Why this ride
From Neuwied it runs 89 km to Neuwied; allow about 1 h 24 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtower WP 1/60, Watchtower WP 1/88 and back through Watchtower WP 1/60. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi and Watchtower WP 1/88
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 89 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 24
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Moselle Wine Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 19 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 19 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi
Niederbieber was one of the biggest Roman forts in the German frontier country, and it sits on the edge of the modern town of Neuwied, on the river Wied, a few kilometres from where it flows into the Rhine. The fort was built in the second century as a base for a cavalry unit and later a larger garrison, and a large civilian town, the vicus, grew up around it. In the early third century it was rebuilt and expanded, and it had stone walls, towers and a commander's residence, with a large bathhouse and shops outside.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi is where the day begins. Next is Watchtower WP 1/60.
2. Watchtower WP 1/60
Above Koblenz, on the edge of the Westerwald, the potters of Höhr-Grenzhausen have been making grey, salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt-blue decoration for centuries, giving this corner of Germany its nickname, the Kannenbäckerland, the land of jug bakers. In the forest nearby, the site of Roman watchtower WP 1/60 on the Upper German-Raetian Limes is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. The tower was one of hundreds along the frontier, a wooden or stone structure from which soldiers watched the land beyond and signalled to their neighbours.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/60 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtower WP 1/60 comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 1/88.
3. Watchtower WP 1/88
In the hills above the Lahn, in the Westerwald near Arzbach, the Roman frontier made a long, curving loop through a country of oak and beech forest, and watchtower 1/88 was one of the posts on its line. This district was thick with towers, and several neighbouring numbers lie within a few kilometres. The Romans placed them wherever the ground gave a good view, usually on a rise or a ridge, so that from one you could see the smoke or lamp of the next.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/88 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 48 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 1/88. Next is back through Watchtower WP 1/60.
4. back through Watchtower WP 1/60
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/60 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtower WP 1/60, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi.
5. Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi to Watchtower WP 1/60
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi → Watchtower WP 1/60 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 1/60 to Watchtower WP 1/88
Watchtower WP 1/60 → Watchtower WP 1/88 is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 1/88 to back through Watchtower WP 1/60
Watchtower WP 1/88 → back through Watchtower WP 1/60 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 1/60 to Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi
back through Watchtower WP 1/60 → Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbi is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.