CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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 Straubing it runs 228 km to Straubing; allow about 3 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Regensburg - Östliche Canabae, Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin and Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 52 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Straubing sits on a bend of the Danube in the fertile Gäuboden, the flat, loess-rich farmland that gave Lower Bavaria its reputation for heavy harvests, and the Romans liked it for the same reason. A cavalry fort stood here, on the eastern edge of what is now the town, guarding the river line, and a civilian settlement grew around it. The most remarkable find came in 1950, when workmen digging a cellar uncovered a hoard of Roman parade armour, gilded helmets and masks used by cavalrymen in displays. It is now a prize exhibit in the local museum, and it is one of the finest such finds in Europe.
Read the complete Straubing - Ostkastell write-up.
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Straubing - Ostkastell is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Regensburg - Östliche Canabae comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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At least about 80 km into the recorded legs you reach Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell. Next is 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.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin write-up.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin, about halfway. Next is 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.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets sits at 120 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin comes up about 126 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 146 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell. Next is back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Regensburg - Östliche Canabae write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Regensburg - Östliche Canabae, late in the day. Next is Straubing - Ostkastell.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Straubing - Ostkastell write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 228 km.
Straubing - Ostkastell → Regensburg - Östliche Canabae is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → Straubing - Ostkastell is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.