Why this ride
From Altstadt Nord it runs 244 km to Altstadt Nord; allow about 3 h 13 of riding. The stops in between: Krefeld-Gellep, Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2 and back through Krefeld-Gellep.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Köln-Praetorium and Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 8.2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 244 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 13
- 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-Praetorium
Under Cologne's town hall there is a Roman palace, and you can walk through it. The Praetorium was the residence of the governor of the province of Lower Germany, a large building complex on the edge of the Rhine that dates from the first century and grew over the next few hundred years. The city, called Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, was founded in the first century AD and named for Agrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero, who was born in a camp nearby. The remains of the palace were found during rebuilding after the Second World War, and the cellars and corridors are now open as an archaeological site.
Read the complete Köln-Praetorium write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Köln-Praetorium 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 62 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 122 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-Praetorium.
5. Köln-Praetorium
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Köln-Praetorium write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Köln-Praetorium. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Köln-Praetorium to Krefeld-Gellep
Köln-Praetorium → Krefeld-Gellep is 62 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-Praetorium
back through Krefeld-Gellep → Köln-Praetorium is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.