Why this ride
From Bad Schussenried it runs 108 km to Bad Schussenried; allow about 1 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Grundwiesen, Schreckensee and back through Grundwiesen.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Olzreute-Enzisholz and Schreckensee
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 108 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 43
- 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
Grundwiesen → Schreckensee
This part of the ride is 36 km of Grundwiesen → Schreckensee.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 36 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Grundwiesen.
2. Grundwiesen
The Federsee is what remains of a much larger lake that filled the basin after the last ice age, and over thousands of years it silted up into a vast moor, one of the most important wetlands in southern Germany. Wet ground preserves things well, which is why this corner is a treasure chest for archaeology. People settled around the lake from the Stone Age on, building houses on timber foundations or on stilts, and the waterlogged soil has kept their wood, tools and even textiles in remarkable condition.
Read the complete Grundwiesen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Grundwiesen comes up about 19 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 55 km into the recorded legs you reach Schreckensee. Next is back through Grundwiesen.
4. back through Grundwiesen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Grundwiesen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Grundwiesen, late in the day. Next is Olzreute-Enzisholz.
5. 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 at Olzreute-Enzisholz. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Olzreute-Enzisholz to Grundwiesen
Olzreute-Enzisholz → Grundwiesen is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Grundwiesen to Schreckensee
Grundwiesen → Schreckensee is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Schreckensee to back through Grundwiesen
Schreckensee → back through Grundwiesen is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Grundwiesen to Olzreute-Enzisholz
back through Grundwiesen → Olzreute-Enzisholz is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.