Franciscan Route

Offenburg – Kehl 19.0 km

• Start of the route is in Offenburg at the corner of "Hauptstraße/ Grabenstraße". Coming from the city center, turn right before the bridge, following the bike/pedestrian path along the canal to the north.
• First following the Mühlbach, then the Kinzig, the path leads to Willstätt. At the town entrance, turn left over the bridge, then right along the embankment.
• At the main road (L91) turn left and after the sports field right, follow the course of the embankment. Over the Schutter, then left and about 600 m further right, along the Osterbachgraben.
• Below the main road turn left and follow it to Kehl.
• Straight ahead over the intersection, then right follow the bike path into the city center. Turn left into "Marktstraße".

Kehl - Strasbourg Weir 17.5 km (36.5 km)

• At Montmorencyplatz turn left, then right along "Großh.-Friedrich-Straße" to the Rhine.
• Straight ahead over the bridge to France.
• At the park exit turn right, along "Rue des Caxaliers", over the "Pont de Vauban" towards the center of Strasbourg.
• Turn left into "Rue de Soultz" and after about 500 m turn right into the park.
• After another 500 m turn left, over the tracks, then right along "Rue des corps de Garde".
• At its end turn right, then the next left and follow "Rue de Kibitznau".
• At its end, over the parking lot, then over the bridge and turn left along the park.
• Turn left into "Rue de Staedel", go straight on following "Rue du Rhin Tortu" south.
• Turn left into "Rue des Sarceiles", then left along "Rue des Linottes" over the bridge and at its end first right, then left to the end of "Rue de Dalis".
• Follow the bike trail signs past the high school and through the residential area to the town exit and follow "Rue de Bauerngrund".
• Turn right here, then cross the railway line and over "Rue du Rheinfeld" cross the canal.
• Along the eastern bank along the canal to the south, then over the Strasbourg weir.

Weir – Offenburg 15.5 km (52 km)

• Follow the bike trail to Altenheim along the L98 (about 600 m). Turn right and along the flood protection embankment for 1 km.
• Then turn left past the Altenheimer Mill to Altenheim.
• After the sports field turn left into the town center.
• Straight on at the main street, then right into "Haselweg", and follow the signs, soon on the bike path along K5330 past Müllen to Schutterwald.
• After the sports field turn left, then (together with the Rhine Valley trail) twice right past the Bürgerpark and on the bike path along L99 over the highway into Offenburg and back to the starting point of the route.