CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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220 km from Kleve to Kleve, about 3 h 31 of riding. On the way it passes Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, Moers-Asberg, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in and back through Moers-Asberg. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
South of Kleve, near the Dutch border, the Reichswald is one of the largest forests in the Lower Rhine region, a mix of oak, beech and pine on a low ridge of sand and gravel left behind by the glaciers of the Ice Age. On its edge, the Romans built military installations as part of the Lower German Limes, the frontier along the Rhine, and the remains in the Reichswald, including traces of camps, are part of the World Heritage site listed by UNESCO in 2021. There is little to see above ground, but the forest itself is a quiet, beautiful place to walk.
Read the complete Kleve-Reichswald | East write-up.
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Kleve-Reichswald | East 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 about 22 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 74 km into the recorded legs 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 back through Moers-Asberg.
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back through Moers-Asberg sits at 151 km, about halfway. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
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back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 comes up about 199 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kleve-Reichswald | East.
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Kleve-Reichswald | East closes the day.
Kleve-Reichswald | East → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Moers-Asberg is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Moers-Asberg → Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in → back through Moers-Asberg is 35 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 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Kleve-Reichswald | East is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.