Why this ride
A 159 km round trip from Žatec - roughly 2 h 37 in the saddle. The stops in between: Mědník Hill Mining Landscape, Jáchymov Mining Landscape and back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Saaz Hop Landscape and Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 159 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 37
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Saaz Hop Landscape
Smell comes first here. Late in summer the air around Žatec turns green and faintly bitter, because this is the heart of the Saaz hop country and the harvest fills the lanes with the scent of cones being picked and dried. The hops grown on these slopes and flats along the Ohře river are the ones that give Czech lager, and Pilsner above all, its clean, spicy bite. The cultural landscape of the town and its fields earned UNESCO status in 2023, and the old hop-drying houses and brewery buildings in Žatec are the reason.
Read the complete Saaz Hop Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Saaz Hop Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Mědník Hill Mining Landscape.
2. Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Mědník is a small, steep hill on the Czech side of the Ore Mountains, or Krušné hory, the range that forms the border between Bohemia and Saxony. It rises above the village of Měděnec, whose name, like the hill's, comes from the Czech word for copper. For centuries, miners tunnelled into the hill for copper and iron ore, and the hill is now part of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, inscribed by UNESCO in 2019 as a cross-border site.
Read the complete Mědník Hill Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jáchymov Mining Landscape.
3. Jáchymov Mining Landscape
The word dollar comes from this small town in the Ore Mountains. In the early sixteenth century, the silver mines of Jáchymov, then called Joachimsthal, were among the richest in Europe, and the coins minted here were called Joachimsthaler, shortened to thaler, which became daler and eventually dollar. The town grew rapidly, with thousands of miners, and it is now one component of the World Heritage inscription for the Erzgebirge mining region, shared between the Czech Republic and Germany. Its later history is darker and stranger.
Read the complete Jáchymov Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 80 km into the recorded legs you reach Jáchymov Mining Landscape. Next is back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape.
4. back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mědník Hill Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape, late in the day. Next is Saaz Hop Landscape.
5. Saaz Hop Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Saaz Hop Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Saaz Hop Landscape. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Saaz Hop Landscape to Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Saaz Hop Landscape → Mědník Hill Mining Landscape is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape to Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Mědník Hill Mining Landscape → Jáchymov Mining Landscape is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jáchymov Mining Landscape to back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape
Jáchymov Mining Landscape → back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape to Saaz Hop Landscape
back through Mědník Hill Mining Landscape → Saaz Hop Landscape is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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