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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From Walldürn it runs 243 km to Walldürn; allow about 3 h 14 of riding. The stops in between: Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p, Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor and back through Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 63 km this is German Fairy Tale Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Walldürn is a small town on the eastern edge of the Odenwald, where the hills of the forest give way to the open plateau of the Bauland, and the Roman frontier ran right through it. The Upper Germanic Limes followed a straight line here, and the town had a fort and a bathhouse, whose remains have been excavated and partly reconstructed. Fort Altheimer Strasse, named after the road where it was found, was one of the smaller installations along the line, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
Read the complete Fort Altheimer Strasse write-up.
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Fort Altheimer Strasse is where the day begins. Next is Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p.
Niedernberg is a quiet village on the left bank of the Main, a few kilometres downstream from Aschaffenburg, where the river was the Roman frontier. The Upper German-Raetian Limes, after running across the Odenwald, used the Main as its boundary between Großkrotzenburg and Miltenberg, and a fort with a civil settlement stood at Niedernberg, guarding the river line. The northern part of the civil settlement is listed separately as part of the UNESCO site. There is little to see above ground, as the remains lie under fields and houses, but the location by the river makes the Roman logic clear.
Read the complete Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p write-up.
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Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor.
The Wetterau is a broad, fertile basin north of Frankfurt, a land of rich loess soils, wheat fields, orchards and old villages, and the Romans wanted it badly. Their frontier, the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, bulged out here to take in the whole basin, looping around it in a wide arc. At Ober-Florstadt stood a fort with a civilian settlement beside it, where soldiers' families, traders and craftsmen lived. Today little is visible, but the site is part of the World Heritage frontier, and information boards help to picture the scene.
Read the complete Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor write-up.
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about 121 km into the recorded legs you reach Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor. Next is back through Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p, late in the day. Next is Fort Altheimer Strasse.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort Altheimer Strasse write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Fort Altheimer Strasse. That is the ride.
Fort Altheimer Strasse → Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p → Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor → back through Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p → Fort Altheimer Strasse is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.