CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Erlenbach am Main it runs 273 km to Erlenbach am Main; allow about 4 h 01 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur, Murrhardt civil settlement northern part and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
For a stretch of about fifty kilometres, the Roman frontier of Upper Germany did not need a wall at all. Between Großkrotzenburg and Miltenberg, the Main river itself served as the border, and the Romans lined its western bank with forts and watchtowers to watch over the water and the forested hills of the Spessart on the other side. Wörth am Main had one of these forts, with a civil settlement where soldiers' families, traders and craftsmen lived. Very little remains above ground, but this wet frontier is inscribed as part of the Upper German Limes, and standing on the riverbank you can see why the Romans thought the river was enough.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth is where the day begins. Next is 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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Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur comes up about 62 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 137 km into the recorded legs you reach Murrhardt civil settlement northern part. Next is back through 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.
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back through Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur, late in the day. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth. That is the ride.
Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth → Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur → Murrhardt civil settlement northern part is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Murrhardt civil settlement northern part → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Osterbur → Fort site and civil settlement of Wörth is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.