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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A 250 km round trip from Weinzierl bei Krems - roughly 4 h 01 in the saddle. It goes by way of Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm, Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube and back through Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm. The line favours views over speed.
On the south bank of the Danube, just where the river leaves the Wachau gorge and swings out onto the plain, the Romans built a fort called Favianis, and its successor, the town of Mautern, still has the pattern of the Roman streets. The fort was part of the Danube frontier, and in the fifth century, when the empire was crumbling, it became famous because of a monk named Severinus, who came here to help the population and negotiate with the barbarian kings. His life, written by a disciple, is one of the few detailed accounts of life on the Danube at the end of Roman rule.
Read the complete Mautern - Kastell Westbereich write-up.
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Mautern - Kastell Westbereich is where the day begins. Next is Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm.
Zeiselmauer is a village that grew up inside a Roman fort, and it never quite moved out. The late Roman fort of Cannabiaca guarded this stretch of the Danube near Tulln, part of the frontier of the province of Noricum, and its walls, gate and towers were absorbed into the village over the centuries. One of the best-preserved features is a horseshoe-shaped tower, typical of late Roman fortifications, and a later fortlet within the fort, with walls standing several metres high, is one of the most impressive Roman buildings in Austria. Zeiselmauer is part of the Danube Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm write-up.
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Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube.
Marcus Aurelius, emperor and philosopher, spent several years at Carnuntum during his wars against the Germanic tribes north of the Danube, and he is thought to have written part of his Meditations here; the third book carries the note that it was written at Carnuntum. In the second century, this was one of the most important places on the Roman frontier: a legionary fortress, an auxiliary fort and a civil town that grew into the capital of the province of Upper Pannonia, with tens of thousands of inhabitants. Today, the archaeological park at Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg shows reconstructed houses, a bath and streets built using Roman methods, two amphitheatres, and the Heidentor, a great ruined triumphal arch standing alone in the fields. The Danube Limes became a World Heritage site in 2021.
Read the complete Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube write-up.
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about 125 km into the recorded legs you reach Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube. Next is back through Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm, late in the day. Next is Mautern - Kastell Westbereich.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mautern - Kastell Westbereich write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Mautern - Kastell Westbereich. That is the ride.
Mautern - Kastell Westbereich → Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm → Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube → back through Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Zeiselmauer - Kastell Hufeisenturm → Mautern - Kastell Westbereich is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.