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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From Marienberg it runs 325 km to Marienberg; allow about 5 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines, Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops and back through Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines. It crosses from Germany into Czechia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Marienberg was laid out in 1521 as a planned silver town, with a vast square market place and streets set in a grid, an idea of urban order that was new in this part of Europe. Lauta, today a district of Marienberg, lies among the old mine workings, spoil heaps and shafts that fed that wealth, and it is one of the components of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, the cross-border World Heritage Site shared by Saxony and the Czech Republic and inscribed in 2019.
Read the complete Lauta Mining Landscape write-up.
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Lauta Mining Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines.
In 2008, when parts of the old town of Dippoldiswalde began to subside, engineers investigating the problem found something nobody expected: a network of medieval silver mines running beneath the streets, dating back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The tunnels contained remarkably well preserved wooden ladders, tools and even shoes, offering an unparalleled glimpse of mining at the start of the Ore Mountains' silver boom. These finds are part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region listed by UNESCO in 2019.
Read the complete Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines write-up.
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Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops.
If you have ever drunk a Czech lager, you have tasted Žatec. The town, known in German as Saaz, has been at the centre of a hop-growing region for centuries, and Saaz hops, with their delicate, spicy aroma, are considered among the finest in the world, prized by brewers from Pilsen to Japan. In 2023, Žatec and the landscape of Saaz hops became a World Heritage site, recognised for its hop gardens, drying kilns, packing houses and warehouses, which together tell the story of an industry that shaped the town and its surroundings. In the old town, many of the tall buildings with rows of small ventilation windows in their roofs were used to dry and store the hops.
Read the complete Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops write-up.
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about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops. Next is back through Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines, late in the day. Next is Lauta Mining Landscape.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lauta Mining Landscape write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Lauta Mining Landscape. That is the ride.
Lauta Mining Landscape → Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines → Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops → back through Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines → Lauta Mining Landscape is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.