The Bike route The Bergstrasse leads from Darmstadt above Heppenheim to Heidelberg and leads through the landscape strip Mountain road at the foot of the Odenwalds and eastern edge of the Upper Rhine Plain .
Route profile
- Length: 85 km
- Signposting: Well. The route is signposted with large, standardized main signposts.
- Slopes: largely flat
- Path condition: largely well developed (mostly asphalt and concrete dirt roads)
- Traffic load: The route leads to a large extent over traffic-free or low-traffic routes
- Suitable bike: A bike with a 3- to 7-speed gear hub is sufficient
- Family suitability: is given
- Inline suitability: consistently no
background
With the Hessian long-distance cycle route R8 and the Rhine Valley Path the mountain road with long-distance cycle paths has already been developed. In 2007 the "Bergstrasse Cycle Route" was created on the same route, but with 2 large loops over it Lorsch and Ladenburg.
preparation
getting there
By train
Almost all places on the cycle path are accessible with the Frankfurt - Darmstadt - Heidelberg railway line. Bicycles can be taken from the north to Weinheim (RMV tariff) even before 9 a.m. free of charge. From the south to Zwingenberg, taking bicycles with you Mon-Fri until 9 a.m. costs a children's ticket (VRN tariff). After 9 a.m., as well as on weekends and public holidays, you can take your bike with you for free in the entire VRN area. For continuous journeys between Darmstadt and Heidelberg, a day bike ticket of € 4.50 must be purchased with the DB ticket. · InterCitys stop in Darmstadt, Bensheim, Weinheim and Heidelberg (bike reservation).
By bicycle
Luggage transport: Special arrangements "cycling without luggage" can be booked via:
Tui ReiseCenter Bernd Degenhardt Tel .: 06251-93440 Fax: 06251-934450 e-mail: [email protected]
In the street
- Federal road B3
- A5 motorway
Route description with sights
Darmstadt - Heppenheim
- * The cycle path begins on Luisenplatz in Darmstadt.
Hessian section
Heppenheim - Heidelberg
Baden section
- Laudenbach
- Hemsbach
- Lorsch
- Weinheim
- Hirschberg
- Schriesheim
- Ladenburg
- Dossenheim
- Heidelberg
- * The cycle path ends in Heidelberg at the old bridge.
Other places to stay
security
trips
- To the west across the Neckar Valley Cycle Path to Mannheim, from there continue the Rhine Cycle Route.
- To the east over the Neckartal cycle path to Villingen-Schwenningen
References to literature and maps
- ADFC regional map "Rhine / Neckar region", 1: 75000, Bielefelder Verlag, ISBN 978-3-87073-244-8 , 4th revised edition 2010, € 6.80. The pure cycling map with the Bergstraße bike route is well suited for day and multi-day tours in the Bergstraße area, as large parts of the Odenwald, the southern Hessian Ried and the entire Rhine-Neckar area up to the Weinstraße in the Palatinate Forest are shown.
Web links
- Route display in the Hesse cycle route plannerwhich, however, does not correspond to the signs in all details.
- Bike route flyer
