Why this ride
From Naumburg it runs 256 km to Naumburg; allow about 4 h 54 of riding. On the way it passes The House Am Horn, Mikveh, The former School of Applied Art and Stone House. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Naumburg Cathedral and Stone House
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 256 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 54
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Naumburg Cathedral → The House Am Horn
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 51 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 47 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Naumburg Cathedral
The twelve figures in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral are among the most famous sculptures of the Middle Ages, and once you have seen them, you understand why. Carved around the middle of the thirteenth century by an unknown artist known as the Naumburg Master, they represent the founders and benefactors of the cathedral, noblemen and noblewomen who had died two centuries earlier, but they look like real people, with individual faces, expressions and gestures. The most famous is Uta, the wife of Margrave Ekkehard, standing with her cloak drawn up to her face, cool and enigmatic, who has become an icon of German art. The cathedral, with its Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its rich sculpture, was listed by UNESCO in 2018.
Read the complete Naumburg Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Naumburg Cathedral is where the day begins. Next is The House Am Horn.
2. The House Am Horn
Weimar has a way of making people feel they have walked into a library. Goethe and Schiller lived and worked here, Bach and Liszt played here, and in 1919 the German National Assembly met in the town to write the constitution of the Weimar Republic. That same year Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar, merging the old art school and the school of applied arts into something new. The Haus Am Horn, built in 1923 for the school's first big exhibition, is the only Bauhaus building that was actually erected in Weimar itself.
Read the complete The House Am Horn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The House Am Horn comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mikveh.
3. Mikveh
In 2007, during construction work near the Krämerbrücke in Erfurt, archaeologists uncovered a medieval ritual bath, a mikveh, beside the river Gera, which had been forgotten for centuries. It dates from the thirteenth century and was used by the city's Jewish community until the pogrom of 1349, when the community was destroyed during the panic of the Black Death. It is now protected and can be visited on guided tours. Together with the Old Synagogue and the Stone House, a medieval residence, the mikveh forms the Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt, listed by UNESCO in 2023.
Read the complete Mikveh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Mikveh. Next is The former School of Applied Art.
4. The former School of Applied Art
Weimar is a small city with a very large place in German culture. Goethe and Schiller lived and worked here, Liszt composed and taught, Nietzsche spent his last years here, and in 1919 the national assembly that created Germany's first democratic constitution met in the theatre, giving the Weimar Republic its name. That same year, the architect Walter Gropius founded a new art school in the city, merging the academy of fine arts with the school of applied arts, and called it the Bauhaus. The school building designed earlier by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde, along with the main building of the art academy, became its home. These buildings, together with the Haus am Horn, are part of the UNESCO serial site of the Bauhaus and its sites, inscribed in 1996.
Read the complete The former School of Applied Art write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The former School of Applied Art, about halfway. Next is Stone House.
5. Stone House
In the middle of Erfurt's old town, among tall, narrow houses with steep roofs, stands a stone building that has outlived most of its neighbours. The Steinernes Haus, the Stone House, is a medieval house built in the thirteenth century, and it is one of several buildings that record the life of the town's Jewish community, which was among the most important in medieval Germany. In 2023 the group of sites was added to the World Heritage list, together with the old synagogue and the ritual bath.
Read the complete Stone House write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Stone House sits at 137 km, about halfway. Next is back through The former School of Applied Art.
6. back through The former School of Applied Art
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The former School of Applied Art write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The former School of Applied Art comes up about 156 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Mikveh.
7. back through Mikveh
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mikveh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 184 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Mikveh. Next is back through The House Am Horn.
8. back through The House Am Horn
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The House Am Horn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The House Am Horn, late in the day. Next is Naumburg Cathedral.
9. Naumburg Cathedral
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Naumburg Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 256 km.
Leg by leg
Naumburg Cathedral to The House Am Horn
Naumburg Cathedral → The House Am Horn is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The House Am Horn to Mikveh
The House Am Horn → Mikveh is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mikveh to The former School of Applied Art
Mikveh → The former School of Applied Art is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The former School of Applied Art to Stone House
The former School of Applied Art → Stone House is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stone House to back through The former School of Applied Art
Stone House → back through The former School of Applied Art is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The former School of Applied Art to back through Mikveh
back through The former School of Applied Art → back through Mikveh is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mikveh to back through The House Am Horn
back through Mikveh → back through The House Am Horn is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The House Am Horn to Naumburg Cathedral
back through The House Am Horn → Naumburg Cathedral is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.