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 Eichstätt it runs 253 km to Eichstätt; allow about 4 h 23 of riding. The stops in between: Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb, Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40, Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Above the village of Pfünz, on a spur of white Jura limestone looking down into the Altmühl valley, the Romans built a fort they called Vetoniana. Today a reconstructed gate and a stretch of wall stand on the hilltop, and from up there you understand the choice at once: the valley floor curls below you, the river meanders slowly, and anyone moving along it would have been seen hours before they arrived.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb.
Under the modern town of Weißenburg, in Franconia, lie the remains of a Roman fort called Biriciana, and it holds one of the best finds of the frontier. The fort was built in the second century to guard the line of the Raetian Limes, and a civil settlement grew up next to it, and in the third century it had a bathhouse that is the best preserved Roman bath north of the Alps. The walls of the baths still stand to a good height, with the heating system, the changing rooms and the pools, and a modern building protects them. Next to the baths is a museum, which holds a hoard of silver and bronze objects found in 1979 during building work, including statuettes of gods that were buried in a pit, probably to hide them.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40.
In the rolling country of Middle Franconia, between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen, the Raetian Limes ran as a stone wall rather than a wooden palisade. Local people later called its remains the Teufelsmauer, the Devil's Wall, believing no human could have built such a long barrier. The section near watchtower WP 13/40, close to Arberg and Ornbau, is part of the Upper German-Raetian Limes World Heritage Site, and in places a low bank of stones in the fields and woods still marks the line.
Read the complete Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 write-up.
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about 67 km into the recorded legs you reach Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen.
Ellingen is a small town that punches well above its weight. Its centre is dominated by a vast baroque palace built by the Teutonic Order, the German crusading knights who later became a religious and administrative order, and who ran a commandery here for centuries. The palace, with its church, courtyards and gardens, is far grander than you would expect in such a small place. Just outside the town, the Romans had an earlier presence: a fort called Sablonetum stood here on the Raetian Limes, with a civil settlement beside it, guarding the frontier as it crossed the countryside north of Weißenburg. Its outline has been marked in the fields, and it is part of the World Heritage site of the Upper German-Raetian Limes.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen, about halfway.
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Read the complete Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 write-up.
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Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 sits at 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen write-up.
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back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen comes up about 157 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40.
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about 189 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb write-up.
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back through Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz write-up.
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The route ends here after 253 km.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz → Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb → Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 → Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen → Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen → back through Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Limessection between watchtowers WP 13/40 → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Weissenb → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.