Why this ride
A 107 km round trip from Regensburg - roughly 1 h 54 in the saddle. The stops in between: Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin and back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Regensburg - Legionslager VII and Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin · 107 km from Regensburg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 107 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 54
- 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
Regensburg - Legionslager VII → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 33 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 32 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Regensburg - Legionslager VII
For nearly two centuries, one of the most powerful families in Europe lived in what had been a monastery in Regensburg. The Thurn und Taxis family ran the imperial postal service of the Holy Roman Empire, and when the Imperial Diet settled in the city in the seventeenth century, the family came too. In 1812 they acquired the abbey of St Emmeram and turned it into a palace, and it is still the home of the family today, a vast complex of cloisters, ballrooms and gardens beside the old town.
Read the complete Regensburg - Legionslager VII write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Regensburg - Legionslager VII 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 32 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 51 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 - Legionslager VII.
5. Regensburg - Legionslager VII
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Regensburg - Legionslager VII write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Regensburg - Legionslager VII. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Regensburg - Legionslager VII to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Regensburg - Legionslager VII → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 32 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 19 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 - Legionslager VII
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Regensburg - Legionslager VII is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.