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From Neustadt an der Donau it runs 178 km to Neustadt an der Donau; allow about 3 h 05 of riding. It goes by way of Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching, Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming, Fort site of Burgsalach and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming. The line favours views over speed.
Scenic road chapters
Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Fort site of Burgsalach
This part of the ride is 34 km of Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Fort site of Burgsalach.
Chapter facts
Length
34 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bad Gögging - Heilbad
Bad Gogging is a spa town, and it has been one for nearly two thousand years. The Romans found hot sulphur springs here, in the Danube plain between Abensberg and Neustadt, and built a bathhouse beside the fort of Abusina, a short distance away. The spring water still rises, smelling of eggs, and the modern spa uses it for treatments. Excavated Roman baths are displayed in the town, and the heating channels and pools give a good idea of how the Romans relaxed after a day on the frontier.
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Planning note
Bad Gögging - Heilbad is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching.
2. Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching
North of the Danube, on the edge of the Franconian Jura, the Romans built a string of forts behind the Raetian frontier to guard the river valley and the roads leading to it. Kösching, today a market town near Ingolstadt, was the site of one of them, an auxiliary fort with a civilian settlement around it, home to craftsmen, traders and the families of soldiers. Little is visible today, as the modern town has grown over it, but the site is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The Danube valley was a busy corridor in Roman times, and remains so today.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming
The Altmühl valley is one of the most beautiful river valleys in Bavaria, and near the village of Böhming, a short way upstream from Kipfenberg, the Romans built a small fort to guard the point where their frontier, the Raetian Limes, crossed the river. The Limes here came down from the plateau, crossed the valley and climbed again on the other side, and the fort, with its civil settlement, controlled the crossing and the route along the river. Little is visible today beyond outlines in the fields and a few marked spots, but a stone inscription found here and the finds displayed in the Roman and Bavarian museum in Kipfenberg bring the site to life.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming. Next is Fort site of Burgsalach.
4. Fort site of Burgsalach
The small fortlet at Burgsalach stood on the Raetian Limes, the eastern section of Rome's frontier in Germany. Dating from a late phase of the frontier, it had walls of stone and was compact and well defended, more like a small castle than the usual timber watchtower, and its name lives on in the village of Burgsalach nearby. The outline of the walls can still be traced on the ground, and like the rest of the frontier it is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Here, in the hills of Middle Franconia, the Raetian Limes was not a palisade but a stone wall, which local legend later attributed to the Devil himself, calling it the Teufelsmauer.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming sits at 110 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching.
6. back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bad Gögging - Heilbad closes the day.
Leg by leg
Bad Gögging - Heilbad to Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching
Bad Gögging - Heilbad → Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching to Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming
Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching → Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming to Fort site of Burgsalach
Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → Fort site of Burgsalach is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site of Burgsalach to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming
Fort site of Burgsalach → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Boehming → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching to Bad Gögging - Heilbad
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Kösching → Bad Gögging - Heilbad is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.