Why this ride
From Eckernförde it runs 48 km to Eckernförde; allow about 50 min of riding. On the way it passes Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 and back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3. It keeps close to the shore for long stretches.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
East Wall Area 2D and National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 48 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 50 min
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. East Wall Area 2D
For anyone who likes to see how a frontier was really made, the East Wall of the Danevirke is a good place to stand. It is a long rampart running north-south across the base of the Jutland peninsula, a bank of earth and clay, with traces of timber and later brick, and in the section by Windeby you can see it as a low ridge across the fields. The Danes built and rebuilt it over several centuries, and it was one of the largest construction projects of the early medieval north.
Read the complete East Wall Area 2D write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
East Wall Area 2D is where the day begins. Next is Main Wall Areas 2 to 3.
2. Main Wall Areas 2 to 3
Start with the ground, because the ground is the whole reason this wall exists. Between the Baltic inlet of the Schlei and the North Sea marshes, the Jutland peninsula pinches to a corridor of firm, sandy land, and for more than a thousand years every army, trader and pilgrim travelling between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe had to squeeze through it.
Read the complete Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
3. back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3, late in the day. Next is East Wall Area 2D.
4. East Wall Area 2D
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete East Wall Area 2D write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at East Wall Area 2D. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
East Wall Area 2D to Main Wall Areas 2 to 3
East Wall Area 2D → Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 to back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3
Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 → back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 is 1 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 to East Wall Area 2D
back through Main Wall Areas 2 to 3 → East Wall Area 2D is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.