The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Benfeld
The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Benfeld
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The Landscapes of the Grand Ried – Ebersmunster loop from Benfeld
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52.6km
70m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 23, 2026
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Start point
Train Station
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4.27 km
The Landscapes of the Grand Ried
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We call the Grand Ried (from the Alemannic "Rieth", reed) the central part of the Alsace plain which extends between Sélestat and Strasbourg, on the flood-prone lands of the Ill and the Rhine. This immense swamp, little by little modified by man, forms a puzzle of wet meadows and small woods of willows and poplars. The floods of the Ill, frequent in spring, and the numerous resurgences of the water table, located at a shallow depth and at a constant temperature all year round, favor the growth of original vegetation (palustrine gladiolus, gentian, iris of Siberia, etc.) and attract many birds, including the sharp-billed curlew, the lapwing, the black-headed gull...
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11.7 km
Ebersmunster
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27.2 km
The Ill near Ehnwihr
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More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehnwihr
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28.3 km
Muttersholtz - a stork's nest on almost every roof
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28.4 km
Stork Village of Muttersholtz
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35.3 km
Écluse de Wittisheim
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Nice bike path along the canal.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Rh%C3%B4ne-Kanal#History
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39.9 km
Canal du Rhône au Rhin
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of the Rhône-Rhein-Kanal von „Notre Dame de Neunkirch“ (Deutsche version):
The Rhône-Rhine canal is a French canal which connects the Saône, a navigable tributary of the Rhône, to the Rhine. It is designed as a necessary link to connect the maritime ports of northern Europe with those of the Mediterranean by creating a river link Rotterdam-Marseille via Germany.
You are on the northern branch of the canal, built around 1830. This portion of the canal doubled the Rhine and linked the ports of Mulhouse to those of Strasbourg (the northern end of the canal does not flow directly into the Rhine, but into the Ill which surrounds part of Strasbourg and which no longer communicates directly with the Rhine). Here, the canal was decommissioned in the 1960s following the construction of the Grand Canal d'Alsace and the Kembs-Niffer lock.
The banks of the canal were paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to make it easy to connect the European capital and Colmar by bike.
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44.2 km
Canal du Rhône au Rhin Lock and Lockkeeper's House
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In Alsace, its banks have been paved from Marckolsheim to Strasbourg to allow easy cycling between the European capital and Colmar.
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52.6 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
38.3 km
7.42 km
5.17 km
1.17 km
431 m
153 m
Surfaces
44.0 km
7.24 km
930 m
294 m
123 m
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