Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager and Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
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Recorded distance
160 km
Riding-time estimate
3 h 06
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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From Regensburg it runs 160 km to Regensburg; allow about 3 h 06 of riding. The stops in between: Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin, Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets and back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
Scenic road chapters
Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Klein
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 34 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
Length
33 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager
The Niedermunster is one of the oldest churches in Regensburg, and it stands on the site of the Roman headquarters building. It was part of a women's abbey, founded in the Middle Ages, and the Romanesque church that stands today is a plain, solid building with a tower. Below it, excavations have revealed the foundations of the Roman building, with floors and walls, and beneath those, early medieval graves. It is one of the few places where you can see the layers of the city in one spot.
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Planning note
Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager 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.
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Planning note
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell comes up about 33 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.
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Planning note
about 53 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
4. Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
The Altmühl valley in Bavaria is one of Germany's best kept riding secrets, a winding river valley cut deep into Jurassic limestone, lined with juniper heaths, rock towers and castles. Near where the valley meets the Danube, the Roman frontier, the Raetian Limes, ran across the land, and the stretch of watchtowers and small forts numbered WP 15/11 to 15/26 lies in the wooded hills here, between Riedenburg, Dietfurt and the Danube town of Vohburg.
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Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets comes up about 93 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
7. back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
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Planning note
about 106 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin. Next is back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
8. back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 160 km.
Leg by leg
Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 33 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 Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets to Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 12 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
back through Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell to Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager
back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Regensburg Niedermünster - Legionslager is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.