Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden and Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden

   Hungen lies in the eastern Wetterau, on the edge of the Vogelsberg, the great extinct volcano of central Hesse, and the village of Inheiden is a short distance from it, in a fold of rolling farmland. The Roman fort at Inheiden was one of the smaller auxiliary forts on the Wetterau Limes, a modest rectangular enclosure with a ditch and a wall of earth and timber, later rebuilt in stone, and it held a unit of a few hundred soldiers. A fort of this size had a headquarters building in the middle, barracks, a granary, a bath building outside the wall and a small settlement of traders and families beside it.

   Read the complete Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.

2. 2. Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the

   North of Frankfurt, the Wetterau opens out as a wide, fertile basin between the Taunus and the Vogelsberg, and the Roman frontier made a long bulge around it to bring this rich farmland inside the empire. This section of the Upper Germanic Limes, with watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52, runs through the woods and fields between Langgöns and Lich, at the northern tip of that bulge. The towers are long gone, but traces of the wall and ditch can still be found in the forest.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the.

3. 3. Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the

   Near Butzbach the Wetterau starts to break against the Taunus, and the Roman frontier passes through that transition with a long series of numbered watchtowers, in this case 4/20 to 4/36. It is a longer run than most, and it reflects how carefully the Romans watched this side of the line, where the open plain makes a natural highway for anyone coming from the north. The Upper German-Raetian Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2005, crosses farmland here, and in places the old rampart survives as a low bank in a meadow edge or a stretch of forest.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   about 39 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 4/20 to 4/36 including the. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.

4. 4. back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   back through Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the, late in the day. Next is Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden.

5. 5. Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Fort site of Hungen-Inheiden 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 of Hungen-Inheiden. That is the ride.