Why this ride
A 305 km round trip from Heubach - roughly 3 h 48 in the saddle. It goes by way of Ehrenstein, Olzreute-Enzisholz and back through Ehrenstein. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb and Olzreute-Enzisholz
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 305 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb
The Rems valley runs east from Stuttgart towards the edge of the Swabian Jura, and Unterböbingen lies just outside the village of Böbingen, with Heubach three kilometres on and the long wooded wall of the Alb rising behind. The ground here is gently rolling farmland, orchards, small fields and the occasional church spire, the kind of country that looks entirely ordinary until you remember who once held it.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb 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 Unterböb is where the day begins. Next is Ehrenstein.
2. Ehrenstein
Ehrenstein is a small district on the western edge of Ulm, in the Blau valley, where the little Blau river flows from its spring at Blaubeuren towards the Danube. In the 1950s and 60s, archaeologists found here the remains of a Neolithic village, built on the damp ground of the valley floor around six thousand years ago, with wooden houses, hearths and remarkably well-preserved organic material. The site is part of the World Heritage list of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, though there is nothing to see above ground today.
Read the complete Ehrenstein write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ehrenstein comes up 64 km in. Next is Olzreute-Enzisholz.
3. Olzreute-Enzisholz
Some five thousand years ago, someone in Upper Swabia built a wheel out of a single maple plank, mounted it on an axle and used it to move loads across the soft ground near what is now Bad Schussenried. The wheel turned up during excavations at the moor settlement of Olzreute-Enzisholz and is among the oldest wheels ever found in Central Europe, dated to around 2900 BC. The settlement, a group of pile dwellings on the edge of a former lake, is one of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps listed by UNESCO in 2011, a transnational site across six countries.
Read the complete Olzreute-Enzisholz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
128 km in you reach Olzreute-Enzisholz. Next is back through Ehrenstein.
4. back through Ehrenstein
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ehrenstein write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ehrenstein, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb.
5. Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb 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 Unterböb. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb to Ehrenstein
Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb → Ehrenstein is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ehrenstein to Olzreute-Enzisholz
Ehrenstein → Olzreute-Enzisholz is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Olzreute-Enzisholz to back through Ehrenstein
Olzreute-Enzisholz → back through Ehrenstein is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ehrenstein to Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb
back through Ehrenstein → Fort site and civil settlement of Unterböb is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.