Why this ride
From Münzenberg it runs 328 km to Münzenberg; allow about 3 h 15 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtowers WP 3/23, Watchtower WP 1/73 and back through Watchtowers WP 3/23.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald and Watchtower WP 1/73
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 328 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 15
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald
The Roman frontier in Germany, the Limes, ran for over five hundred kilometres from the Rhine to the Danube, a line of palisades, ditches, walls, watchtowers and forts that marked the edge of the empire. In the Wetterau, north of Frankfurt, the Limes swung east in a great bulge to enclose this fertile plain, which the Romans valued for its farmland. In the woods near Wölfersheim stood a signal tower, one of the many small posts along the line, and today its remains are part of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2005 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Read the complete Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/23.
2. Watchtowers WP 3/23
Idstein sits in a bowl of the Taunus hills north of Wiesbaden, and its centre is among the best-kept half-timbered towns in Hesse. The Killinger House, a tall timber-framed building with elaborate carving, is the showpiece, and the Witches' Tower, a stone remnant of the old castle, stands above the old town as a reminder of a darker chapter. The Roman Limes passes through the hills just to the north, and Watchtower 3/23 is one of many positions on the ridge, part of the line that ran for about five hundred kilometres across Germany.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/23 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 3/23 comes up about 96 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 1/73.
3. Watchtower WP 1/73
The Roman frontier in Germany starts at the Rhine near Rheinbrohl and climbs into the hills of the Westerwald, and Watchtower WP 1/73, near Hillscheid, belongs to that first stretch. The numbers tell you where you are: section one, tower seventy-three. All that survives is a low mound in the woods, but in the second and third centuries it was a stone tower with a view over the frontier line and, behind it, the palisade and ditch that ran across the landscape. The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes has been part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire since 2005, and this is where it all begins.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/73 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 156 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 1/73. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 3/23.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 3/23
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/23 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 3/23, late in the day. Next is Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald.
5. Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald to Watchtowers WP 3/23
Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald → Watchtowers WP 3/23 is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/23 to Watchtower WP 1/73
Watchtowers WP 3/23 → Watchtower WP 1/73 is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 1/73 to back through Watchtowers WP 3/23
Watchtower WP 1/73 → back through Watchtowers WP 3/23 is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 3/23 to Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald
back through Watchtowers WP 3/23 → Signaltower Wölferheimer Wald is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.