Why this ride
From Quedlinburg it runs 236 km to Quedlinburg; allow about 3 h 41 of riding. It goes by way of 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
Collegiate Church and Naumburg Cathedral
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 236 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 41
- 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. Collegiate Church
High on a rock above Quedlinburg stands the Collegiate Church of St Servatius, a heavy Romanesque church that is one of the most important of its kind in Germany. The first church on the hill was connected to the Ottonian kings, and Henry the Fowler, the first king of the East Frankish realm in the early tenth century, was buried here. His widow Mathilda founded a convent of noblewomen on the site, which became powerful, with abbesses who were often relatives of the emperors and ran a small state of their own.
Read the complete Collegiate Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Collegiate Church 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 57 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 121 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 Collegiate Church.
5. Collegiate Church
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Collegiate Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Collegiate Church. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Collegiate Church to The house in which Luther died
Collegiate Church → The house in which Luther died is 57 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 Collegiate Church
back through The house in which Luther died → Collegiate Church is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.