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Nürnberg to Augsburg Road biking

Green Porridge

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A road biking route linking the historic Bavarian cities of Nürnberg (Nuremberg) and Augsburg.
This route came from a sponsored bike ride in May 2011, and constituted the first day of two (the second went from Augsburg to Munich). The route starts at the castle in the middle of Nürnberg's old town, and takes the rider all the way to the old town of Augsburg. The route itself is a good exhibition of the varied and beautiful different sides of the Bavarian landscape, with the section Nürnberg-Weißenburg being typical Middle Franconian pastoral lands, Weißenburg-The Danube being the hilly but beautiful limestone valley system of the Altmühltal, and the section from the Danube to Augsburg being typical Danubian plains. From Augsburg, it is even possible to see the Alps, on a clear day.

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Nürnberg castle
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49.4570, 11.0735 Start, with Nürnberg castle and the first couple of km along the mediaeval city walls. Definitely worth a stay the night before, if you can restrain yourself from carb-loading on fine Bavarian beer and Schnitzel

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49.0322, 10.9736 Weißenburg in Bayern, originally founded in Roman times, and part of the Limes Way through Germany. An interesting town with a mix of history from different periods, including a Roman villa just outside of it.

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48.9349, 10.9740 Pappenheim, in the heart of the Altmühltal. There are plenty of good walks, climbing and canoeing on the Altmühl itself from around here.

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48.7355, 10.9432 The crossing of the Danube

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