CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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449 km from Konstanz to Konstanz, about 6 h 47 of riding. It goes by way of Abbey of St Gall, Weier I - III, Schreckensee and back through Weier I - III. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Switzerland into Germany - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
41 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
This part of the ride is 90 km of Weier I - III → Schreckensee.
Konstanz sits right where the Rhine leaves Lake Constance, and so close to Switzerland that Kreuzlingen's streets seem to flow into its own. The border runs through the built-up area with only a fence in places, and because the Germans built the old centre on the northern bank and the Swiss on the south, the two towns are practically one. This closeness is the first thing to know. The second is that the old city was never bombed in the Second World War, spared partly because of its position next to a neutral country, and as a result the medieval streets and merchants' houses survive intact.
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Konstanz is where the day begins. Next is Abbey of St Gall.
In the centre of St Gallen, a city in north-eastern Switzerland between Lake Constance and the Appenzell hills, the twin towers of a baroque cathedral rise above a wide square, and beside them stands one of the oldest and most beautiful libraries in the world. The Abbey of St Gall was founded in the eighth century on the site where the Irish monk Gallus had settled in the early seventh century, and it became one of the great centres of learning in medieval Europe. The abbey precinct was listed by UNESCO in 1983.
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Abbey of St Gall comes up 53 km in. Next is Abbey of St Gall.
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107 km in you reach Abbey of St Gall. Next is Weier I - III.
Just outside Thayngen, almost on the German border, a small wetland hides the remains of Neolithic villages that stood here more than five thousand years ago. The sites known as Weier I to III were built on the edge of a former lake or moor, now mostly filled in, and excavations revealed well-preserved timber houses, tools, pottery and food remains that give a detailed picture of early farming communities. They form part of the UNESCO listing of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, though as with most such sites, there is little to see above ground today beyond the landscape itself.
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Weier I - III, about halfway. Next is Schreckensee.
The Schreckensee, the lake of terror, is a disappointingly peaceful place for such a dramatic name. It is a small kettle lake in the moraine country of Upper Swabia, between Ravensburg and Aulendorf, left behind when a block of glacial ice melted at the end of the last Ice Age. Its shores, now partly bog and reed bed, hide the remains of prehistoric settlements, and it is one of the German sites in the UNESCO listing of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. As at most of these sites, nothing is visible on the surface; the timbers and household waste lie preserved underwater and in the peat, waiting for future archaeologists.
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Schreckensee sits at 214 km, about halfway. Next is back through Weier I - III.
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back through Weier I - III comes up 267 km in. Next is back through Abbey of St Gall.
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320 km in you reach back through Abbey of St Gall. Next is back through Abbey of St Gall.
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back through Abbey of St Gall, late in the day. Next is Konstanz.
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The route ends here after 449 km.
Konstanz → Abbey of St Gall is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abbey of St Gall → Weier I - III is 83 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Weier I - III → Schreckensee is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Schreckensee → back through Weier I - III is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Weier I - III → back through Abbey of St Gall is 83 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abbey of St Gall → Konstanz is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.