Why this ride
From Wachtberg it runs 114 km to Wachtberg; allow about 2 h 30 of riding. On the way it passes Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1, Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at and back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof and Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 30
- 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
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 → Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenl
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 19 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof
There is very little to see at first glance here, which is exactly what makes the place oddly moving. South of Bonn, in the edge of the Kottenforst near the Heiderhof quarter of Bad Godesberg and the town of Wachtberg, the forest floor hides the faint outlines of Roman practice camps. Legionaries stationed at the fortress of Bonna on the Rhine marched out here to train at the hard, boring work that won the empire its wars: digging ditches, throwing up earth ramparts and laying out a camp to the standard plan in a few hours. A handful of these training camps in the Kottenforst are part of the Lower German Limes, the Roman frontier along the Rhine recognised by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof is where the day begins. Next is Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1.
2. Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1
A forest closer to a city than most people realise, the Kottenforst spreads over a low ridge between Bonn and the Eifel foothills, and the Dürrenbruch is one of the quiet corners of its northern half. The old prince-electors of Cologne used it as a hunting ground, cutting long straight rides through the trees that radiate like the spokes of a wheel, which is why the forest feels strangely geometrical when you look at a map. Today it is a Bonn-area refuge of beech, oak and hornbeam, cut by cycle paths and walking trails.
Read the complete Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at.
3. Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Clemens August of Bavaria, prince-elector and archbishop of Cologne in the eighteenth century, loved two things above all: hunting with falcons and building in the latest style. At Brühl, just south of Cologne, he created two of the finest rococo buildings in Germany. Augustusburg Palace, his summer residence, has a staircase designed by Balthasar Neumann that is one of the masterpieces of the period, a whirl of marble, stucco and frescoes, and a formal French garden that stretches toward the forest. Falkenlust, a smaller hunting lodge at the end of a long avenue, was built for falconry, with a delightful interior decorated with tiles and lacquerwork. The two castles were listed by UNESCO in 1984.
Read the complete Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at. Next is back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1.
4. back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1, late in the day. Next is Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof.
5. Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof to Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1
Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof → Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 to Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 → Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at to back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at → back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 to Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 1 → Kottenforst Süd | Heiderhof is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.