Der Hahnensand ist ein kleiner Teil des Naturschutzgebiets Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue am Rhein zwischen Mainz und Mannheim und eine der abgelegeneren Ecken in der ansonsten so dicht besiedelten und gut erschlossenen Rheinebene. Er liegt nur 20 km Luftlinie von Rüsselheim und von Darmstadt entfernt. Die Zufahrt allein ist aber schon abenteuerlich. Zwischen Erfelden und Leerheim verlässt man …
Die Rothenburger Landhege war die Landwehr der Stadt Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Diese Grenzsicherung wurde vor mehr als 200 Jahren aufgehoben. Mich hat interessiert, was heute noch von einer mehr als 60 km langen, über Jahrhunderte gepflegten Wallhecke zu sehen ist und habe eine Radtour entlang der Rothenburger Landhege gemacht. Geschichte der Rothenburger Landhege Die …
Starting an adventure on your own doorstep is something very exciting. With my Via Regia project I was able to do just that. As a warm-up to the Frankfurt to Leipzig route, I walked through the Rhine-Main agglomeration from Mainz to Frankfurt in search of an old long-distance trade route. The Old Mainz to Frankfurt …
Amsterdam is known for its canals. The network of these artificial waterways is a part of the special appeal that this cosmopolitan city has. But what is the story behind the Amsterdam Canals? When you look at the map of Amsterdam you notice a ring of concentric canals around the city center. The large scale …
What does a centuries-old road through the heart of Germany look like today? This is what I want to find out in the next couple of months, when I walk from Frankfurt to Leipzig on a route that is known as the Via Regia. History of the Via Regia For centuries the Via Regia was …
Frankfurt’s central location within Germany made the city into a transportation hub and a place to early medieval times. It was the site of an important annual fair and the place where the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire met for centuries. Today, Frankfurt is part of the Rhein-Main agglomeration of more than five …
In less than four weeks the TGO Challenge 2015 will be underway! I have talked about it in my preview already. Today I want to focus more on the route that I will walk from the West Coast to the East Coast of Scotland. My idea for the challenge is to follow historic paths through …
The Holy Week and the Easter celebrations are at the center of Christianity. The events around death and resurrection of Jesus happened in and around the old center of Jerusalem and their locations can still be found today. One of the focal points is the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Suffering, that describes Jesus’ last …
A continental divide or watershed does not have to be a place somewhere high up in the mountains. One of the most important watersheds in North America is near downtown Chicago, Illinois: the Chicago Portage. It is the main reason the third biggest city in the United States was built. History of the Chicago …
In Panama, the shores of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are only about 60 km apart. This makes the isthmus a truly strategic location for global transportation. A hundred years ago the Panama Canal was opened and since then allows ships go directly from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific. This obviously was not possible …
