The Main-Werra long-distance cycle path leads from Wurzburg above Bad Neustadt to Meiningen. He connects the Main cycle path with the Werra valley cycle path. One crosses the Rhön east of the Rhön cycle path and has fewer gradients. Those who start in Schweinfurt have a shortened Main-Werra connection, and since this is not a river cycle path, you can also start at the Werra. After Bad Neustadt you can then alternatively continue down the Saale Bad Kissingen follow and from there cycle on various paths (e.g. Fränkische-Saale-Radweg) to the Main. The routes via Kissingen offer much more for the senses, but are longer; the one between Meiningen and Mellrichstadt is recommended Sülzetal cycle path as a better alternative.
There is a direct connection with the regional train (Erfurter Bahn) between Schweinfurt and Meiningen.
Route profile
- Length: 140 km
- Signposting: Arrow and intermediate signposts with your own logo. There are a few loopholes and surprises.
- Slopes: Overall still moderate. It's about that Rhön.
- Path condition: Asphalt roads dominate
- Traffic load: often country roads (approx. 25%), another 10% local roads
- Suitable bike: Touring bike with 7 gears
- Family suitability: not so suitable because of the inclines
- Inline suitability: not known
background
preparation
getting there
Public transportation
By bicycle
In the street
Route description with sights
Wurzburg - Bad Neustadt approx. 85 km
- Wurzburg - approx. 50 km (instead of 75 km on the Main cycle path) to
- Bergrheinfeld - here the route meets the Main Cycle Path. The Main itself cannot be seen at this point.
- Schweinfurt - the city center is not passed. Detours are signposted. You can also stay on the Main cycle path and then turn left. On the way through Schweinfurt you come across the Main-Saale cycle path, which you follow Bad Kissingen can follow (see detour)
- Oberwerrn - From here the route runs along the Wern.
- Poppenhausen (Lower Franconia) - it goes through a very lonely valley (photo). Partly you can also see the new BAB 71.
- Münnerstadt
- Bad Neustadt - you leave Neustadt to the northeast and follow the Franconian Saale to
- → Connection to the Rhön cycle path direction Bischofsheim on the Rhön.
Bad Neustadt - Meiningen approx. 55 km
- Haystack - Now it goes on in the Streutal until
- Mellrichstadt
- From here on is the new one Sülzetal cycle path alternatively signposted as Main-Werra-Weg. It is well signposted, runs on paved farm roads (500 m are unpaved on the Bavarian-Thuringian border) and is 8 km shorter. The landscape is lonely. The other route via Untermaßfeld is not signposted in Thuringia and is therefore ignored.
- Eussenhausen
- Hermannsfeld
- Sülzfeld
- Undersize field - old route - no longer supported in Thuringia.
Detour to Bad Kissingen : 15 km
The Main-Saale cycle path, which starts close to the center on the banks of the Main, connects Schweinfurt with Bad Kassingen. After reaching the place, it is advisable to go to the Franconian Saale cycle path continue along the Saale Bad Neustadt to cycle.
