Why this ride
From Maulbronn it runs 435 km to Maulbronn; allow about 5 h 06 of riding. The stops in between: Baden-Baden, Old Jewish Cemetery Worms and back through Baden-Baden. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Small Reut Pond and Old Jewish Cemetery Worms
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 435 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Bertha Benz Memorial Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 81 km this is Bertha Benz Memorial Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 81 km
- Named road
- Bertha Benz Memorial Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Small Reut Pond
Small as it is, the Kleiner Reutteich is the smallest of the Maulbronn ponds on these rides, and at three kilometres from the monastery it sits well out in the woods. The pond has a quiet, secluded air, with trees reaching over the water and a soft, muddy margin. It belongs to the same water system as the other ponds, and like them it was created by the Cistercians in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, but its smaller size gives it a more private feel.
Read the complete Small Reut Pond write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Small Reut Pond is where the day begins. Next is Baden-Baden.
2. Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is so nice they named it twice, as the old joke goes, though the doubling actually comes from distinguishing it from other places called Baden. Romans soaked in its hot springs, and the remains of their baths lie under the old town, but the town's golden age came in the nineteenth century, when European royalty, aristocrats, writers and gamblers flocked here to take the waters, stroll the avenues and lose fortunes at the casino. Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Brahms all spent time here. Baden-Baden is one of the eleven Great Spa Towns of Europe, listed together by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Baden-Baden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Baden-Baden comes up about 81 km into the recorded legs. Next is Old Jewish Cemetery Worms.
3. Old Jewish Cemetery Worms
The Heiliger Sand in Worms is the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, with gravestones going back to the eleventh century. Weathered sandstone slabs lean at angles among the grass and trees, carved with Hebrew inscriptions, some barely legible after nearly a thousand years. Pebbles and small notes lie on many of them, left by visitors as a sign of remembrance, especially on the grave of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, a great scholar of the thirteenth century who died in captivity. Together with the synagogue and ritual bath of Worms and the Jewish sites of Speyer and Mainz, the cemetery forms the ShUM Sites, listed by UNESCO in 2021, recognising the Rhineland communities that shaped Ashkenazi Jewish culture in the Middle Ages.
Read the complete Old Jewish Cemetery Worms write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 218 km into the recorded legs you reach Old Jewish Cemetery Worms. Next is back through Baden-Baden.
4. back through Baden-Baden
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baden-Baden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Baden-Baden, late in the day. Next is Small Reut Pond.
5. Small Reut Pond
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Small Reut Pond write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Small Reut Pond. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Small Reut Pond to Baden-Baden
Small Reut Pond → Baden-Baden is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Baden-Baden to Old Jewish Cemetery Worms
Baden-Baden → Old Jewish Cemetery Worms is 137 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Old Jewish Cemetery Worms to back through Baden-Baden
Old Jewish Cemetery Worms → back through Baden-Baden is 136 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Baden-Baden to Small Reut Pond
back through Baden-Baden → Small Reut Pond is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.