gallery and prince-bishop's chambers), castle chapel, castle mill (1620), “Fürstenhäusle” (Droste museum), bible gallery in the old monastery, city museum and wine-growing museum.
Meersburg - Überlingen: 13 km
- Überlingen - Kneipp spa, medieval town center, town garden, bank promenade, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Gothic Ölberg chapel, town hall with historic town hall hall.
Überlingen - Bodman-Ludwigshafen
If you are insensitive to noise, you can squeeze between the main road and the railway line.
Abbreviation: Bodman-Ludwigshafen - Radolfzell
Bodman-Ludwigshafen - Constance
On this route you leave the lakeshore and drive over the mountains, mostly on country roads. Only for the sporty. From Wallhausen you are closer to the water and pass the island of Mainau.
Constance - Radolfzell: 18 km
Radolfzell - Stone at the Rhein (CH): 23 km
Stone at the Rhein - Constancy
The Stein am Rhein - Kreuzlingen section across from Konstanz is part of the Swiss national route 2 Rhine route
Stone at the Rhein - Steckborn: 12 km
Steckborn - Kreuzlingen - Konstanz: 14 km
Suggested route
Day 1: Start in Constancy - ferry to Meersburg - here either on the ferry or further in the direction of Überlinger See - Meersburg - Hagnau - Immenstaad - Friedrichshafen - Eriskirch - Langenargen - Kressbronn on Lake Constance - Nun's horn - Moated castle - Lindau
3rd day: Bregenz - Hard - Gaissau - Rorschach - horn - Arbon - Egnach - Romanshorn - Uttwil - Kreuzlingen - Constancy
Luggage service
Cycling without luggage - the luggage service on the Lake Constance cycle path
Bike rental
Tourist information
Tourism associations on the Lake Constance cycle path
security
Unfortunately, accidents happen again and again. Cyclists are not exempt from this either. However, you can protect yourself from injuries and accidents with the right cycling clothing. The bicycle helmet is the most important piece of clothing when cycling. This protects the cyclist from serious head injuries if he falls on his head. A cycling jacket and cycling pants with reflective projectors are also worth their weight in gold, especially in winter. Thanks to the reflectors on the clothing, the cyclist is clearly visible even in the dark.
trips
Germany
- Hochrhein-Hotzenwald-Weg Part of the route Rhine cycle route
- Lake Constance-Koenigssee cycle path from Lindau
- Danube-Lake Constance cycle path
- Hohenzollern cycle path
- Swabian Alb cycle path
Switzerland
- The Rhine route 2 leads along Lake Constance. St. Margrethen - Rorschach - Romanshorn - Constance / Kreuzlingen - Stein am Rhein
- The Lakes Route 9 starts in St. Margrethen.
- The starts in Romanshorn Mittelland route 5.
References to literature and maps
- bikeline bike tour guide "Bodensee-Radweg. Around Lake Constance, Überlinger See and Untersee", Verlag Esterbauer, 1: 50,000, local maps, ÜVZ, 120 pages, ISBN 978-3-85000-002-4
- Lake Constance cycle path. By bike through three countries around the lake, Compact spiral 1: 50,000, BVA Bielefelder Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-87073-497-8
