Why this ride
213 km one way from Pattensen - plan on about 3 h 00 of riding. The stops in between: Hann. Münden three rivers, Weserstein, Göttingen and Northeim. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Münden Three Rivers Long Day · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 213 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 00
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hannover south edge
Pattensen is a small town on the southern fringe of Hannover, in the Calenberger Land, where the flat plain of the city meets the first gentle swells of the hill country that runs south toward the Weser. Its old centre has half-timbered houses and a medieval church, and the streets have a sleepy, slightly farm-like atmosphere even though the suburbs of the city are barely a few kilometres away. For a rider wanting to head south, this is the right place to start, because the main roads out of the city are behind you and the quiet roads begin almost at once.
Read the complete Hannover south edge write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hannover south edge is where the day begins. Next is Hann. Münden three rivers, 47 km on.
2. Hann. Münden three rivers
Hannoversch Münden is where two rivers lose their names. The Werra and the Fulda meet here, and from this point on the water is called the Weser, which flows north for more than four hundred kilometres to the North Sea. The town sits at the meeting point, with water on three sides, and has so many half-timbered houses, more than seven hundred, that it feels like a stage set, with carved beams, painted gables and a cobbled main street.
Read the complete Hann. Münden three rivers write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hann. Münden three rivers comes up 47 km in. Next is Weserstein photo stop.
3. Weserstein photo stop
There is an old verse on the stone: where the Werra and the Fulda kiss, they lose their names, and from the kiss the Weser flows, German to the sea. The Weserstein stands on the tip of the land where the two rivers meet, in a small park on the edge of the old town of Hann. Münden, and it has been put up for a long time, so the stone has the patina of weather and moss.
Read the complete Weserstein photo stop write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
94 km in you reach Weserstein photo stop. Next is Göttingen food stop.
4. Göttingen food stop
Göttingen is a university town that has never been shy about it. The Georg-August University was founded in 1737 and became one of the leading centres of science in Europe, and the roll of people who studied or taught here includes the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, the physicists Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg, the Brothers Grimm, and a long list of Nobel laureates. The student population gives the city a lively, young feel, with bicycles everywhere.
Read the complete Göttingen food stop write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Somewhere to get off the bike, 141 km in. Next is Northeim.
5. Northeim fuel gate
Northeim is a Hanseatic town that gets passed by, which is a pity. It sits on the Leine river, in the broad valley between the Harz mountains to the east and the Solling hills to the west, and it has a long history, with its origins in the early Middle Ages and a time as a member of the Hanseatic League. The medieval counts of Northeim were once powerful in the region, and one of them, Otto, became Duke of Bavaria in the eleventh century.
Read the complete Northeim fuel gate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Next is Einbeck return road.
6. Einbeck return road
Einbeck is where bock beer began. In the Middle Ages the town was one of the great brewing centres of the Hanseatic League, and its strong, dark beer was exported across northern Europe. When Bavarian brewers copied it, the name Einbecker was heard as ein Bock, a billy goat, and so a beer style got its name. The town still has a brewery, and the goat appears on the labels.
Read the complete Einbeck return road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 213 km.
Leg by leg
Hannover south edge to Hann. Münden three rivers
Hannover south edge → Hann. Münden three rivers is 145 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Weserstein photo stop to Göttingen food stop
Weserstein photo stop → Göttingen food stop is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Göttingen food stop to Northeim fuel gate
Göttingen food stop → Northeim fuel gate is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Northeim fuel gate to Einbeck return road
Northeim fuel gate → Einbeck return road is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.