Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum and Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
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Recorded distance
81 km
Riding-time estimate
1 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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An 81 km round trip from Neustadt an der Donau - roughly 1 h 41 in the saddle. The stops in between: Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin and back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum
At Eining, on the Danube in Lower Bavaria, the Roman frontier of Raetia met the river. The Raetian Limes, a stone wall running for over a hundred and sixty kilometres across southern Germany, ended near here at Hienheim on the opposite bank, and from there the Danube itself formed the border all the way to the Black Sea. The Romans built the fort of Abusina at Eining, whose stone foundations are among the best preserved in Bavaria, and on the Weinberg, a hill nearby, they built a watchtower and a sanctuary, where soldiers worshipped their gods. Unusually, two separate World Heritage frontiers touch here: the Raetian Limes on land and the Danube Limes along the river.
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Planning note
Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
2. Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
The Altmühl valley in Bavaria is one of Germany's best kept riding secrets, a winding river valley cut deep into Jurassic limestone, lined with juniper heaths, rock towers and castles. Near where the valley meets the Danube, the Roman frontier, the Raetian Limes, ran across the land, and the stretch of watchtowers and small forts numbered WP 15/11 to 15/26 lies in the wooded hills here, between Riedenburg, Dietfurt and the Danube town of Vohburg.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Between Ingolstadt and Kelheim, the Danube flows through a broad, flat valley in Bavaria, with hop gardens, fields of maize and asparagus beds on its banks. Pförring is a small market town on the north bank, with Neustadt an der Donau and Vohburg on the other side. In Roman times, this was the frontier: the Raetian Limes ended at the Danube just downstream, and the Romans built a fort here, known as Celeusum, with a civil settlement outside its walls.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 39 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum to Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum → Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets to Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets to Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum
back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.