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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A 66 km round trip from Großheubach - roughly 1 h 04 in the saddle. The stops in between: Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth, Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Miltenberg is one of those German towns that seem almost too pretty to be real, with half-timbered houses leaning over the cobbled streets, a market square sloping down toward the river, a castle on the hill above and the Main flowing slowly past. The Romans were here first. Two forts guarded this point on the frontier, one near the old town and another to the east, where the Limes left the river and ran overland through the Odenwald, and the sites, with their civilian settlements, are part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A museum in the town displays finds from the forts.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth.
For a stretch of about fifty kilometres, the Roman frontier of Upper Germany did not need a wall at all. Between Großkrotzenburg and Miltenberg, the Main river itself served as the border, and the Romans lined its western bank with forts and watchtowers to watch over the water and the forested hills of the Spessart on the other side. Wörth am Main had one of these forts, with a civil settlement where soldiers' families, traders and craftsmen lived. Very little remains above ground, but this wet frontier is inscribed as part of the Upper German Limes, and standing on the riverbank you can see why the Romans thought the river was enough.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth comes up about 14 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb.
For one stretch of the Roman frontier in Germany, the soldiers did not need to build a wall at all. Between Großkrotzenburg and Miltenberg, the Main river itself served as the border, the so-called wet Limes, guarded by a chain of forts along its western bank. Niedernberg, a village on the river just below Aschaffenburg, was one of them, with a fort and a civilian settlement beside it. Little survives above ground today; the remains lie beneath fields and houses. But the Main still flows past, broad and slow, and it is easy to picture patrol boats and soldiers watching the far bank. The site is part of the Upper German-Raetian Limes World Heritage listing.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb write-up.
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about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe. That is the ride.
Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe → Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth → Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth → Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.