Why this ride
A 215 km round trip from Krefeld - roughly 3 h 11 in the saddle. On the way it passes Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm, Duisburg-Werthausen, Alpen-Drüpt and back through Duisburg-Werthausen.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Krefeld-Gellep and Alpen-Drüpt
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 215 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 11
- 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
Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm → Duisburg-Werthausen
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 37 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 42 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm.
2. Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm
Neuss has been a garrison town for two thousand years, and it still carries the Roman name in a shortened form: Novaesium, the legionary fortress that stood on the Rhine near the mouth of the Erft, was one of the oldest Roman military sites in Germany, founded in the days of Augustus. The Rhine was the frontier here, the Lower Germanic Limes, with no wall but a river, fortresses and watchtowers like the one at Reckberg, and the whole line was added to the UNESCO list in 2021.
Read the complete Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Duisburg-Werthausen.
3. Duisburg-Werthausen
Werthausen sits on the left bank of the Rhine in Duisburg, across the river from the steelworks, harbour cranes and bridges of one of Europe's great industrial cities. It is an unexpected place to look for Rome, but the Lower Rhine was the frontier of the Roman Empire for centuries, and the line of forts, fortlets and watch posts along it is now inscribed on the UNESCO list as the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, the Lower German Limes. The site at Werthausen is one of these components, part of the chain of military posts that watched the river between the legionary bases at Neuss and Xanten.
Read the complete Duisburg-Werthausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Duisburg-Werthausen. Next is Alpen-Drüpt.
4. Alpen-Drüpt
On the flat farmland of the Lower Rhine, between Alpen and Rheinberg, there is little to catch the eye: fields of maize and potatoes, poplars along ditches, brick farmhouses and the occasional windmill. Yet this was once the edge of the Roman world. The Rhine formed the frontier of the empire, and along its banks the Romans built legionary fortresses, forts, watchtowers and temporary camps. Alpen-Drüpt is one of the sites included in the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Lower German Limes, inscribed by UNESCO in 2021; like many on the list, it survives mainly below ground, known from aerial photographs and excavations rather than standing ruins.
Read the complete Alpen-Drüpt write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Alpen-Drüpt, about halfway. Next is back through Duisburg-Werthausen.
5. back through Duisburg-Werthausen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Duisburg-Werthausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Duisburg-Werthausen sits at 122 km, about halfway. Next is back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm.
6. back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm comes up about 182 km into the recorded legs. Next is Krefeld-Gellep.
7. 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
Krefeld-Gellep closes the day.
Leg by leg
Krefeld-Gellep to Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm
Krefeld-Gellep → Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm to Duisburg-Werthausen
Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm → Duisburg-Werthausen is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Duisburg-Werthausen to Alpen-Drüpt
Duisburg-Werthausen → Alpen-Drüpt is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Alpen-Drüpt to back through Duisburg-Werthausen
Alpen-Drüpt → back through Duisburg-Werthausen is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Duisburg-Werthausen to back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm
back through Duisburg-Werthausen → back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm to Krefeld-Gellep
back through Neuss-Reckberg | Wachtturm → Krefeld-Gellep is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.