Why this ride
A 205 km round trip from Florstadt - roughly 2 h 58 in the saddle. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg, Watchtower WP 4/17*, Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the and back through Watchtower WP 4/17*.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor and Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 205 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 58
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor → Fort site and civil settl
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 26 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 33 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor
The Wetterau is a broad, fertile basin north of Frankfurt, a land of rich loess soils, wheat fields, orchards and old villages, and the Romans wanted it badly. Their frontier, the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, bulged out here to take in the whole basin, looping around it in a wide arc. At Ober-Florstadt stood a fort with a civilian settlement beside it, where soldiers' families, traders and craftsmen lived. Today little is visible, but the site is part of the World Heritage frontier, and information boards help to picture the scene.
Read the complete Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg.
2. Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg
Arnsburg confuses people, and for good reason. The name belongs first to a Cistercian monastery in the Wetter valley near Lich, whose roofless Gothic church stands in a meadow as one of the most romantic ruins in Hesse. But on the wooded hill nearby lies an older layer: a Roman fort on the Limes, sometimes called the Alteburg, with its civil settlement, and the frontier itself running past on its way around the northern edge of the Wetterau.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg 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 Arnsburg comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 4/17*.
3. Watchtower WP 4/17*
The Limes crosses the Wetterau, the fertile plain north of Frankfurt, in a long arc, and Watchtower 4/17 is one small point in it. The Wetterau is loess farmland, rich and flat, with wide fields of wheat and sugar beet, and the Romans valued it as an agricultural region, planting farms and estates beside the frontier. The tower itself, as at most of these sites, is represented today by a low mound or a marker, and a short walk will let you see the line of the frontier running across the fields.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 4/17* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 4/17*. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the.
4. Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
High in the Taunus hills northwest of Frankfurt, the Upper German Limes runs along the main ridge, and here, between Glashütten and Schmitten, a series of watchtower sites and the remains of a small fort follow the frontier through dense beech and spruce forest. The bank and ditch of the Limes are still clearly visible, winding over the hills like a long scar, and the area is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Nearby, on the Kleiner Feldberg, lie the remains of a Roman fort, and a few kilometres east, the Saalburg near Bad Homburg is a fully reconstructed fort with a museum, the best place in Germany to imagine life on the frontier.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 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 3/45 to 3/52 including the, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtower WP 4/17*.
5. back through Watchtower WP 4/17*
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 4/17* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtower WP 4/17* sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg.
6. back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg comes up about 170 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor.
7. Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor to Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg
Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor → Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg to Watchtower WP 4/17*
Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg → Watchtower WP 4/17* is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 4/17* to Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
Watchtower WP 4/17* → Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the to back through Watchtower WP 4/17*
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the → back through Watchtower WP 4/17* is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 4/17* to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg
back through Watchtower WP 4/17* → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg to Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Arnsburg → Fortsite and civil settlement of Ober-Flor is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.