Why this ride
From Überlingen it runs 280 km to Überlingen; allow about 4 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Olzreute-Enzisholz, Ehrenstein and back through Olzreute-Enzisholz. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 and Ehrenstein
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 280 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 43
- 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. Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32
The Bodanrueck is a wooded peninsula that sticks out into the western end of Lake Constance, between the Uberlinger See and the Zeller See, and Litzelstetten is a small village on its southern side, close to the city of Konstanz. The Krahenhorn is a little promontory on the shore, and the whole area is an easy, gentle mix of orchards, forest, reeds and quiet beaches. Mainau Island, the flower island, lies just off the coast, with its palm trees and rhododendrons.
Read the complete Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 is where the day begins. Next is Olzreute-Enzisholz.
2. Olzreute-Enzisholz
Some five thousand years ago, someone in Upper Swabia built a wheel out of a single maple plank, mounted it on an axle and used it to move loads across the soft ground near what is now Bad Schussenried. The wheel turned up during excavations at the moor settlement of Olzreute-Enzisholz and is among the oldest wheels ever found in Central Europe, dated to around 2900 BC. The settlement, a group of pile dwellings on the edge of a former lake, is one of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps listed by UNESCO in 2011, a transnational site across six countries.
Read the complete Olzreute-Enzisholz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Olzreute-Enzisholz comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ehrenstein.
3. Ehrenstein
Ehrenstein is a small district on the western edge of Ulm, in the Blau valley, where the little Blau river flows from its spring at Blaubeuren towards the Danube. In the 1950s and 60s, archaeologists found here the remains of a Neolithic village, built on the damp ground of the valley floor around six thousand years ago, with wooden houses, hearths and remarkably well-preserved organic material. The site is part of the World Heritage list of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, though there is nothing to see above ground today.
Read the complete Ehrenstein write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 140 km into the recorded legs you reach Ehrenstein. Next is back through Olzreute-Enzisholz.
4. back through Olzreute-Enzisholz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olzreute-Enzisholz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz, late in the day. Next is Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32.
5. Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 to Olzreute-Enzisholz
Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 → Olzreute-Enzisholz is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Olzreute-Enzisholz to Ehrenstein
Olzreute-Enzisholz → Ehrenstein is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ehrenstein to back through Olzreute-Enzisholz
Ehrenstein → back through Olzreute-Enzisholz is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz to Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz → Litzelstetten-Krähenhorn 32 is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.