Why this ride
A 246 km round trip from Deutz - roughly 3 h 16 in the saddle. The stops in between: Krefeld-Gellep, Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 and back through Krefeld-Gellep.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Köln-Deutz and Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 246 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 16
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Köln-Deutz
Opposite the great cathedral of Cologne, on the right bank of the Rhine, stands Deutz, which began as a Roman fort named Divitia. Around the year 310 the emperor Constantine had a fortress built here, connected to Colonia Agrippinensis on the opposite bank by a stone bridge, one of the first permanent bridges across the Rhine. The fort was about a hundred and fifty metres square, with massive walls and towers, and it gave the Romans a bridgehead on the edge of the Germanic lands. Sections of the walls have been excavated and can be seen in the area, and the fort belongs to the Lower Germanic Limes.
Read the complete Köln-Deutz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Köln-Deutz is where the day begins. Next is Krefeld-Gellep.
2. Krefeld-Gellep
Most people pass Krefeld-Gellep without a second thought, because the view is dominated by the harbour of Uerdingen, chemical works and Rhine barges. Yet this is one of the most important Roman and early medieval sites on the Lower Rhine. The Roman fort here was called Gelduba, and it belongs to the Lower German Limes, the frontier along the river that UNESCO recognised in 2021. Tacitus mentions Gelduba in his account of the Batavian revolt of 69 and 70 AD, when legions and rebels fought around the camp, and archaeologists have found traces of that violence in the ground.
Read the complete Krefeld-Gellep write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Krefeld-Gellep comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2, 63 km on.
3. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2
The Hochwald is a long wooded ridge on the left bank of the Lower Rhine, between Uedem and Xanten, and it stands out because everything around it is flat. It is a terminal moraine, a pile of rubble pushed up by an ice sheet in the last ice age, and its slopes carry beech and oak and pine, a cool green island in a plain of fields and pastures. Near Uedem, the Hochwald runs for some kilometres in a line, and walkers use the forest paths.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 123 km into the recorded legs you reach Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2. Next is back through Krefeld-Gellep.
4. back through Krefeld-Gellep
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Krefeld-Gellep write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Krefeld-Gellep, late in the day. Next is Köln-Deutz.
5. Köln-Deutz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Köln-Deutz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Köln-Deutz. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Köln-Deutz to Krefeld-Gellep
Köln-Deutz → Krefeld-Gellep is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Krefeld-Gellep to Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2
Krefeld-Gellep → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 to back through Krefeld-Gellep
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 → back through Krefeld-Gellep is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Krefeld-Gellep to Köln-Deutz
back through Krefeld-Gellep → Köln-Deutz is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.