Sunday 8 March 2026

Forest in March (Photo: Copyright © 2025 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The Bienwald Marathon is a road running event held annually on the second Sunday of March in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) in Germany.

Two races are available, a 21.1km half marathon and a 42.2km marathon, and both will probably sell out early.

The course is traffic-free, certified and very flat and fast.

Starting and finishing at the Bienwald-Stadion in the town of Kandel, the route takes the runners through agricultural land, through the village of Minfeld and into the Bienwald, a vast protected forest located on the border with France.

 

Map of the venue:

 

51. Bienwald Marathon:

Date:

  • 8 March 2026 (Sunday)

Event website:

 

Number of finishers:

  21.1km 42.2km
2025 1,548 520
2024 1,403 470
2023 1,147 410
2022 785 260
2021 331 222
2020 --- ---
2019 1,329 485
2018 1,221 466

 

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.