Why this ride
A 228 km round trip from Brühl - roughly 3 h 54 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach, Iversheim, Remagen and back through Iversheim. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at and Remagen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 228 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 54
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at → Kottenforst Süd | Villipe
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 29 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 32 km
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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at is where the day begins. Next is Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach.
2. Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach
South of Bonn, between the Rhine and the Eifel foothills, the Kottenforst is a big forest that most people drive around and few really enter. For centuries it was a hunting forest of the Electors of Cologne, who ran straight rides through the trees for their parties, and some of those long avenues survive as forest tracks. Oak and beech dominate, with ponds and damp hollows where the Villiper Bach, a small stream, begins its journey toward the Rhine. In spring the floor is carpeted with wood anemones, and in autumn the leaf litter smells sharp and sweet.
Read the complete Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Iversheim.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Iversheim. Next is Remagen.
4. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Remagen, about halfway. Next is back through Iversheim.
5. back through Iversheim
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Iversheim write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Iversheim sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach.
6. back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach comes up about 187 km into the recorded legs. Next is Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at.
7. 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
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at closes the day.
Leg by leg
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at to Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at → Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach to Iversheim
Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach → Iversheim is 29 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 back through Iversheim
Remagen → back through Iversheim is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Iversheim to back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach
back through Iversheim → back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach to Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
back through Kottenforst Süd | Villiper Bach → Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.