CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 376 km round trip from Zevenaar - roughly 5 h 42 in the saddle. On the way it passes Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, Moers-Asberg, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in and Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm. It crosses from Netherlands into Germany - carry ID and check the toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
At Lobith, a few kilometres east of here, the Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, and you can feel the river changing its mind about what it is. Within a short distance it splits into branches, the Waal, the Nederrijn and the IJssel, and spreads across a wide floodplain, the Bijland, of meadows, willow thickets and old river arms. In Roman times this was the frontier, and a fort at Herwen, called Carvium, guarded the river crossing with a garrison and a small settlement. The Roman road ran along the dike, and ships tied up at its harbour.
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Herwen-De Bijland is where the day begins. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
Flat is the word for the Lower Rhine, and the Hochwald is the exception that proves it. Near Uedem, on the German side of the Dutch border, a long low ridge of wooded hills pushes up from the plain, the leftover of ice-age glaciers that stopped here, dumping gravel and sand in a long arc. The ridge is not high, but in a landscape where a church tower is a landmark, it counts as a range. The forest is a mix of beech, oak and pine, with sandy paths and cyclists, and it is a favourite of weekend walkers. A scouting label like Hochwald 2 only tells me there are several viewpoints in the same area, so treat the forest as a whole.
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Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 comes up 44 km in. Next is Moers-Asberg.
Asberg is a quiet district on the southern edge of Moers, on the left bank of the Lower Rhine, and beneath its houses and fields lies the Roman fort of Asciburgium, one of the earliest military bases on the Rhine frontier. It was founded around the time of the emperor Augustus or soon after, garrisoned by cavalry and auxiliary troops, and abandoned toward the end of the first century, when the Rhine shifted its course and moved away from the fort. The site is now part of the Lower German Limes UNESCO site, and although there is little to see above ground, information boards and outlines help you imagine the scene.
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88 km in you reach Moers-Asberg. Next is Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in.
The headframe of Shaft XII at Zollverein, with its red steel lattice and double wheels, is the Eiffel Tower of the Ruhr, and it is easy to see why. Designed by the architects Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer and opened in 1932, the shaft and its surrounding buildings were built in a clean, functional style influenced by the Bauhaus, and it was hailed as the most beautiful coal mine in the world. At its peak, Zollverein was one of the largest and most productive mines in Europe, and the adjacent coking plant processed coal into coke for the steel industry. The mine closed in 1986, the coking plant in 1993, and UNESCO listed the complex in 2001.
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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in, about halfway. Next is Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm.
Neuss has been a garrison town for two thousand years, and it still carries the Roman name in a shortened form: Novaesium, the legionary fortress that stood on the Rhine near the mouth of the Erft, was one of the oldest Roman military sites in Germany, founded in the days of Augustus. The Rhine was the frontier here, the Lower Germanic Limes, with no wall but a river, fortresses and watchtowers like the one at Reckberg, and the whole line was added to the UNESCO list in 2021.
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Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm sits at 177 km, about halfway. Next is back through Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in.
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back through Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in comes up 221 km in. Next is back through Moers-Asberg.
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265 km in you reach back through Moers-Asberg. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
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back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, late in the day. Next is Herwen-De Bijland.
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The route ends here after 376 km.
Herwen-De Bijland → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Moers-Asberg is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Moers-Asberg → Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in → Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm → back through Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in → back through Moers-Asberg is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Moers-Asberg → back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Herwen-De Bijland is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.