Rheintal-Weg - Rheintal-Weg

The Rhine Valley Path runs exclusively on the right bank of the Rhine and is a combination of several cycle paths in Baden, which are from the Kaiserstuhl away from the Rhine: Hochrhein-Hotzenwald-Weg, Oberrhein-Kaiserstuhl-Weg, Breisgau-Weg, Ortenau-Weg and Bergstrasse-Rhein-Weg.

The Rhine Valley Cycle Path is the Swiss regional route 98. It is identical to the Rheintal-Weg but only runs between Schaffhausen (CH) and Basel. It is thus the right bank of the Rhine part of the international Rhine cycle route. Swiss National Route 2 runs to the left of the Rhine Rhine route also up Basel.

In Germany, the Rhine Valley Cycle Route is known as Rhine Valley Path signposted. This comes from Constancy at the Lake Constance above Radolfzell and goes off Basel initially with the Rhine Cycle Route Breisach at the Kaiserstuhl, circles the Kaiserstuhl on both sides and then leads over at the foot of the Black Forest Heidelberg in the Mountain road to the Hessian Heppenheim.

Cycle sign on the banks of the Rhine in Basel, here the Europawegweg 6 runs, the Rheintal-Weg runs behind Bad Basel station

Route profile

  • Length: 515 km
  • Signposting: · Green sign with half a bicycle, in Basel only red bicycle place-name signs
  • Slopes: · Mostly flat, but considerable near Schaffhausen (CH). Total meters in altitude: Schaffhausen – Basel: 560 m, Basel – Schaffhausen: 700 m
  • Path condition: · Mainly asphalt paths, partly water-bound forest paths
  • Traffic load: · Mostly quiet, sometimes moderate traffic
  • Suitable bike:
  • Family suitability:
  • Inline suitability:

background

Arrival in Constance

By train

  • from Germany: In Constancy (Route: Singen - Radolfzell - Konstanz)
  • from Switzerland: In Kreuzlingen (Route: Chur - Arbon - Schaffhausen)

By boat

  • Ferry from Meersburg (20 min)

Bicycle bus on the way

By bicycle

Route description with sights

Constance - Stein am Rhein (CH)

Together with the Lake Constance cycle path

  • Nature reserve Wollmatinger Ried - Accessible only with a guide (April-October: Wed, Sat and Sun, Tel .: 07531-78870)
  • Reichenau - Monastery island, once the center of the West. The vegetable island
  • Allensbach - Parish church, game and leisure park
  • Mettnau peninsula - Nature reserve with observation tower
  • Radolfzell - Old town, market square, minster, town hall, imperial knighthood building, city pharmacy.
  • Höri peninsula - brochure
    • moss
    • Horn - district of Gaienhofen - Church of St. Johann the Baptist and Veit
    • Gaienhofen - Gaienhofen Castle (not accessible), Hermann Hesse Höri Museum - Otto Dix House
    • Hemmenhofen - district of Gaienhofen - Otto Dix house
    • Wangen - district of Öhningen - Fischerhaus museum
    • Kattenhorn - district of Öhningen - Blasius chapel from the 16th century, Petruskirche with large glass windows designed by Otto Dix.
    • Öhningen - former Augustinian canons, cath. Parish church of St. Hippolyt and Verena
  • Stone at the Rhein - Town hall square with market fountain, town hall (1539) with historical collection,

Stein am Rhein - Schaffhausen (Ch)

together with the Swiss national route 2 Rhine route

  • Gailingen on the Upper Rhine (D)
  • → Diessenhofen (CH) place worth seeing, across the Rhine bridge
  • Schaffhausen - Picturesque old town, All Saints monastery with Schiller bell, halls for new art, Munot fort,

Schaffhausen - Basel (CH)

Rhine Valley Cycle Path → Rhine Valley Path

Schaffhausen - Waldshut-Tiengen (D)

→

Waldshut (D) - Bad Säckingen (D)

Bad Säckingen - Basel (CH)

  • Rheinfelden (Baden) - Beuggen Castle (13th century in the Karsau district).
  • → Rheinfelden AG (Swiss side) - Historic old town, town hall, castle model museum, oldtimer museum.
  • Grenzach
  • Basel suburb of Riehen
  • Basel (Basel Bad train station) - Basel Minster, market square with town hall, Barfüßerkirche, Predigerkirche, Spalentor, middle bridge, zoological garden, botanical garden.
    Pathfinding see article: Basel / bicycle

