CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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257 km from Butzbach to Butzbach, about 3 h 03 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro, Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Butzbach is the sort of town that gets overlooked because it sits beside the motorway and the Frankfurt sprawl, and that is a pity, because the old centre is a proper half-timbered market town with a square worth a coffee. About a kilometre from the middle, the Romans once had a fort on the Limes, and the civil settlement, the vicus, grew up beside it. That is the story behind the label: soldiers first, then traders, wives, craftsmen and innkeepers who followed the pay.
Read the complete Civil settlement of Butzbach write-up.
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Civil settlement of Butzbach is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro.
Großkrotzenburg sits at a turning point of the Roman frontier. Here, on the Main east of Frankfurt, the river border that ran north from Miltenberg came to an end, and the Limes turned away from the water to head north across the Wetterau toward the Taunus. A fort guarded the spot, with a civilian settlement, and parts of its walls and gate can still be traced in the old town, where the fort's outline is marked in the streets. The site belongs to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the local museum displays finds from the fort and the vicus.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe.
Miltenberg is one of those German towns that seem almost too pretty to be real, with half-timbered houses leaning over the cobbled streets, a market square sloping down toward the river, a castle on the hill above and the Main flowing slowly past. The Romans were here first. Two forts guarded this point on the frontier, one near the old town and another to the east, where the Limes left the river and ran overland through the Odenwald, and the sites, with their civilian settlements, are part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A museum in the town displays finds from the forts.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
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about 129 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro, late in the day. Next is Civil settlement of Butzbach.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Civil settlement of Butzbach write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Civil settlement of Butzbach. That is the ride.
Civil settlement of Butzbach → Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro → Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro → Civil settlement of Butzbach is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.