CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Neustadt an der Donau it runs 295 km to Neustadt an der Donau; allow about 4 h 49 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10, Fort site of Burgsalach, Watchtower WP 13/54 and Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a. The line favours views over speed.
41 km on Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → Fort site of Burgsalach.
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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Bad Gögging - Heilbad is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10.
The Raetian Limes, the eastern stretch of Rome's frontier in Germany, was built differently from its western counterpart. Instead of a wooden palisade, the Romans eventually raised a stone wall here, running for over a hundred and sixty kilometres across what is now Bavaria, towards the Danube. Locals later called it the Teufelsmauer, the Devil's Wall, convinced that only a demon could have built something so long. Watchtowers stood along it every few hundred metres, and the group between WP 15/8 and 15/10, in the hills between Greding and Dietfurt, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. In places, low remains of the wall and towers can be traced in the forest and fields.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 84 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site of Burgsalach. Next is Watchtower WP 13/54.
Gunzenhausen is a small town in Middle Franconia, on the Altmühl river, and the Roman frontier ran right through it. Watchtower WP 13/54 stood within what is now the town, and the course of the frontier is traced through the streets. It is unusual to find the Roman frontier in an urban setting, and it is a nice surprise as you wander the streets.
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Watchtower WP 13/54, about halfway. Next is Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a.
In the fields near Wilburgstetten, in the west of Franconia, a low ridge runs across the landscape, overgrown with grass and bushes. It looks like nothing much, but it is the remains of the Raetian Limes, the stone wall that marked the frontier of the Roman province of Raetia in the second and third centuries. Unlike the Upper German Limes to the north west, which was mostly a palisade and ditch, the Raetian section was eventually built as a continuous stone wall, more than a hundred and sixty kilometres long. Local people later called it the Teufelsmauer, the Devil's Wall, believing it could only have been built by supernatural forces. The section between watchtowers here is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a write-up.
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Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a sits at 149 km, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtower WP 13/54.
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back through Watchtower WP 13/54 comes up about 189 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Fort site of Burgsalach.
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about 221 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Fort site of Burgsalach. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10.
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Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 write-up.
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back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10, late in the day. Next is Bad Gögging - Heilbad.
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Read the complete Bad Gögging - Heilbad write-up.
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The route ends here after 295 km.
Bad Gögging - Heilbad → Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → Fort site of Burgsalach is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site of Burgsalach → Watchtower WP 13/54 is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 13/54 → Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limessection between Watchtowers WP 13/5 a → back through Watchtower WP 13/54 is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 13/54 → back through Fort site of Burgsalach is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site of Burgsalach → back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → Bad Gögging - Heilbad is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.