Why this ride
A 107 km round trip from Regensburg - roughly 1 h 54 in the saddle. It goes by way of Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin and back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Regensburg - Legionslager VIII 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 VIII → 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 VIII
The Danube gorge at Weltenburg is the best reason to ride south from Regensburg. About forty kilometres upstream, the river hits a wall of Jurassic limestone and, instead of turning aside, cuts straight through it in a narrow defile with cliffs on both sides, some of them over a hundred metres high. At the entrance to the gorge sits Weltenburg Abbey, one of the oldest monasteries in Bavaria, founded around 700, with a baroque church by the Asam brothers and a brewery that claims to be the oldest monastery brewery in the world.
Read the complete Regensburg - Legionslager VIII write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Regensburg - Legionslager VIII 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 VIII.
5. Regensburg - Legionslager VIII
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Regensburg - Legionslager VIII 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 VIII. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Regensburg - Legionslager VIII to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Regensburg - Legionslager VIII → 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 VIII
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Regensburg - Legionslager VIII is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.