Why this ride
356 km from Wittenberg to Wittenberg, about 5 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr., Luther's birthplace, Collegiate Church and back through Luther's birthplace. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber and Collegiate Church
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 356 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 33
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. → Luther's birthplace
The ride follows House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. → Luther's birthplace for 77 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 77 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber
Wittenberg is a small town on the Elbe that changed Europe. In 1517, an Augustinian monk and professor of theology named Martin Luther took on the sale of indulgences, and the debate that followed became the Reformation. Tradition says he nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of the castle church, though historians still argue about whether he actually used a hammer. What is certain is that he sent them to the archbishop and that printers spread them across Germany within weeks.
Read the complete Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber is where the day begins. Next is House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr., 57 km on.
2. House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
Hannes Meyer, the second director of the Bauhaus, believed that architecture should serve the needs of the people, not the egos of architects, and the five apartment buildings he designed with Bauhaus students in Dessau-Törten in 1929 and 1930 are an expression of that belief. The Laubenganghäuser, houses with balcony access, are three-storey brick buildings with external walkways along the facades giving access to the apartments, a cheap and efficient way to provide affordable housing for workers. The buildings on Peterholzstraße were added to the UNESCO listing of the Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau in 2017.
Read the complete House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. comes up 57 km in. Next is Luther's birthplace.
3. Luther's birthplace
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben on 10 November 1483, and by an odd twist of fate he died here too, in 1546, while on a visit to settle a dispute between the counts of Mansfeld. The house where he was born was rebuilt after a fire in the seventeenth century and became one of the first museums in Germany dedicated to a single person. Together with the house where he died and the sites in Wittenberg where he lived and taught, it forms the UNESCO site of the Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg, listed in 1996. The museum tells the story of Luther's family, his childhood and the beginning of the Reformation, and it has been extended with modern exhibitions.
Read the complete Luther's birthplace write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
113 km in you reach Luther's birthplace. Next is Collegiate Church.
4. Collegiate Church
High on a rock above Quedlinburg stands the Collegiate Church of St Servatius, a heavy Romanesque church that is one of the most important of its kind in Germany. The first church on the hill was connected to the Ottonian kings, and Henry the Fowler, the first king of the East Frankish realm in the early tenth century, was buried here. His widow Mathilda founded a convent of noblewomen on the site, which became powerful, with abbesses who were often relatives of the emperors and ran a small state of their own.
Read the complete Collegiate Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Collegiate Church, about halfway. Next is back through Luther's birthplace.
5. back through Luther's birthplace
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Luther's birthplace write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Luther's birthplace sits at 226 km, about halfway. Next is back through House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr., 57 km on.
6. back through House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. comes up 283 km in. Next is Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber.
7. Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber closes the day.
Leg by leg
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber to House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenber → House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Luther's birthplace to Collegiate Church
Luther's birthplace → Collegiate Church is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Collegiate Church to back through Luther's birthplace
Collegiate Church → back through Luther's birthplace is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Luther's birthplace to back through House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
back through Luther's birthplace → back through House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.