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 Łęknica it runs 372 km to Łęknica; allow about 5 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Herrnhut, Dresden Elbe Valley and back through Herrnhut. It crosses from Poland into Germany - carry ID and check the toll rules. It follows river valleys.
Muskau Park straddles a river and a border. The Neisse flows through it, and since 1945 it has been the frontier between Germany and Poland, which means that half the park lies in Bad Muskau and the other half in Leknica. Visitors walk across a reconstructed bridge from one country to the other, with no checks, and pass from the German part of the park to the Polish part in a few minutes. UNESCO listed the park as a joint site in 2004.
Read the complete Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski is where the day begins. Next is Herrnhut.
Herrnhut is a small town in Upper Lusatia, in the far east of Saxony, with a name that means roughly "under the Lord's watch". It began in 1722, when Moravian Protestant refugees were given land on the estate of Count Zinzendorf and built a settlement here. From that settlement grew the Moravian Church, which sent missionaries to the Caribbean, Greenland and Africa within a decade and still has communities across the world. The town today feels calm and slightly austere in a way that suits the story, with straight streets, plain Baroque houses and a church hall whose big white room is simply there to hold people.
Read the complete Herrnhut write-up.
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Herrnhut comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dresden Elbe Valley.
Dresden's Elbe valley once held a World Heritage listing and then lost it. Inscribed in 2004 for its blend of Baroque city, river meadows, palaces and vineyards, it was removed from the list in 2009 after the city built the Waldschlösschen bridge across the meadows, a decision that sparked fierce debate. The landscape itself, however, remains beautiful: the river curves through wide green meadows, with the domes and spires of the old town on one side and the villas and vineyards of the Loschwitz slopes on the other.
Read the complete Dresden Elbe Valley write-up.
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about 187 km into the recorded legs you reach Dresden Elbe Valley. Next is back through Herrnhut.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Herrnhut write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Herrnhut, late in the day. Next is Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski. That is the ride.
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski → Herrnhut is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Herrnhut → Dresden Elbe Valley is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Dresden Elbe Valley → back through Herrnhut is 106 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Herrnhut → Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.