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 347 km round trip from Sankt Aegidi - roughly 4 h 51 in the saddle. On the way it passes Passau Altstadt - Kastell, Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus, Straubing - Ostkastell and Regensburg - Östliche Canabae. It crosses from Austria into Germany - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 34 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
The Danube between Passau and Linz is one of the loveliest stretches of the whole river, and near Oberranna, on the Upper Austrian bank, it flows quietly between steep wooded slopes, dark and almost gorge-like. Here, beside the water, archaeologists found a small Roman fort, a Kleinkastell, part of the Danube Limes that guarded the northern frontier of the province of Noricum. Its remains are now protected under a modern shelter, and it forms part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire along the Danube.
Read the complete Oberranna - Kleinkastell write-up.
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Oberranna - Kleinkastell is where the day begins. Next is Passau Altstadt - Kastell.
Passau sits at the point where three rivers meet, in the far east of Bavaria, close to the Austrian border: the Danube, which is a cold greenish-blue here, the Inn, which arrives milky green from the Alps, and the Ilz, a small, dark river that stains the water black from the peat of the Bavarian Forest. On a still day you can see all three colours running side by side at the tip of the old town, which is why people call it the City of Three Rivers, and sometimes the Bavarian Venice.
Read the complete Passau Altstadt - Kastell write-up.
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Passau Altstadt - Kastell comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus.
Künzing sits on the Danube in Lower Bavaria, in a broad, fertile plain known as the Gäuboden, and in Roman times it was a place with a name, Quintana. The Romans built a fort here in the second century, one of the posts on the river frontier of the province of Raetia, and a civilian settlement, a vicus, grew up beside it, with houses, workshops and even an amphitheatre. The Danube Limes in Germany, Austria and Slovakia was listed by UNESCO in 2021, and Künzing is one of the places where it is easiest to grasp what daily life along the frontier was like.
Read the complete Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus write-up.
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about 65 km into the recorded legs you reach Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus. Next is Straubing - Ostkastell.
Straubing sits on a bend of the Danube in the fertile Gäuboden, the flat, loess-rich farmland that gave Lower Bavaria its reputation for heavy harvests, and the Romans liked it for the same reason. A cavalry fort stood here, on the eastern edge of what is now the town, guarding the river line, and a civilian settlement grew around it. The most remarkable find came in 1950, when workmen digging a cellar uncovered a hoard of Roman parade armour, gilded helmets and masks used by cavalrymen in displays. It is now a prize exhibit in the local museum, and it is one of the finest such finds in Europe.
Read the complete Straubing - Ostkastell write-up.
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Straubing - Ostkastell, about halfway. Next is Regensburg - Östliche Canabae.
Marcus Aurelius had the legionary fortress of Castra Regina built here, on the northernmost bend of the Danube, and its north gate, the Porta Praetoria, still stands in Regensburg's old town, built into later buildings, with a foundation inscription dated to AD 179. Outside the fortress walls, the canabae, the civilian settlements where traders, craftsmen and soldiers' families lived, spread along the river, and the eastern canabae are a piece of the World Heritage property for the Danube Limes. Regensburg's medieval old town, built on top of the Roman city, has its own UNESCO listing.
Read the complete Regensburg - Östliche Canabae write-up.
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Regensburg - Östliche Canabae sits at 186 km, about halfway. Next is back through Straubing - Ostkastell.
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Read the complete Straubing - Ostkastell write-up.
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back through Straubing - Ostkastell comes up about 221 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus.
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Read the complete Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus write-up.
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about 282 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus. Next is back through Passau Altstadt - Kastell.
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Read the complete Passau Altstadt - Kastell write-up.
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back through Passau Altstadt - Kastell, late in the day. Next is Oberranna - Kleinkastell.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Oberranna - Kleinkastell write-up.
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The route ends here after 347 km.
Oberranna - Kleinkastell → Passau Altstadt - Kastell is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Passau Altstadt - Kastell → Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus → Straubing - Ostkastell is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Straubing - Ostkastell → Regensburg - Östliche Canabae is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Regensburg - Östliche Canabae → back through Straubing - Ostkastell is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Straubing - Ostkastell → back through Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Künzing - Amphitheater und Vicus → back through Passau Altstadt - Kastell is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Passau Altstadt - Kastell → Oberranna - Kleinkastell is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.