Why this ride
90 km from Uttenweiler to Uttenweiler, about 1 h 37 of riding. On the way it passes Olzreute-Enzisholz, Schreckensee and back through Olzreute-Enzisholz. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ödenahlen and Schreckensee
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 90 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 37
- 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
Olzreute-Enzisholz → Schreckensee
This part of the ride is 23 km of Olzreute-Enzisholz → Schreckensee.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 23 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ödenahlen
The Federsee basin in Upper Swabia is one of those landscapes that hides its importance. It looks like a flat expanse of reeds, wet meadows and woodland around a shrinking lake, but beneath the peat lie dozens of prehistoric settlements, preserved because the bog kept the oxygen out. Ödenahlen is one of these sites, a Neolithic village on the edge of the moor, and the Federsee settlements are part of the UNESCO Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. Wooden floors, house walls, wheels and everyday objects have been excavated here, and some of the oldest wooden wheels in Europe come from this region.
Read the complete Ödenahlen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ödenahlen is where the day begins. Next is Olzreute-Enzisholz.
2. Olzreute-Enzisholz
Some five thousand years ago, someone in Upper Swabia built a wheel out of a single maple plank, mounted it on an axle and used it to move loads across the soft ground near what is now Bad Schussenried. The wheel turned up during excavations at the moor settlement of Olzreute-Enzisholz and is among the oldest wheels ever found in Central Europe, dated to around 2900 BC. The settlement, a group of pile dwellings on the edge of a former lake, is one of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps listed by UNESCO in 2011, a transnational site across six countries.
Read the complete Olzreute-Enzisholz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Olzreute-Enzisholz comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Schreckensee.
3. Schreckensee
The Schreckensee, the lake of terror, is a disappointingly peaceful place for such a dramatic name. It is a small kettle lake in the moraine country of Upper Swabia, between Ravensburg and Aulendorf, left behind when a block of glacial ice melted at the end of the last Ice Age. Its shores, now partly bog and reed bed, hide the remains of prehistoric settlements, and it is one of the German sites in the UNESCO listing of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. As at most of these sites, nothing is visible on the surface; the timbers and household waste lie preserved underwater and in the peat, waiting for future archaeologists.
Read the complete Schreckensee write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 44 km into the recorded legs you reach Schreckensee. Next is back through Olzreute-Enzisholz.
4. back through Olzreute-Enzisholz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olzreute-Enzisholz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz, late in the day. Next is Ödenahlen.
5. Ödenahlen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ödenahlen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ödenahlen. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ödenahlen to Olzreute-Enzisholz
Ödenahlen → Olzreute-Enzisholz is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Olzreute-Enzisholz to Schreckensee
Olzreute-Enzisholz → Schreckensee is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Schreckensee to back through Olzreute-Enzisholz
Schreckensee → back through Olzreute-Enzisholz is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz to Ödenahlen
back through Olzreute-Enzisholz → Ödenahlen is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.