{"id":6636,"date":"2017-12-03T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/races\/wuerzburger-gedaechtnislauf\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T19:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:33:44","slug":"wuerzburg-memorial-run","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/en\/races-2\/wuerzburg-memorial-run\/","title":{"rendered":"31st W\u00fcrzburg Memorial Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wm-en-static\">\n<section id=\"wm-sub-intro\" class=\"wm-sub-intro\" data-wm-page=\"6636\">\n<div class=\"wm-sub-inner\">\n<a class=\"wm-sub-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/en\/\">WVV Marathon W\u00fcrzburg<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"wm-sub-title\" class=\"wm-sub-title\">31st W\u00fcrzburg Memorial Run<\/h1>\n<p class=\"wm-sub-copy\">Preserving remembrance through running. Start: Saturday, 20 March 2027, at 11:00 outside W\u00fcrzburg Town Hall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wm-sub-actions\"><a class=\"wm-sub-button\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-registration-6636\">Registration information<\/a><a class=\"wm-sub-button wm-sub-button-secondary\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-routes-6636\">Routes and finishes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<nav id=\"wm-sub-jump\" class=\"wm-sub-jump\" aria-label=\"On this page\"><span class=\"wm-sub-jump-label\">On this page<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wm-sub-jump-inner\"><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-registration-6636\">Event information and registration<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-routes-6636\">Routes and finishes<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-refreshments-6636\">Refreshments and bag transport<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-return-6636\">Return journey<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-history-6636\">Remembering W\u00fcrzburg in 1945<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-donations-6636\">Donations<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-archive-6636\">Previous editions<\/a><a class=\"\" href=\"#wm-sub-target-sponsors-6636\">Our sponsors<\/a><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-registration-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Event information and registration<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 20 March 2027, at 11:00 outside W\u00fcrzburg Town Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration opens soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organised by Stadtmarathon W\u00fcrzburg e.V., Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. and Kolping-Mainfranken GmbH.<\/p>\n<h3>Late entry<\/h3>\n<p>You can sign up on the day using a smartphone. Your race number is printed on site and can then be completed with your name by hand.<\/p>\n<h3>Your race number<\/h3>\n<p>After registering, you receive an email containing a link to download your race number as a PDF. Please print it and bring it in a waterproof clear sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>The Memorial Run is not a competitive sporting event. It is an opportunity to remember together and pause in commemoration of the destruction of W\u00fcrzburg.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-routes-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Routes and finishes<\/h2>\n<p>Choose the distance at which you would like to finish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wm-sub-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Finish<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Approximate distance<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Minimum age<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Zell<\/td>\n<td>5 km<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Margetsh\u00f6chheim<\/td>\n<td>10 km<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Himmelstadt \u2013 half marathon<\/td>\n<td>21 km<\/td>\n<td>16 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Karlstadt<\/td>\n<td>28 km<\/td>\n<td>18 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gem\u00fcnden \u2013 ultra distance<\/td>\n<td>44 km<\/td>\n<td>18 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Finish in Gem\u00fcnden:<\/strong> Mittelschule Gem\u00fcnden, Hofweg 4, 97737 Gem\u00fcnden, directly beside the indoor swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Streckenplan-mit-Verpflegungspunkten.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Streckenplan-mit-Verpflegungspunkten.jpg\" alt=\"2026 Memorial Run course map with refreshment points\" width=\"1156\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wm-sub-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Streckenplan-mit-Verpflegungspunkten.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the course map<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-refreshments-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Refreshments and bag transport<\/h2>\n<p>Drinks stations are provided at Zell (km 5), Margetsh\u00f6chheim (km 10), Zellingen (km 17), Himmelstadt (km 21), Karlstadt (km 28) and the Harrbach lock (km 35).<\/p>\n<p>Please carry your own refreshments for the other sections. Drinks, coffee and cake await you at the finish in Gem\u00fcnden.<\/p>\n<p>A clothing transport service is offered for participants running all the way to Gem\u00fcnden. If you finish on a shorter route, please arrange transport of your change of clothes yourself. Collect your bags by <strong>18:00 at the latest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-return-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Return journey<\/h2>\n<p>There are several places along the route where companions can reach or collect participants. Distances are measured from W\u00fcrzburg.