Why this ride
From Bad Münstereifel it runs 284 km to Bad Münstereifel; allow about 4 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22, Watchtower WP 2/31 and back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Iversheim and Watchtower WP 2/31 · 284 km from Bad Münstereifel
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 284 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 22
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Moselle Wine Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 60 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 60 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Iversheim
Iversheim is a village in the valley of the Erft, at the northern edge of the Eifel, just downstream from the old spa town of Bad Münstereifel. It is known for one thing: a Roman lime-burning works, one of the best preserved in Europe. The Romans built a series of kilns here to burn limestone from the surrounding hills into quicklime, which was used to make mortar for the forts, towns and roads of the province of Lower Germany. The kilns were worked by detachments of soldiers from the Rhine legions, as inscriptions found on the site show.
Read the complete Iversheim write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Iversheim is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22.
2. Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Above Leutesdorf, on the right bank of the Rhine between Neuwied and Bad Hönningen, the hills climb steeply from the river, covered with vineyards and forests, and the Roman frontier ran along their crest. Watchtowers WP 1/21 and 1/22 stood here in the early part of the Upper Germanic Limes, just a few kilometres from its starting point at Rheinbrohl, watching over the valley and the lands beyond. Today the tower sites are quiet spots in the woods, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 comes up about 82 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 2/31.
3. Watchtower WP 2/31
Holzhausen an der Haide is a small village on the high ground of the western Taunus, between the Rhine and the Lahn, and it has one of the better-preserved Roman fort sites along the Limes. The stone walls of Kastell Holzhausen still stand to a modest height in the fields just outside the village, outlining the fort's rectangle with its rounded corners and gates. Watchtower WP 2/31 belongs to the chain of towers that linked forts like this one along the frontier, and in this open landscape you can easily imagine the signals passing from hill to hill.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 2/31 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 142 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 2/31. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 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 1/21 to 1/22, late in the day. Next is Iversheim.
5. Iversheim
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Iversheim write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Iversheim. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Iversheim to Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Iversheim → Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 to Watchtower WP 2/31
Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 → Watchtower WP 2/31 is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 2/31 to back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Watchtower WP 2/31 → back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 to Iversheim
back through Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 → Iversheim is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.