Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur and Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par
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Recorded distance
199 km
Riding-time estimate
3 h 39
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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199 km from Osterburken to Osterburken, about 3 h 39 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the, Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the, Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par and back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur
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.
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Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the.
2. Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the
For about eighty kilometres through northern Württemberg, the Roman frontier runs in a nearly perfectly straight line, ignoring hills, valleys and rivers as if someone had drawn it with a ruler on a map. Surveyors still argue about how the Romans managed it. The stretch with watchtowers 9/14 to 9/32, near Öhringen in the Hohenlohe region, lies along this remarkable line, and Öhringen itself grew from Roman forts, two of them, which guarded the frontier here. The line is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the Limes trail follows it through fields and forests.
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Planning note
Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the.
3. Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the
Mainhardt sits on a ridge in the Swabian-Franconian Forest, and the Roman frontier ran right through it, on its way south in one of the longest straight lines ever drawn across European landscape. Here, the Upper Germanic Limes runs for some eighty kilometres from Walldürn to near Welzheim almost perfectly straight, ignoring hills and valleys, as if surveyors had laid a ruler on the map. The watchtowers numbered in this section stood along that line in the forest, and Mainhardt had a fort, whose site is marked in the village, with a small museum.
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Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the. Next is Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par.
4. Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par
In the Swabian Forest east of Stuttgart, the Roman frontier ran as straight as a ruler for some eighty kilometres, ignoring hills and valleys in a way that still puzzles historians. Welzheim lies on this straight stretch of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, and the town had two Roman forts, the west and east forts, with a civil settlement around them. The northern part of the settlement near the east fort is one of the components of the Limes World Heritage Site, and the Ostkastell has been turned into an archaeological park with a reconstructed gate.
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Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the comes up about 157 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur to Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur → Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the to Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the
Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the → Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the to Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par
Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the → Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par to back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the
Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par → back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the to back through Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the
back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the → back through Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the to Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur
back through Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.