Basel - Breisach: 65 km

Rhine promenade in Kleinbasel

Upper Rhine-Kaiserstuhl-Weg

  • Because on the Rhine → Junction of the Vèloroute Rhin on the left bank of the Rhine through the Alsace
  • Bad Bellingen - Kurpark, thermal baths Balinea Thermen, Rheinweiler Castle.
  • Neuchâtel on the Rhine
  • Breisach on the Rhine - Europabrunnen, Rheintor, St. Stephansmünster, city wall and gates, portals of the old town hall and the former monastery “Notre Dame”, Radbrunnentor, Kapftor, Windbruchtor.

Breisach - Herbolzheim

Breisgau-Weg (east route): 63 km

  • Freiburg in Breisgau - Freiburg Minster, Kornhaus (1498), "Old Town Hall" (1556/59), New Town Hall (carillon at 12 o'clock), "Basler Hof", "Haus zum Walfisch", Colombischlössle, Münsterplatz with market every weekday, Schwabentor, Martinstor, Freiburg Market Hall.
  • Vörstetten
  • → Emmendingen - Historic town hall, market square with town houses, town gate (17th century), margrave castle (renaissance building, local museum, town garden with rosarium.
  • Nimburg
  • Bahlingen at the Kaiserstuhl - half-timbered houses, wine and forest nature trail
  • bars am Kaiserstuhl - half-timbered houses, town hall (1784), St. Martinskirche (1743/48), Riegeler brewery (visit by appointment), remains of a Mithra temple, museum train "Rebenbummler" (with bicycle transport)
  • Malterdingen local entrance
  • Hecklingen
  • Kenzingen - Listed old town, wine trail, "Oberrheinische Narrenschau": Museum of Carnival customs
  • Herbolzheim

Upper Rhine-Kaiserstuhl-Weg (west route): 38 km

  • Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl - District Burgheim - City gate, Sponeck castle ruins
  • → Vogtsburg - district Oberrotweil: Medieval town center, town hall (1604), castle ruins (1572), Rotweiler gate, historical wine trail.
  • Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Limburg ruins → branch of the Rhine cycle route
  • Endingen am Kaiserstuhl - historic old town, Königsschaffhauser Tor with guild and museum rooms of the Endinger fools' guild, market square with granary,
  • bars at the Kaiserstuhl
  • Hecklingen
  • Kenzingen
  • Herbolzheim

Herbolzheim - Offenburg - Ettlingen: 125 km

Ortenau way

  • Chapel-Grafenhausen
  • Wittenweier
  • Allmannsweier
  • Meissenheim
  • Dundenheim
  • Schutterwald
  • Offenburg
  • Ebersweier
  • Appenweier
  • Erlach - district in the east of Renchen
  • Ulm - district in the east of Renchen
  • Önsbach - district in the south of Achern
  • Gamshurst - district in the west of Achern
  • Unzhurst - Separation of the Ortenau way

Eastern route

  • Moos - district in the west of Buhl
  • Balzhofen - district in the west of Bühl
  • Vimbuch - district in the northwest of Bühl
  • Widening - district in the north of Bühl
  • Müllhofen
  • Mapping - district in the north of Sinzheim
  • Oos - district in the northwest of Baden-Baden
→ Baden-Baden
  • Haueneberstein - district in the north of Baden-Baden
  • Kuppenheim
  • Rauental - district in the east of Rastatt

Western route

through the Rhine meadows via Lichtenau-Ulm, Greffern, Söllingen, Iffezheim, Wintersdorf and Ottersdorf Rastatt

Rastatt - Ettlingen

Ettlingen - Schwetzingen - Heppenheim: 110 km

Bergstrasse-Rhein-Weg

Excursions on the way

trips

By train

The entire route is accompanied by the train.

In Basel:

  • Basel SBB
  • Basel Badischer Bahnhof (DB - German tariff)

In Heidelberg: Hauptbahnhof - all types of train, including ICE, S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar and regional trams

In Heppenheim: Regional train and Regional Express (Heidelberg - Darmstadt - Frankfurt am Main)

By bicycle

in Basel:

in Heidelberg:

in Heppenheim:

References to literature and maps

Web links

Rhine Valley Path:

Rhine Valley Cycle Path:

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