CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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344 km one way from Moosinning - plan on about 6 h 10 of riding. On the way it passes Schrobenhausen, in Prittriching, near Penzberg and Grünwald. near Tuntenhausen is the high point. It tops out at about 1,000 m. Long stretches are under trees.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 61 km this is Romantic Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
North-east of Munich, the land flattens into a wide plain of fields, drainage ditches and scattered villages. This is the Erdinger Moos, once a vast marsh, drained over the past two centuries and now home to farms, gravel pits and, a few kilometres away, Munich's international airport. Moosinning is one of the villages on its edge, quiet and practical, with a church, a few farms and modern housing.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Moosinning write-up.
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German Alpine Road East is where the day begins. Next is Munich / Bavarian Alps return.
In spring, the sandy fields around Schrobenhausen are covered with long, ridged rows under black plastic, and from April to June the whole region revolves around a single vegetable: white asparagus. Schrobenhausener Spargel is among the best-known asparagus in Germany, protected by an origin designation, and the town even has a museum devoted to it. If you are passing in season, the restaurants serve it in every possible form, classically with boiled potatoes, ham and hollandaise sauce.
Read the complete Schrobenhausen, on the way back write-up.
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Munich / Bavarian Alps return comes up about 75 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop in Prittriching.
Prittriching lies on the Lechfeld, the broad gravel plain that the River Lech built as it flowed north from the Alps towards the Danube. The village is small and agricultural, with a church, farms and a few modern houses, and the countryside around it is flat and open, given over to fields of maize, wheat and potatoes. It is a quiet place with a long view in every direction.
Read the complete Food stop in Prittriching write-up.
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A break here. Next is Photo stop near Penzberg.
Penzberg was a coal town until 1966, when its mine closed after more than a century of operation. The miners' houses, the old headframe and a museum recall that past, but Penzberg's real surprise is cultural: its museum houses a remarkable collection of works by Heinrich Campendonk, a member of the Blue Rider group of painters, with his colourful, dreamlike paintings and glass works. It is an unexpected treasure in a small town at the edge of the Alps.
Read the complete Photo stop near Penzberg write-up.
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Photo stop near Penzberg, about halfway. Next is German Alpine Road East checkpoint 8.
It is one of the wealthiest suburbs in Germany, a place of large villas hidden behind hedges, and also home to the Bavaria Film studios at Geiselgasteig, where films and television series have been made for over a century. The studio tour is a classic Munich day out, with sets from famous productions such as Das Boot.
Read the complete Near Grünwald write-up.
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Finish at German Alpine Road East checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is High point near Tuntenhausen.
The twin towers of Tuntenhausen's pilgrimage church rise above the meadows between Bad Aibling and Rosenheim, visible from miles around. For centuries, pilgrims have come here to venerate an image of the Virgin, and the church, rebuilt in the seventeenth century, is richly decorated inside with stucco and paintings. It is a quiet place, surrounded by farms and fields, with the Alps rising on the southern horizon.
Read the complete High point near Tuntenhausen write-up.
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High point near Tuntenhausen is the summit of this stretch. Next is Scenic stretch near Ebersberg.
The Ebersberger Forst is one of the largest continuous forests in the lowlands of Germany, a vast expanse of spruce, beech and oak east of Munich, crossed by straight roads and tracks. It was once a royal hunting ground, and it is still full of roe deer, boar and many birds. The town of Ebersberg sits on its edge, with a large church that holds a relic said to be the skull of Saint Sebastian, the object of a pilgrimage for centuries.
Read the complete Scenic stretch near Ebersberg write-up.
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Scenic stretch near Ebersberg closes the day.
Fuel stop near Moosinning → Schrobenhausen, on the way back is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop in Prittriching → Photo stop near Penzberg is 94 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop near Penzberg → Near Grünwald is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Tuntenhausen → Scenic stretch near Ebersberg is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.