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2026 edition held Sep 27, 2026
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Usually September
2027 date not yet confirmed
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The Einstein-Marathon is the running event of Ulm and Neu-Ulm in southern Germany, held on a Sunday in late September. It was first run in 2005, the Einstein year, in Albert Einstein's birth city, and the 2026 edition on 27 September was the 22nd. The marathon and half marathon start at 09:10 at the Ulm Messe grounds and the routes, which change from year to year, end on the Münsterplatz at the foot of Ulm Minster. The programme also has a marathon relay, a 10 km, a 5 km, Nordic walking, and handbike and inline half marathons. In 2026 about 16,000 people registered and around 14,000 reached the finish, a record for the event. The entry fee for the marathon was €60 for registrations before 7 September 2026. The 2021 edition, held under pandemic rules, avoided the inner cities and finished in the Ulm Donaustadion. The 2027 date has not yet been fixed.
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
Late September in Ulm is mild: highs average about 18°C and lows about 9°C, with rain on around fourteen days of the month.
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The first Einstein-Marathon took place in 2005, the Einstein year, and it has been run every September since in Ulm and Neu-Ulm. The 10th edition in 2014 hosted the German Sparkassen marathon championship. In 2020 the planned marathon was cancelled because of the coronavirus and replaced by a virtual event; the 2021 race went ahead with a changed route that finished in the Donaustadion.
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