Why this ride
97 km from Hollingstedt to Hollingstedt, about 1 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of North Wall Areas 1 to 2, East Wall Area 1A to 1C, Kovirke Area 6 and back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei and Kovirke Area 6
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 97 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- 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. Crooked Wall Area 4
Here the ground is flat, wet and green, and a long, low bank runs across it for no obvious reason. The bank is the Krummwall, the Crooked Wall, one of the oldest sections of the Danevirke, the great system of ramparts that the Danes built across the neck of the Jutland peninsula against their southern neighbours. The first banks go back to the early Middle Ages, and the line was added to and rebuilt for centuries, in timber, earth and brick, until the nineteenth century. UNESCO recognised the Danevirke, together with the Viking town of Hedeby, in 2018.
Read the complete Crooked Wall Area 4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Crooked Wall Area 4 comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is North Wall Areas 1 to 2.
2. North Wall Areas 1 to 2
The Danevirke is a wall that has been in the news for a thousand years. It stretches across the base of the Jutland peninsula, where the land narrows between the Baltic inlet of the Schlei and the marshes of the Treene and Rheide rivers, and it was built, extended and rebuilt from about the eighth century by Danish kings. It protected the southern border of the Danes against the Franks and later the Saxons, and its earthen banks, once topped by timber palisades, ran for some thirty kilometres. UNESCO listed it together with the Viking trading town of Hedeby in 2018.
Read the complete North Wall Areas 1 to 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 14 km into the recorded legs you reach North Wall Areas 1 to 2. Next is East Wall Area 1A to 1C.
3. East Wall Area 1A to 1C
When the Vikings built their trading town of Hedeby at the head of the Schlei, a long narrow inlet of the Baltic, they chose a spot with a short portage to the North Sea rivers, making it one of the great crossroads of Northern Europe. To protect the isthmus between the two seas, the Danes built a long earthwork called the Danevirke, begun in the eighth century and strengthened for centuries after, with a rampart, a ditch and in places a brick wall added in the twelfth century by King Valdemar. Hedeby and the Danevirke are together a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The East Wall, the Ostwall, is the eastern arm of the system, running through the countryside near Kosel above the Schlei.
Read the complete East Wall Area 1A to 1C write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
East Wall Area 1A to 1C, about halfway. Next is Kovirke Area 6.
4. Kovirke Area 6
The Danevirke is the longest ancient earthwork in northern Europe, a system of ramparts, ditches and walls that crossed the narrow neck of Jutland at the base of the peninsula. Over several centuries, from the early Middle Ages into the twelfth, the Danes built and rebuilt it, closing the land route between the Baltic and the North Sea. Kovirke is one of its branches, and the section here, near Fahrdorf, preserves a piece of the bank that you can still see rising in the grass and the trees.
Read the complete Kovirke Area 6 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kovirke Area 6 sits at 133 km, about halfway. Next is back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C.
5. back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete East Wall Area 1A to 1C write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C comes up about 64 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2.
6. back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete North Wall Areas 1 to 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2. Next is back through Crooked Wall Area 4.
7. back through Crooked Wall Area 4
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Crooked Wall Area 4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Crooked Wall Area 4, late in the day. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
Leg by leg
Crooked Wall Area 4 to North Wall Areas 1 to 2
Crooked Wall Area 4 → North Wall Areas 1 to 2 is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
North Wall Areas 1 to 2 to East Wall Area 1A to 1C
North Wall Areas 1 to 2 → East Wall Area 1A to 1C is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
East Wall Area 1A to 1C to Kovirke Area 6
East Wall Area 1A to 1C → Kovirke Area 6 is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kovirke Area 6 to back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C
Kovirke Area 6 → back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C to back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2
back through East Wall Area 1A to 1C → back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2 to back through Crooked Wall Area 4
back through North Wall Areas 1 to 2 → back through Crooked Wall Area 4 is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.