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 Elsenfeld it runs 167 km to Elsenfeld; allow about 2 h 28 of riding. It goes by way of Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens, Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb, Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb.
Obernburg stands on the Main, in the bend where the river leaves the Spessart forest and turns north, and for a time in the second century it was the frontier of the Roman world. The Odenwald Limes, the earlier version of the frontier, ran along the hills to the south and reached the river near here, and a fort was built on the bank to guard the crossing. A civil settlement grew beside it, and finds from both are shown in the town's small Roman museum, which stands on the site and has a collection of tombstones, tools and pottery.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens.
Seligenstadt is one of those Main valley towns where every era has left something on the table. The Romans came first: here the frontier of the Upper German-Raetian Limes ran along the river itself, and a fort with a civilian settlement around it guarded the Main crossing. The fort site lies under the old town, so you are walking over it rather than looking at it, but the logic of the place is obvious when you stand by the water. The river was the border, the road and the supply line all at once.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens comes up about 30 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 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro.
Großkrotzenburg sits at a turning point of the Roman frontier. Here, on the Main east of Frankfurt, the river border that ran north from Miltenberg came to an end, and the Limes turned away from the water to head north across the Wetterau toward the Taunus. A fort guarded the spot, with a civilian settlement, and parts of its walls and gate can still be traced in the old town, where the fort's outline is marked in the streets. The site belongs to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the local museum displays finds from the fort and the vicus.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb write-up.
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back through Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb sits at 118 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens comes up about 137 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur closes the day.
Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur → Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens → Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb → Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Niedernb → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Seligens → Fort site and civil settlement of Obernbur is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.