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MarathonRoad🇩🇪 Kandel, Germany

Bienwald Marathon

Sunday, 14 March 2027Estimated dateIn 5 months · Start 10:00

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A classic early-season marathon on closed, paved and almost perfectly flat roads from Kandel through Minfeld and deep into the Bienwald forest to Büchelberg.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against bienwald-marathon.de, de.wikipedia.org.

Elevation gain
20 m
Flat · ↓ 20 m
Start altitude
128 m
above sea level, from terrain data
Temp at start
6°C
Peaks around 11°C
Entry fee
≈ $55
Open entry
Finishers
520
typical year
Course
Out and back
Cut-off: check site
Getting thereFly into FKB (Rheinmünster), about 35 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Flat: about 20 m of climbing and 20 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start
6°C
Peak during race
11°C
Humidity
70%
Chance of rain
31%
Wind
15 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 14 March ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 10:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

Course records

Men
2:14:25 · Ralf Salzmann (1984)
Women
2:38:13 · Susi Riermeier (1984)

As of the 2025 season.

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