Why this ride
From Quedlinburg it runs 244 km to Quedlinburg; allow about 3 h 47 of riding. The stops in between: The house in which Luther died, Naumburg Cathedral and back through The house in which Luther died. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Church of St. Wiperti and Naumburg Cathedral
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 244 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 47
- 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
The house in which Luther died → Naumburg Cathedral
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 61 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 64 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Church of St. Wiperti
Quedlinburg is a town that survived by being overlooked. It escaped the worst of the wars and the building booms, and so it has more than thirteen hundred half-timbered houses, from the late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, packed into a tangle of cobbled lanes at the foot of the Harz mountains. UNESCO listed the town in 1994, and walking through it, you feel as though you have fallen into a picture book of a German town, with leaning facades, carved beams and window boxes.
Read the complete Church of St. Wiperti write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Church of St. Wiperti is where the day begins. Next is The house in which Luther died.
2. The house in which Luther died
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben in November 1483 and died there in February 1546, which is either a neat symmetry or a joke the town has never tired of telling. He had travelled to his hometown in the winter of 1546 to settle a quarrel between the counts of Mansfeld, and he fell ill and died in a house near the market square after a few days. The building is now a museum, and the Sterbehaus, the house in which he died, holds items from the last days of his life, with a room where he is believed to have breathed his last. His birth house is a few minutes' walk away, and both are on the UNESCO list.
Read the complete The house in which Luther died write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The house in which Luther died comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is Naumburg Cathedral.
3. Naumburg Cathedral
The twelve figures in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral are among the most famous sculptures of the Middle Ages, and once you have seen them, you understand why. Carved around the middle of the thirteenth century by an unknown artist known as the Naumburg Master, they represent the founders and benefactors of the cathedral, noblemen and noblewomen who had died two centuries earlier, but they look like real people, with individual faces, expressions and gestures. The most famous is Uta, the wife of Margrave Ekkehard, standing with her cloak drawn up to her face, cool and enigmatic, who has become an icon of German art. The cathedral, with its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its rich sculpture, was listed by UNESCO in 2018.
Read the complete Naumburg Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 125 km into the recorded legs you reach Naumburg Cathedral. Next is back through The house in which Luther died.
4. back through The house in which Luther died
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The house in which Luther died write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The house in which Luther died, late in the day. Next is Church of St. Wiperti, 58 km on.
5. Church of St. Wiperti
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of St. Wiperti write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Church of St. Wiperti. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Church of St. Wiperti to The house in which Luther died
Church of St. Wiperti → The house in which Luther died is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The house in which Luther died to Naumburg Cathedral
The house in which Luther died → Naumburg Cathedral is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Naumburg Cathedral to back through The house in which Luther died
Naumburg Cathedral → back through The house in which Luther died is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The house in which Luther died to Church of St. Wiperti
back through The house in which Luther died → Church of St. Wiperti is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.