Why this ride
A 336 km round trip from Brühl - roughly 5 h 59 in the saddle. On the way it passes Iversheim, Remagen, Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the and Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at and Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 336 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 59
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Scenic road chapters
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at → Iversheim
38 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.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 38 km
Moselle Wine Route
For about 45 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 45 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Clemens August of Bavaria, prince-elector and archbishop of Cologne in the eighteenth century, loved two things above all: hunting with falcons and building in the latest style. At Brühl, just south of Cologne, he created two of the finest rococo buildings in Germany. Augustusburg Palace, his summer residence, has a staircase designed by Balthasar Neumann that is one of the masterpieces of the period, a whirl of marble, stucco and frescoes, and a formal French garden that stretches toward the forest. Falkenlust, a smaller hunting lodge at the end of a long avenue, was built for falconry, with a delightful interior decorated with tiles and lacquerwork. The two castles were listed by UNESCO in 1984.
Read the complete Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at is where the day begins. Next is Iversheim.
2. Iversheim
Iversheim is a village in the valley of the Erft, at the northern edge of the Eifel, just downstream from the old spa town of Bad Münstereifel. It is known for one thing: a Roman lime-burning works, one of the best preserved in Europe. The Romans built a series of kilns here to burn limestone from the surrounding hills into quicklime, which was used to make mortar for the forts, towns and roads of the province of Lower Germany. The kilns were worked by detachments of soldiers from the Rhine legions, as inscriptions found on the site show.
Read the complete Iversheim write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Iversheim comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Remagen.
3. Remagen
On 7 March 1945, soldiers of the US 9th Armored Division reached Remagen and found the Ludendorff railway bridge across the Rhine still standing, despite German attempts to blow it. They rushed across, and for the first time the Allies had a foothold on the far bank of the great river. Ten days later the damaged bridge collapsed, but by then pontoons had been built and the war in the west had entered its last chapter. What remains today are the black stone towers on both banks, and those on the Remagen side house a small peace museum telling the story with honesty and without glorification.
Read the complete Remagen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach Remagen. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the.
4. Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
The Upper Germanic Limes begins a few kilometres from here, at Rheinbrohl on the Rhine, and in its first miles it climbs straight up into the Westerwald. Watchtowers numbered WP 1/41 to 1/50 mark a short run of that frontier in the wooded hills behind Neuwied and Bendorf, near the villages of Stromberg, Anhausen and Heimbach-Weis. Do not expect towers. What remains is a low bank, a ditch you can trace through the beech trunks, and here and there the outline of a tower base marked by archaeologists.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the, about halfway. Next is Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a.
5. Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
Up on the plateau of the Hintertaunus, north of the Rhine gorge, the Roman frontier crossed a quiet landscape of fields and forest near Singhofen, and a section of it between two watchtowers survives here as a faint bank and ditch running through the woods. This is the Upper German Limes, which ran for more than five hundred kilometres from the Rhine to the Danube, marking the boundary between the Roman Empire and the free Germanic tribes from the second century until the Romans withdrew in the third. It was not a great wall like Hadrian's in Britain, but a line of watchtowers, forts and a timber palisade, later strengthened with a ditch and bank. Together with the Raetian Limes, it was listed by UNESCO in 2005.
Read the complete Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a sits at 155 km, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the.
6. back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the comes up about 215 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Remagen.
7. back through Remagen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Remagen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 254 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Remagen. Next is back through Iversheim.
8. back through Iversheim
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Iversheim write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Iversheim, late in the day. Next is Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at.
9. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at 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 336 km.
Leg by leg
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at to Iversheim
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at → Iversheim is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Iversheim to Remagen
Iversheim → Remagen is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Remagen to Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Remagen → Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the to Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the → Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a to back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a → back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the to back through Remagen
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the → back through Remagen is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Remagen to back through Iversheim
back through Remagen → back through Iversheim is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Iversheim to Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
back through Iversheim → Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.