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 246 km round trip from Regensburg - roughly 4 h 02 in the saddle. On the way it passes Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum, Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10, Fort site of Burgsalach and back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
39 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
41 km on Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → Fort site of Burgsalach.
The first thing to do in Regensburg is to cross the Stone Bridge on foot. It dates from the twelfth century and, for a long time, was the only fixed crossing of the Danube for hundreds of kilometres, which is why the city grew rich on trade. Merchants, crusaders and pilgrims passed over it, and the arches still carry the tourist traffic. At the far end lies Stadtamhof, an island of narrow streets and low houses between two river channels, which was once a separate town and still feels slightly apart. UNESCO listed the old town and Stadtamhof in 2006, and the city has one of the largest medieval centres in Germany.
Read the complete Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof write-up.
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Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is where the day begins. Next is Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum.
At Eining, on the Danube in Lower Bavaria, the Roman frontier of Raetia met the river. The Raetian Limes, a stone wall running for over a hundred and sixty kilometres across southern Germany, ended near here at Hienheim on the opposite bank, and from there the Danube itself formed the border all the way to the Black Sea. The Romans built the fort of Abusina at Eining, whose stone foundations are among the best preserved in Bavaria, and on the Weinberg, a hill nearby, they built a watchtower and a sanctuary, where soldiers worshipped their gods. Unusually, two separate World Heritage frontiers touch here: the Raetian Limes on land and the Danube Limes along the river.
Read the complete Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum write-up.
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Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10.
The Raetian Limes, the eastern stretch of Rome's frontier in Germany, was built differently from its western counterpart. Instead of a wooden palisade, the Romans eventually raised a stone wall here, running for over a hundred and sixty kilometres across what is now Bavaria, towards the Danube. Locals later called it the Teufelsmauer, the Devil's Wall, convinced that only a demon could have built something so long. Watchtowers stood along it every few hundred metres, and the group between WP 15/8 and 15/10, in the hills between Greding and Dietfurt, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. In places, low remains of the wall and towers can be traced in the forest and fields.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10. Next is Fort site of Burgsalach.
The small fortlet at Burgsalach stood on the Raetian Limes, the eastern section of Rome's frontier in Germany. Dating from a late phase of the frontier, it had walls of stone and was compact and well defended, more like a small castle than the usual timber watchtower, and its name lives on in the village of Burgsalach nearby. The outline of the walls can still be traced on the ground, and like the rest of the frontier it is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Here, in the hills of Middle Franconia, the Raetian Limes was not a palisade but a stone wall, which local legend later attributed to the Devil himself, calling it the Teufelsmauer.
Read the complete Fort site of Burgsalach write-up.
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Fort site of Burgsalach, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 sits at 150 km, about halfway. Next is back through Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum comes up about 207 km into the recorded legs. Next is Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof closes the day.
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof → Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum → Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → Fort site of Burgsalach is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site of Burgsalach → back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 15/8 to 15/10 → back through Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Eining‐Weinberg - Wachtturm und Heiligtum → Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.