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 Hammersbach it runs 111 km to Hammersbach; allow about 1 h 38 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p and back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the. The line favours views over speed.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 22 km this is German Fairy Tale Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Marköbel is a village in the eastern Wetterau, the fertile plain north east of Frankfurt, and it stands on the site of a Roman fort that guarded the frontier where it crossed this open country. The fort, with its civilian settlement, the vicus, where merchants, craftsmen and soldiers' families lived, was part of the Upper German Limes, and today little remains above ground, but the village streets still follow parts of the old layout, and a reconstructed section of the frontier and markers explain the history. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
The Main river is where the Roman frontier changes character. Coming down from the north, the Limes runs in a long arc through the Wetterau and then meets the river near Großkrotzenburg, and from there the Romans used the Main itself as the boundary, with towers and forts strung along its bank. The numbers 5/13 and 5/14 belong to that river line, and a fort and its civilian settlement sit close by. On the ground, expect a marker, a low rise and a view down toward the water rather than anything dramatic.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 55 km into the recorded legs you reach Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel. That is the ride.
Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel → Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Civil settlement of Niedernberg northern p → back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Marköbel is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.