Why this ride
Built for flow, views and useful stops rather than navigation busywork. A 568 km loop that starts and ends near Berlin, about 10 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Burg bei Magdeburg and Elbe.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Prignitz Elbe Edge
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 568 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 19
- Journey
- Loop
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Berlin
The tower, finished in 1969 and 368 metres high, is the tallest structure in Germany and can be seen from nearly everywhere in the city. It was built by the East German government as a showpiece of socialist engineering, and when the sun hits its steel sphere, it throws a cross of light that Berliners cheekily called the Pope's revenge.
2. Burg bei Magdeburg
Burg likes to call itself the town of towers, and as you approach across the flat Elbe plain, you can see why: medieval church spires and the remnants of old fortifications rise above the rooftops. It is a market town of some twenty-five thousand people, east of Magdeburg, and for most riders on the Prignitz ride it is simply a convenient place to refuel. But it has a few surprises.
3. Elbe
Despite the name, there is no great river here. This Elbe is a village in the rolling farmland of southeastern Lower Saxony, between Salzgitter and Hildesheim, and the river that shares its name flows more than a hundred kilometres to the east. It is a quiet place of brick farmhouses, a church, fields of sugar beet, wheat and rapeseed, and gentle hills, close to the small towns of Baddeckenstedt and Holle in the valley of the Innerste.
4. Berlin
Return visit. Read the place description above.