<\/p>\n<h3>Zell \u2013 approximately 5 km<\/h3>\n<p>Turn right behind the monastery and go down towards the Main before the bridge. The refreshment point is directly on the cycle path. A car park immediately in front is easy to reach from the road.<\/p>\n<h3>Margetsh\u00f6chheim \u2013 approximately 10 km<\/h3>\n<p>The Marokko-Sch\u00e4nke serves drinks directly beside the cycle path. It is on the route and can be reached from the direction of W\u00fcrzburg or Karlstadt.<\/p>\n<h3>Zellingen \u2013 approximately 16 km<\/h3>\n<p>A refreshment point is on the cycle path before the swimming pool. This is not an official collection point, although it can be used as a brief meeting point.<\/p>\n<h3>Himmelstadt \u2013 approximately 21 km<\/h3>\n<p>A pavilion stands on the cycle path immediately after the Main bridge. A car park can also be reached from the road. The route follows the left bank of the Main as far as Himmelstadt.<\/p>\n<h3>Karlstadt \u2013 approximately 28 km<\/h3>\n<p>The meeting point is the market square in the town centre. Direct vehicle access is restricted because this is a pedestrian area. You can drive to within approximately 100 metres and walk the remaining distance. Participants have crossed to the other bank of the Main before reaching Karlstadt.<\/p>\n<h3>Gem\u00fcnden \u2013 approximately 44 km<\/h3>\n<p>Collection is at the school centre, Hofweg 4, 97737 Gem\u00fcnden. Vehicles can reach the site directly.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wm-sub-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nahverkehr-mainfranken.de\/fahrplanauskunft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public transport back to W\u00fcrzburg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-history-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Remembering W\u00fcrzburg in 1945<\/h2>\n<p>16 March 1945: A British radio message was intercepted: \u201c550 bombers are approaching W\u00fcrzburg.\u201d At 21:07 the residents were warned. At 21:25 the bombing began. Very few people in W\u00fcrzburg found shelter; there were hardly any shelters available.<\/p>\n<p>During the night of 16\u201317 March 1945, everyone who could still run escaped from the city along the banks of the Main to save their lives. Those who could no longer run, or who did not want to leave their homes, were among the 5,000 people killed.<\/p>\n<p>Running means life. The route the people of W\u00fcrzburg followed that night was a path of hope.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/27751374_Sammlung-Willi-Duerrnagel-Kopie-1.jpg\" alt=\"Historical photograph from the Willi D\u00fcrrnagel collection\" width=\"800\" height=\"919\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-donations-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Donations<\/h2>\n<p>We welcome every donation. Donations support disadvantaged people in the region and Johanniter kindergartens in W\u00fcrzburg.<\/p>\n<p>Donation receipts are not issued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bank:<\/strong> SPK Mainfranken W\u00fcrzburg<br \/><strong>Account holder:<\/strong> Stadtmarathon W\u00fcrzburg e.V.<br \/><strong>IBAN:<\/strong> DE88790500000043230002<br \/><strong>BIC\/SWIFT:<\/strong> BYLADEM1SWU<br \/><strong>Payment reference:<\/strong> Spende Ged\u00e4chtnislauf<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-archive-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Previous editions<\/h2>\n<p>Documents from 2026 and photographs from 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wm-sub-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.datasport.de\/anmeldeservice\/489\/3112\/teilnehmer\/11046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 entry list<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wm-sub-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/wq0fxnh2mdpbdkyypxee8\/20260209_Kolping_Uk26_Ged-chtsnislauf.pdf?rlkey=djda9m2tw5008gd1m5vlzusar&amp;st=ixpqnpum&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 certificate (German PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wm-sub-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/eu.zonerama.com\/Laufen\/Album\/13030729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos from 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos from 2026 will follow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wm-sub-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Participants<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<td>824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>602<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>465<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>380, with a hygiene protocol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td>451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>455<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>First Memorial Run: approximately 1,000 participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wm-sub-section\" id=\"wm-sub-target-sponsors-6636\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<article class=\"wm-sub-panel\">\n<h2>Our sponsors<\/h2>\n<p>We can achieve more together.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wuerzburg-marathon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sponsoren.jpg\" alt=\"Sponsors of the W\u00fcrzburg Memorial Run\" width=\"1170\" height=\"211\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WVV Marathon W\u00fcrzburg 31st W\u00fcrzburg Memorial Run Preserving remembrance through running. 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