CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Osterburken it runs 389 km to Osterburken; allow about 6 h 15 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35, Murrhardt civil settlement northern part, Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh and Lone Valley. Rivers set the line for much of the day.
Osterburken is a small town in the Bauland of northern Baden-Württemberg, and the Romans left it one of the most interesting fort sites on the Upper German Limes. The fort here was built in the second century AD, when the frontier was moved forward, and it had an unusual annex fort added later, with walls that ran down the slope toward the stream, making it one of the few double fort complexes on the Limes. Large sections of the walls have been excavated and conserved, and the Roman museum next to the site displays finds from the fort and the civil settlement. The Upper German-Raetian Limes became a UNESCO site in 2005.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35.
Öhringen had not one but two Roman forts, known today as the Bürgkastell and the Rendelkastell, both on the Upper Germanic Limes, which ran past the town on its way south. The watchtowers numbered here were part of that frontier, and the town grew partly on the remains of the Roman settlement that clustered around the forts. Little is visible above ground, but finds are displayed in the local museum, and the line of the Limes can be followed on foot or by bike through the surrounding countryside.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Murrhardt civil settlement northern part.
Murrhardt lies in the valley of the Murr, deep in the Swabian-Franconian Forest northeast of Stuttgart, a hilly, densely wooded region of streams, mills and small villages that feels a long way from the industrial heartland just to the west. The Romans built a fort here on the Limes, the frontier that ran through these forests from north to south, and a civil settlement grew up around it. The northern part of that settlement lies under parts of the modern town, and while there is little to see, the town's museum displays Roman finds, and the frontier through these woods is protected by its World Heritage status.
Read the complete Murrhardt civil settlement northern part write-up.
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about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Murrhardt civil settlement northern part. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh.
On the southern edge of Schwäbisch Gmünd, near the Schirenhof farm, the outline of a Roman fort and the foundations of its bath house lie in the grass, with walls and hypocaust heating systems laid out for visitors to see. The fort guarded the point where the Upper Germanic Limes met the Raetian Limes, the two great frontier lines of Roman Germany, and a civilian settlement grew up around it. The site is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and it is one of the more rewarding Limes stops in Baden-Württemberg, with visible remains and a lovely setting above the town.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh, about halfway. Next is Lone Valley.
The Lone is a small river in the Swabian Jura, east of Ulm, that often vanishes underground in dry weather, slipping into the limestone and leaving its bed empty. Its quiet valley, flanked by wooded slopes and limestone cliffs, holds caves where some of the oldest figurative art in the world was found. In the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, fragments of a figure carved from mammoth ivory were pieced together into the Lion Man, a being with a human body and a lion's head, around forty thousand years old. In the Vogelherd cave, tiny ivory animals, a horse, a mammoth, a cave lion, emerged from the sediment.
Read the complete Lone Valley write-up.
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Lone Valley sits at 157 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh comes up about 268 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Murrhardt civil settlement northern part.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Murrhardt civil settlement northern part write-up.
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about 307 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Murrhardt civil settlement northern part. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 389 km.
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur → Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 → Murrhardt civil settlement northern part is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Murrhardt civil settlement northern part → Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh → Lone Valley is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lone Valley → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Schirenh → back through Murrhardt civil settlement northern part is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Murrhardt civil settlement northern part → back through Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 → Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.