The Barbarossa Cycleway (german: Barbarossa-Radweg) is an 88 kilometre (55 mile) long
cycle path in
Germany, that links the
North Palatine Uplands to the old imperial city of
Worms on the
River Rhine
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. It passes through the largely level, but varied landscape of the
Palatinate region, before it reaches the vineyards of the
Rhine Plain. It thus links the
Glan-Blies Cycleway via the Barbarossa city of
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...
with the
Rhine Cycleway. The whole route is uniformly signed with the cycleway logo which portrays a stylised
Emperor Barbarossa. The figure of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa at the north portal of
Worms Cathedral was used as the prototype.
Several sections have been left natural, so the cycleway is not suitable for racing bicycles or inline skaters.
External links
Barbarossa Cycleway at radreisen.wikiBarbarossa Cycleway with map GPS-track and tourist information
Sources
Radwanderland.deretrieved November 2011
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Worms, Germany
Palatinate (region)
Cycleways in Germany
Transport in Rhineland-Palatinate
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor