Why this ride
A 162 km round trip from Straubing - roughly 2 h 27 in the saddle. The stops in between: Regensburg - Östliche Canabae, Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell and back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Straubing - Kastell St. Peter and Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 162 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 27
- 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
Straubing - Kastell St. Peter → Regensburg - Östliche Canabae
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 51 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 46 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Straubing - Kastell St. Peter
In 1950, workmen digging in a Straubing suburb found a hoard that stunned archaeologists: a collection of Roman parade armour, helmets with face masks and decorated metal pieces, buried in the third century, probably to hide them from invaders. The Straubing Roman treasure is now one of the most important finds of its kind north of the Alps, and it is displayed in the Gäubodenmuseum in the city. The fort at St Peter, on the eastern edge of town, was part of the same Roman presence. Straubing was Sorviodurum, a Roman town with several forts on the Danube frontier, and this was one of several forts there.
Read the complete Straubing - Kastell St. Peter write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Straubing - Kastell St. Peter is where the day begins. Next is Regensburg - Östliche Canabae.
2. Regensburg - Östliche Canabae
Marcus Aurelius had the legionary fortress of Castra Regina built here, on the northernmost bend of the Danube, and its north gate, the Porta Praetoria, still stands in Regensburg's old town, built into later buildings, with a foundation inscription dated to AD 179. Outside the fortress walls, the canabae, the civilian settlements where traders, craftsmen and soldiers' families lived, spread along the river, and the eastern canabae are a piece of the World Heritage property for the Danube Limes. Regensburg's medieval old town, built on top of the Roman city, has its own UNESCO listing.
Read the complete Regensburg - Östliche Canabae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Regensburg - Östliche Canabae comes up about 46 km into the recorded legs. Next is Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
3. 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
about 79 km into the recorded legs you reach Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae.
4. back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Regensburg - Östliche Canabae write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae, late in the day. Next is Straubing - Kastell St. Peter, 43 km on.
5. Straubing - Kastell St. Peter
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Straubing - Kastell St. Peter write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Straubing - Kastell St. Peter. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Straubing - Kastell St. Peter to Regensburg - Östliche Canabae
Straubing - Kastell St. Peter → Regensburg - Östliche Canabae is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Regensburg - Östliche Canabae to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Regensburg - Östliche Canabae → 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 back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae to Straubing - Kastell St. Peter
back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae → Straubing - Kastell St. Peter is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.