Why this ride
104 km from Regensburg to Regensburg, about 1 h 47 of riding. On the way it passes Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin and back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I and Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin · 104 km · rrin-3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 104 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 47
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kl
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 31 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 30 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I
Kumpfmühl is an ordinary southern suburb of Regensburg, with apartment blocks, a church and a quiet street grid, and under it lies one of the earliest Roman forts on the Danube. The fort, built in the first century, guarded a crossing of roads south of the river, and it was succeeded by the large legionary camp, Castra Regina, which gave the city its name after the late second century. A civil settlement, a vicus, grew beside the fort. Finds from it fill cases in the city's museums, and little shows above ground. The honest summary is that this is a stop for people who like their history thin and imaginative.
Read the complete Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I is where the day begins. Next is Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
2. Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
The Danube does something unexpected just upstream of Kelheim. Instead of wandering across flat Bavarian farmland, it cuts straight through a band of white Jurassic limestone, squeezed between cliffs that rise steeply from the water. This is the Weltenburg Narrows, and on the hill above the abbey at Weltenburg, at the spot called Am Galget, the Romans put a small fort to watch the river and the frontier.
Read the complete Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Between Ingolstadt and Kelheim, the Danube flows through a broad, flat valley in Bavaria, with hop gardens, fields of maize and asparagus beds on its banks. Pförring is a small market town on the north bank, with Neustadt an der Donau and Vohburg on the other side. In Roman times, this was the frontier: the Raetian Limes ended at the Danube just downstream, and the Romans built a fort here, known as Celeusum, with a civil settlement outside its walls.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 50 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin. Next is back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
4. back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, late in the day. Next is Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I.
5. Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell to Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell to Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Regensburg Kumpfmühl - Kastell und Vicus I is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.